December 1995
AUTHOR'S NOTE: "Terror on Flight 789" is a very early, much shorter draft of what would eventually become my book-length memoir, The Accidental Terrorist. If you like what you read here, please consider ordering a copy of the book, which is significantly revised and expanded from this version.
Chapter 8: Local Customs
I felt a moment's euphoria after making that rather dire pronouncement. I had done it! I had actually done it! I stood there next to the phone booth for several seconds, not moving—until suddenly the full import of what I...
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Chapter 9: The Mounties Get Their Man
Now, before we go any farther, I should perhaps clarify a couple of things. First, you should know that, when I phoned in my bomb threat, I never expected that Elder Finn's flight would experience anything more than short delay....
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Chapter 10: Mischievous Me
Constable X read me my rights as I sat there in shock. I don't recall the words, but I remember thinking how strange the Miranda-style rights were in Canada. Very much like the rights you hear read in the States,...
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Chapter 11: Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch . . .
I didn't discover what was happening with such other players in our story as Elder Finn and President Tuttle until some time later, but for the sake of variety (if nothing else) perhaps we should drop in on them now...
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Chapter 12: Confess, Shunn!
It probably seems odd that I should name this chapter what I have, in light of the fact that, at this point in our story, I have already confessed my crime. Ah, but something I didn't realize when I made...
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