Have you read about this in the newspaper? Probably not, nor will you read it.
Cancelled  flight from Atlanta to Houston AW
- This  is frightening

I,  Gene Hackemack, received this email from my good friend Tedd Petruna, a  diver at the NBL facility [Neutral Buoyancy Lab], at NASA Houston, whom I  used to work with. Tedd happened to be on this same Flt. 297, Atlanta to Houston.
In my opinion, the Muslims  are all getting
very brave now... read Tedd's story below.
PS: Can  you imagine, our own news media now are so politically correct that they  are afraid to report that these were all Muslims.... unbelievable. Thank God  for people like Tedd Petruna.
"One week ago, I went to Ohio on business  and  to  see my father.... On Tuesday,  the 17th, I returned  home.
If you read the papers the 18th you may have  seen a blurb where a Air  Tran flight was cancelled from Atlanta to  Houston due  to a man who refused to get off of his cell phone before  takeoff. 
It  was on Fox.     This was NOT what happened.
what did happen is:
I was in 1st class  coming home. 11 Muslim men  got  on the plane in full attire. 2 sat in 1st class and the rest peppered  themselves throughout the plane all the way to the back. As the plane taxied  to the runway the stewardesses gave the safety spiel we are all so familiar  with. At that time, one of the men got on his cell and called one of his  companions in the back and proceeded to talk on the phone in Arabic very  loudly and very aggressively.
This took the 1st stewardess out of the picture  for she repeatedly told the man that cell phones were not permitted at the  time. He ignored her as if she was not there.
The 2nd man who  answered the phone did the same and this took out the 2nd stewardess. In the  back of the plane at this time, 2 younger Muslims, one in the back, isle,  and one in front of him, window, began to show footage of a porno they had  taped the night before, and were very loud about it. Now - they are  only
permitted to do this prior to Jihad. If a Muslim man goes into a  strip club, he has to view the woman via mirror with his back to her....  (don't ask me..I don't make the rules, but I've studied). 
The 3rd stewardess informed them  that they were not to have electronic devices on at this time. To which one  of the men said "shut up infidel dog!" She went to take the camcorder and he  began to scream in her face in Arabic. At that exact moment, all 11 of them  got up and started to walk the cabin.
This is where I had had enough!  I got up and started to the back where I heard a voice behind me from  another Texan twice my size say "I got your back." I grabbed the man who had  been on the phone by the arm and said "you WILL go sit down or you Will be  thrown from this plane!" As I "led" him around me to take his seat, the  fellow Texan grabbed him by the back of his neck and his waist and headed  out with him.... I then grabbed the 2nd man and said, "You WILL do the  same!" He protested but adrenaline was flowing now and he was going to  go....
As I escorted him forward the plane doors open and 3 TSA  agents and 4 police officers entered. Me and my new Texan friend were told  to cease and desist for they had this under control.... 
I was happy to oblige actually.  There was some commotion in the back, but within moments, all 11 were  escorted off the plane. They then unloaded their luggage.
We talked  about the occurrence and were in disbelief that it had happened, when  suddenly, the door open again and in walked all 11!! Stone faced, eyes front  and robotic (the only way I can describe it). The stewardess from the back  had been in tears and when she saw this, she was having NONE of it! Being  that I was up front, I heard and saw the whole ordeal. 
She told the TSA  agent there was NO WAY she was staying on the plane with these men. The  agent told her they had searched them and were going to go through their  luggage with a fine tooth comb and that they were allowed to proceed to  Houston. The  captain and co-captain came out and told the agent
"we and our crew will  not fly this plane!" After a word or two, the entire crew, luggage in tow,  left the plane. 5 minutes later, the cabin door opened again and a whole new  crew walked on.
Again.... this is where I had had enough!!! I got up  and asked "What the hell is going on!?!?" I was told to take my seat. They  were sorry for the delay and I would be home shortly. I said "I'm getting  off this plane". The stewardess sternly told me that she could not allow me  to get off. (now I'm mad!) I said "I am a grown man who bought this ticket,  who's time is mine with a family at home and I am going through that door,  or I'm going through that door with you under my arm!! But I am going  through that door!!" And I heard a voice behind me say "so am I". Then  everyone behind us started to get up and say the same.
Within 2  minutes, I was walking off that plane where I was met with more agents who  asked me to write a statement. I had 5 hours to kill at this point so why  the hell not. Due to the amount of people who got off that flight, it was  canceled. I was supposed to be in Houston at 6 pm. I got here at 12:30  am.
Look up the date. Flight 297 Atlanta to Houston. If this wasn't a dry run, I don't  know what one is. The terrorists wanted to see how TSA would handle it, how  the crew would handle it, and how the passengers would handle it.
I'm  telling this to you because I want you to know. The threat is real. I saw it  with my own eyes."
-  Tedd Petruna