Saturday, December 26, 2009

The Hero of Flight 253: Dutch Man Leaps Over Passengers to Subdue Terrorist

Jasper Schuringa (left) is a film director from the Netherlands.  He was on board Flight 253 from Amsterdam yesterday when a Nigerian terrorist attempted to destroy the plane in flight.  Schuringa jumped on the terrorist, who had flames coming from under his legs.  Schuringa beat out the flames with his bare hands and ripped off the small bottle taped to the terrorist's leg.  He then put the suspect in a choke hold and walked him to the front of the plane.

Read it all here.

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