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He did this to physically shield himself from random shrapnel. His purpose in opening the balcony door was to give the impression that somebody may have egresse
by runjake 8y ago
He did this to physically shield himself from random shrapnel. His purpose in opening the balcony door was to give the impression that somebody may have egressed.
This is taught in tradecraft courses, and this mention along with others in the article suggests to me that he's been through some tradecraft and/or SERE-type trainings -- probably oriented towards journalists.
- ip26 8y agoMaybe journalists, or maybe pilots. Planes & airports have long been a high profile target.
- runjake 8y agoErr pilots, I meant. I got some wires cross in my head when typing that out. I attended one such tradecraft class and was remembering that virtually all my classmates were journalists headed into theater (Iraq/Afghanistan/Pakistan).