Stardate 20011013.0736 (On Screen via long range sensors): I suppose that there's nothing tasteful about memes, God knows. One of the internet hoaxes going around for a while was a
purported picture taken on top of one of the WTC towers showing a tourist in the foreground and a jet in the background just prior to impact. The claim was that it had been recovered from the wreckage of the tower, but it falls apart from inconsistencies under examination (things like the fact that the observation deck wasn't open at the time of the attack). Since then, the guy in the picture has probably been identified (he seems to be named "James") and
the source of the picture of the jet itself has also been found.
But in the spirit of the now removed "Bert is Evil", the Tourist of Death has become the subject of numerous doctored pictures. Like all memes, this one will fall by the wayside eventually. In the mean time, I feel sorry for the guy whose picture it actually is; he's probably getting a lot of ribbing about it from people who know him. (Of course, if he was responsible for the original hoax, then he deserves everything he's getting.) (discuss)
