Drudge Removes Any Doubt On Austin Pilot’s Motives

The mainstream media struggles to get a handle on the unfolding story of a plane crashing into a Government office building in Austin, Texas. Reports that the pilot has set his own house on fire, combined with eye witness reports that claimed that the airplane appeared to target the building has raised suspicions. But one individual has summed up this story in his characteristically pithy manner: AUSTIN FIREBALL: MAN TARGETS IRS WITH PLANE is the current headline on Drudge.

The headline links to a FoxNews.com story that reads:

A small single-engine plane crashed into a seven-story office building in Austin, Texas, around 10 a.m. local time Thursday.

An NTSB official told Fox News that they are investigating this as an intentional act, and said it appears the pilot set his own house on fire and then got in his plane and flew it into the building. An NTSB spokesman, however, told FoxNews.com that “we can’t confirm any of that.”

An Internal Revenue Service office is located inside the building.

IRS Agent William Winnie said he was on the third floor of the building when he saw a light-colored, single engine plane coming towards the building, TheStatesman.com reported.

“It looked like it was coming right in my window,” Winnie said, according to the Web sit.

Winnie said the plane veered down and smashed into the lower floors. “I didn’t lose my footing, but it was enough to knock people who were sitting to the floor.”

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