Originally Posted by flyinbob

Big difference here. In the Jackson case they didn't know how things had advanced, and were waiting word from the hospital, which actually came relatively quickly. In this case, the Internet got hold of the story, everyone (including many here who have suddenly gone silent ) started calling him a "hero", the grabbing of the beer adding to it, and the media started reporting more on the hero worship rather than the facts. Now as more facts come out it is clear no one bothered to remember that usually when a story sound too good to be true, it probably is.

Originally Posted by saad

i think you both are basically saying the same thing....the point is that people tend to believe the initial story that first comes out....then as more facts are revealed, the whole picture starts to change....

Originally Posted by OPNLguy

JFK being a maintenance base for the airline, they undoubtedly had some slides in inventory. Figure 30 minutes to fetch a new one and install it, an hour tops. The deployed one gets re-packed and re-certified, and goes back into inventory for use when needed.