This copy of an undated family photo shows Costa Ricans Rigoberto Alpizar, right, and his brother Rolando Alpizar, left, and his sister-in-law Violeta Castro, center, outside their home in Costa Rica. Alpizar, a passenger who claimed to have a bomb in his backpack was shot and killed by a federal air marshal Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2005, after he bolted frantically from an American Airlines jetliner that was boarding for take off at Miami International Airport. No bomb was found. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Family)
AP - The White House said Thursday that two federal air marshals appeared to have acted properly when they shot and killed an agitated passenger who claimed to have a bomb in his backpack. |