Sunday, January 02, 2005

New York Man Questioned About Laser Incident

There have been numerous reportings of laser generated light in airline cockpits in at least 5 states. David Banach was playing with his daughter Friday evening in the backyard. He was showing her a common laser pointer that can be purchased over the internet. The article states
"On Friday FBI agents, police from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and a federal terrorism task force were seeking the source of green lasers that were aimed at separate aircraft flying over Morris County in the last several days. The local incidents were among several being investigated nationwide.

A Port Authority helicopter was marked by a similar laser Friday during the search and authorities targeted the Lake Parsippany area for a possible source."

Authorities honed in on Barach and his home was swiflty surrounded and he was whisked into custody and interrogated until 4:am. He has not been cleared by authorities.

Barach states he is innocent. Not to good an idea, at least right now, to be playing with a laser at night. An even worse idea, is to point it at a police helicopter. Someone did......