TSA officer Gerardo Hernandez went to work this past November 1st at the Los Angeles Airport. It would be his last day on the job. It would also be his last day on earth, thanks to a hate-filled gunman bent on carrying the "patriot" anti-government message to its ultimate conclusion: death to those who work in government.
On April 19, 1995, Timothy MacVeigh blew up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people, many of whom where government workers, and injured 450 more.
On February 18, 2010, Andrew Stacks flew his Piper Dakota plane into an Internal Revenue Service office in Austin, Texas, killing himself and IRS office manager Vernon Hunter. Thirteen other individuals were injured, two of them severely.
On January 8, 2011, Jared Lee Loughner shot U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords in the head at point-blank range during a constituent meeting she was holding in Tucson, Arizona. Loughner killed federal District Court Chief Judge John Roll, Rep. Giffords' staffer, Gabe Zimmerman and a nine year old girl, Christina Taylor-Green. Fourteen other people were wounded during that same shooting spree.
On November, 11, 2011, Oscar Ortega-Hernandez of Idaho Falls, Idaho fired shots at windows in the White House in an attempt to assassinate President Obama.
On September 16, 2013, Aaron Alexis killed twelve and injured three additional workers at the Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters at the Washington Ship Yard in Washington, D.C.
The grim history continues…
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