Ladies and gentlemen,
A previous thread on the above got closed down for many good reasons and I'm having trouble working the search engine here so I'm not sure if it's been covered elsewhere.
The OP of that thread, I believe, was referring to cctv footage showing one of the attackers moving and firing at fleeing travellers. As he rounds a corner, a LEO positioned in a doorway on said corner raises his gun and fires several times, distance guesstimate 10 feet or less, dropping the attacker to the floor and his gun slides away some distance along the floor. The LEO then approaches him, gun raised, checks him out for a few seconds and, as the attacker is writhing in pain and fiddling with his suicide vest (as it turns out) and then the LEO takes off running. Shortly later, the attacker finds his switch and blows himself up.
Not being sure about these copyright rules, I don't want to send the link but a quick search on YouTube will lead to the CNN segment.
Personally, I think the guy did everything right up until the moment he was standing over the bad guy with ample opportunity for a point blank head shot. Instead, he ran for it, giving the terrorist time to detonate his device, which, I was told, killed the LEO and possibly others.
Keep in mind, the whole area was by this time cleared of bystanders.
The most astonishing thing was the amount of time the drama took to unfold. I would have thought it would be over in a few seconds but it was more like half a minute.
1. BG shows up at 16 seconds, firing and herding panicked travellers ahead of him.
2. BG rounds the corner and gets dropped at 20 seconds.
3. Cop approaches, hesitates and legs it at 32 seconds.
4. BG blows himself up at 43 seconds.
I believe there was ample opportunity for a head shot or empty the mag to stop the threat altogether. A dead switch was not in place. Passengers had cleared the area. The terrorist seems to have worn a suicide vest but no body armour.
This is not a potential scenario but something that actually happened.
I think the cop did a fantastic job, saved a great many lives and it's too bad he didn't want to finish the guy off. If he died in the blast, that's a real shame and I wish he would have run faster and further in those eleven seconds.
Your thoughts?
BA
A previous thread on the above got closed down for many good reasons and I'm having trouble working the search engine here so I'm not sure if it's been covered elsewhere.
The OP of that thread, I believe, was referring to cctv footage showing one of the attackers moving and firing at fleeing travellers. As he rounds a corner, a LEO positioned in a doorway on said corner raises his gun and fires several times, distance guesstimate 10 feet or less, dropping the attacker to the floor and his gun slides away some distance along the floor. The LEO then approaches him, gun raised, checks him out for a few seconds and, as the attacker is writhing in pain and fiddling with his suicide vest (as it turns out) and then the LEO takes off running. Shortly later, the attacker finds his switch and blows himself up.
Not being sure about these copyright rules, I don't want to send the link but a quick search on YouTube will lead to the CNN segment.
Personally, I think the guy did everything right up until the moment he was standing over the bad guy with ample opportunity for a point blank head shot. Instead, he ran for it, giving the terrorist time to detonate his device, which, I was told, killed the LEO and possibly others.
Keep in mind, the whole area was by this time cleared of bystanders.
The most astonishing thing was the amount of time the drama took to unfold. I would have thought it would be over in a few seconds but it was more like half a minute.
1. BG shows up at 16 seconds, firing and herding panicked travellers ahead of him.
2. BG rounds the corner and gets dropped at 20 seconds.
3. Cop approaches, hesitates and legs it at 32 seconds.
4. BG blows himself up at 43 seconds.
I believe there was ample opportunity for a head shot or empty the mag to stop the threat altogether. A dead switch was not in place. Passengers had cleared the area. The terrorist seems to have worn a suicide vest but no body armour.
This is not a potential scenario but something that actually happened.
I think the cop did a fantastic job, saved a great many lives and it's too bad he didn't want to finish the guy off. If he died in the blast, that's a real shame and I wish he would have run faster and further in those eleven seconds.
Your thoughts?
BA