A former FBI community liaison has revealed that she believes she saw legions of angels in the mist at the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2011.
Lillie Leonardi is a former police officer who later retired from the FBI due to post-traumatic stress disorder. Leonardi arrived outside of Shanksville, Pa., about three hours after the hijacked airliner crashed and served as a liaison between the agency and the families of crash victims.
Leonardi's book, "In the Shadow of a Badge: A Spiritual Memoir," features descriptions of how the plane was seemingly swallowed up by a smoldering crater and only small pieces of debris littered the crash site.
"That's when I started seeing like shimmery lights ... and it was kind of misty and that's when I first saw, like, the angels there," Leonardi said in an Associated Press interview. "And I didn't say anything to the guys because you can imagine if I would have said, 'I just saw angels on the crash site,' they'd have called the office and they'd have said, 'She lost her mind and tell her to go home.'"
Forty passengers and crew died in the crash.
Leonardi's FBI supervisor, Kenneth McCabe, says he has read her book and doesn't discount what she believes she saw.
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Leonardi's book will be donated to the National Park Foundation to aid in the construction of the Flight 93 National Memorial.
To make a tax-deductible donation to support the Memorial, go to www.honorflight93.org/donate.
Walmart. No one that we asked had any idea what we were talking about. We thought it strange, kept moving, and missed the oppurtunity to visit the site.
grammar much?
Faith is a self-imposed delusion by the believer and is eminently deserving of criticism - the universe is vast and the origins of existence are unfathomable, but deluding ourselves to the point of certainty is intellectually irresponsible - peace on earth isn't going to come from making stuff up and insisting that it's true.
And, again, a call for criticism isn't an attack except to those with their minds completely closed to reason.
If you want to worship and invisible man and believe he has invisible "angels" working for him/her/it, that is your business. Just don't expect the rest of us to fall for the same scam.
Out of curiosity, where do you think these spirits were escorted to?
And I'm obviously more sane than a guy with "S'more" for a first name.
Imagine everyone around you believes in the president and you do too, but I come in and tell you to prove that he exists. You're nowhere near him, but you can tell me proof of his work and I tell you that it was the people of America that did that because it helped that they were involved. There's no way you can empirically prove to me that the president doesn't exist because no matter what you say, I won't listen. That's how atheists are to me. Sticking their fingers in their ears every time someone explains very logical points to them. Being faithless is shameful. When you truly know that, you'll understand why your existence offends me to my core.