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http://themeck.blogspot.com/2013/02/standoff-in-alabama-ends-in-boys-rescue.htmlTuesday, February 05, 2013
Standoff in Alabama Ends in Boy’s Rescue and Kidnapper’s Death - NYTimes.com - Robbie Brown and Campbell Robertson - For some time, officials had been able to monitor movements within the bunker using high-tech surveillance equipment, said two people who had been briefed on the operation. They had also built a mock-up of the bunker nearby, where the authorities could test various options while devising a rescue plan. - On Monday afternoon, sensing that Mr. Dykes was becoming rattled and that the threat to the boy was growing, the authorities dropped two devices into the bunker that created loud explosions, heard by people across a highway. The explosions disoriented Mr. Dykes, and immediately afterward two or three members of the F.B.I. Hostage Rescue Team went into the bunker and retrieved the child. Mr. Dykes was killed.
PHOTOS: 'I can’t describe how incredible it is to hold him again': Ethan's mom speaks for first time of joy at having her 'beautiful, sweet boy' back in her arms after bunker ordeal | Mail Online - Laura Collins
PHOTOS: A mock bunker, a military spy camera and a veil of secrecy: Revealed, the extraordinary FBI operation to rescue five-year-old Ethan from survivalist's underground lair | Mail Online - Laura Collins - An elite team of FBI agents built a mock bunker and inserted a spy camera into Jimmy Lee Dyke’s underground bunker to rescue five-year-old Ethan after a week of meticulous planning, it was revealed today. - The FBI Hostage Rescue Team blew the doors off the bunker and shot dead the survivalist during the daring raid yesterday afternoon after footage from a secret hi-tech camera showed the boy’s life was in ‘imminent danger’.
Survivalist tricked Alabama school bus driver into stopping by 'promising a gift of home-grown broccoli' before he shot him dead and took a little boy hostage | Mail Online - Laura Collins - Survivalist Jimmy Lee Dykes set his plan to ambush a Midland City school bus in motion by telling the driver that he was 'going to give him a gift', it was revealed today. - The detail has emerged as the hostage situation in Alabama continues into its fifth day. - The day before Dykes, 65, acted, he told driver, Charles Poland, that he was going to give him some broccoli he had grown on his land. - His intention was to ensure that his approach caused no alarm when he boarded the vehicle on Tuesday afternoon armed with a gun.
Details emerge in Alabama child hostage rescue - CNN.com - Law enforcement officers were able to see what was going on inside the underground bunker where a 5-year-old boy was held hostage for a week with a camera they somehow slipped into the hideout, a law enforcement official said Tuesday.
Free Wi-Fi for everyone? FCC says maybe | The Biz Beat - AJC.com - What would you say to unlimited access to free super Wi-Fi networks across the nation – and possibly never having to sign up for a data plan? The Federal Communications Commission is considering making free Wi-Fi- networks available to the public. - While it could be years before it’s a reality, the proposal already has wireless service providers in a tizzy, according to The Washington Post.
Revealed: How the FBI used an elaborate surveillance network and heavily-armed SWAT teams to take Alabama hostage gunman down | Mail Online - Laura Collins - A citadel of surveillance has been erected – all unreported until now, all as negotiators hoped for a peaceful outcome. - CNN reports that military surveillance equipment and personnel were used during the standoff. - CNN correspondent Barbara Starr reports that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta personally approved the FBI using its gear and engineers during the operations. - However, it was the FBI's elite Hostage Rescue Team, and not U.S. troops that, that stormed the bunker and recused five-year-old Ethan.
Five-star linebacker Reuben Foster commits to Alabama | al.com - Matt Scalici - Auburn High School linebacker Reuben Foster has come full circle after one of the most dramatic recruiting sagas in recent memory, committing to Alabama on Monday night during The NEW College Football Show on Fox Sports South.
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