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TIL of the 2002 Tampa Cessna 172 crash, where a 15 year old boy crashed a light aircraft into the Bank of America building. Notes left behind by Charles J Bishop praised Osama bin laden and the 9/11 attacks, also voicing support for Al Qaeda. His mother later blamed his medication for the attacks.

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