He claimed to be acting on a drunken dare. At 8am in the morning? Must have been some night.
9/11 Memorial Chapel before being torched. --->
From the NY Post:
A Harvard law grad surrendered to cops yesterday after allegedly setting fire to an East Side chapel that houses remains of 9/11 victims as part of a drunken dare, sources said.
Brian Schroeder, 26, originally from Texas, walked into the 13th Precinct station house at about 7 p.m. in connection with the blaze at Memorial Park, on East 30th Street.
Charges were pending, police said.
None of the remains, which are destined for a memorial at the World Trade Center, were damaged but "mementos and candles left by family members in honor of 9/11 victims were destroyed or possibly stolen," Mayor Bloomberg said earlier yesterday.
Police sources told The Post they believe Schroeder was acting on a drunken dare, but have no other motive for the offensive oddball act of arson.
"How does someone walk into a place that's supposed to be secure and just light a fire?" asked FDNY Deputy Chief Jimmy Riches, who lost his son and fellow firefighter, Jimmy, in the Twin Towers. "It's beyond me."
The Fire Department was able to quickly extinguish the 9 a.m. fire inside the tent, which is operated by the Medical Examiner's Office.
It is not clear how Schroeder, a Duke University grad who had moved to New York recently to accept a position with a law firm, was able to get into the compound, but authorities got a report of a break-in about an hour before the fire.
"I just heard about this and it's hard to grasp. Clearly my prayers are with [Brian]," said a relative of the suspect. "With all my experiences with [him], he didn't have any radical agenda. Nothing but a good person."
No radical agenda? Then I suppose this is a different Brian Schroeder then.
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The committee is currently comprised of six students, though Paik said that the group is soliciting input from faculty as well. The members include first-year students Alexis I. Caloza ’04, Brian A. Schroeder, and Rosen; second-year student Elizabeth I. Tossell; and third-year students Paik and Peter C. Renn.
Update: Looks like Brian also championed the rights of illegals as an editor of the Harvard Latino Law Review. But no, he doesn't have a radical agenda or anything. (Thanks to John who left this delectable tidbit in the comments section)
Mr. Schroeder was also an editor at the Harvard Law Latino Review. He championed the 'Rights' of illegals.
Posted by: John | November 02, 2009 at 05:18 AM
By Jove, you're right, John. http://tinyurl.com/yggjuoq
But he doesn't have 'a radical agenda' or anything. Hah!
(thank you for the tip.)
Posted by: Dinah Lord | November 02, 2009 at 07:08 AM
Working "to recommend methods of ameliorating the effects of on-campus military recruitment on the school’s gay and lesbian population" is hardly radical. That just means he is against Don't Ask, Don't Tell. And what in the world do the rights of illegal aliens have to do with 9-11?
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