The info acted upon by the authorities in the news story involved Middle Eastern-looking men. While this fact is potentially unfortunate for the reputations of Middle Eastern-looking men, it is still a fact. When non-Middle Eastern-looking suspects are discovered doing such things, I hope that they too are dealt with appropriately.

My point in posting the story was not to focus undue scorn or suspicion on Middle Easterners. The point was to make other EMS personnel aware of the CONCEPT that someone could be actively looking to use ambulances in the U.S. as a terrorism tactic. This was the chief problem with the 9/11 attacks: Americans did not have the CONCEPT in mind that a plane would be used as a missile.