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Royal praise for man who foiled plane bombWednesday 30 December 2009 Queen Beatrix has expressed her appreciation for Jasper Schuringa, the Dutch film producer who helped overpower the man who tried to blow up a plane bound for Detroit on December 25, Nos tv reports on Wednesday. It is not clear how the queen communicated her feelings to Schuringa, Nos said. Deputy prime minister Wouter Bos phoned the 32-year-old to express his good wishes on Saturday, Nos said. According to the Telegraaf, the Dutch arm of the Carnegie Hero Fund has also called for him to be given a formal recognition for bravery. Hiding The Parool reports that Schuringa has had enough of all the media attention for his action and has gone into hiding in the US. According to friend Chris van Amersfoort, Schuringa was staying with a friend in Miami but became so fed up of having reporters camped on the doorstep that he has moved to a secret address. Schuringa was on his way to visit his sister in Costa Rica when he was heralded as the hero of the flight. He climbed over seats when he saw a man apparently on fire and ‘dived’ onto him holding him in a head lock until help arrived. Another friend, Lydia Faber, told the paper it is exactly like Schuringa to get involved. 'He is impulsive. He would not let this happen,' she said. Van Amersfoort said Schuringa was astonished by the slow reactions of other passengers when they realised something was wrong. 'He does not think of himself as a hero,' Van Amersfoort said. 'He said he just did what he had to do.' © DutchNews.nl
bla bla bla and the nonsense continues By Nicoletta | December 30, 2009 3:47 PM I watched this man being interviewed on CNN and you could tell he was getting irritated by the attempts at sensationalizing what he was trying to explain logically By kathymm | December 30, 2009 3:54 PM they should not have published his name, if some crazy muslim will kill a guy who makes a film critical of islam imagine what would happen to someone who thwarted a terror attack. welldone to the man tho, welldone By adhd | December 30, 2009 4:05 PM It's good to see this dutchman with initiative, he's a great role model. By Linda Young | December 30, 2009 4:20 PM Well, I think Schuringa should receive recognition for his bravery. It is people like him who act rather than just be oblivious to the world that make the difference in life or death. Unlimited free travel on Northwest/Delta for starters would be nice. By tvisser | December 30, 2009 4:22 PM good for him I am from Michigan live in AMS and take that flight often...he's a kool guy I would have done the same. I have 6.400,000 air miles of travel and have been insimular situtaions and done the same but there was never a bomb....gheers for the dutch man By CMD | December 30, 2009 9:04 PM (1) Dutch passport control is, generally, better than that of USA, but less effective than that of Israel. By Carol Conti | December 30, 2009 11:05 PM Being a resident of USA I salute you Mr. Schuringa for a job well done. I also am very thankful for all the Dutch citizens involved. Delta will always be MY airline By Howard Barfield | December 31, 2009 8:48 PM from all of the UNITED STATES,THANK YOU By hg | January 3, 2010 2:14 AM
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Good on yer Jasper, makes me proud to live in Holland!
By Steve | December 30, 2009 3:42 PM