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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Anachron - 04



Anachron Field Log: Sequence 1

Two campaign aids boarded a cab bound for Burnett Plaza.  Shortly into the ride the cab was hijacked while stopped at a traffic signal by an unidentified man carrying a military issued weapons backpack.  One of the aids attempted to flee the vehicle from the rear passenger door immediately as the hijacker entered the vehicle.  Her attempt to flee resulted in the cabbie being shot from behind through the stomach, and a broken leg on the part of the fleeing aid as the cabbie sped off after being shot.

All four individuals were trapped in the speeding vehicle until the aid trapped in the rear middle seat attacked the hijacker with a small self-defense knife.  The aid was able to stab the hijacker in the lower neck/upper shoulder and dial 911 for help.  The hijacker quickly wrestled the knife from the aid and forced her to end the 911 call.

Just as the hijacker got control of the two women in the back seat the cabbie turned on his dispatch radio and informed the cab company of the situation.  The dispatch call distracted the cabbie enough to miss a car that pulled out in front of him.  The cab clipped the vehicle and fish-tailed.  The aid in the middle seat once again attacked the hijacker, this time pulling open the rear driver side door, pushing on the hijacker's knife wound, and forcing the man out of the moving cab.

The hijacker intentionally reached back to grab his backpack as he fell from the cab. As he rolled on the pavement he protected the backpack at great harm to himself.  The cabbie watched as the man rolled away, which caused him not to see a city bus that was blocking the intersection they were approaching.  The cabbie swerved at the last second, but it was too late.  The cab veered off the street and hit a traffic signal pole.  The impact instantly killed the driver, fatally wounded one of the aids, and caused the other aid to be rushed to an area hospital in critical condition.

In the debriefing room after the Anachron run:

The team developed a profile sketch of the hijacker from the cab.  The sketch was run through a program to find a match on one of the surveillance cameras at the Burnett Building.  A positive match was found with a time signature just before the bombing.  The team reviewed the tape and confirmed that the same hijacker from the cab entered the Burnett Building parking garage in a white contractor van 4 minutes and 23 seconds before the explosion.  On the tape the military backpack was clearly visible on the hijackers lap in the van.

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