Modern Robin Hood Robs from AIG, Gives to Public.
World Press Association, Philadelphia
April 1, 2009
In a daring and dangerous assault, four men attacked AIG’s Board subcommittee on Financial and Risk Management last night as they were meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The committee, comprised of board members, Morris Offit (Offitbank, Chariman), Dennis Dammerman (formerly GE, Vice-Chairman), Martin Feldstein (Harvard U, economics Professor), and Suzanne Johnson (Former Goldman-Sachs, Vice- Chairman), were meeting at the company’s Snyder Plaza offices to discuss local corporate issues when the assault began.
Witnesses state that the perpetrators entered through the front doors just before lock up time, 7:00 pm. Carrying an assortment of automatic weapons, pistols and knives; they ordered everyone remain still and quiet and then did not interact with the crowd again. Focusing their attentions on the Board members, they lined them up, forced them to max their ATM account withdrawals and credit card cash advances at gun point, took all of their jewelry, watches, and other valuables, and then took all of their clothes as well.
A number of witnesses reported the reactions of board members were far stronger for the personal items than the cash, “They didn’t seem to care about a few thousand in cash they were losing, but the jewelry and watches and stuff really bothered them. They felt connected to that stuff.” Said one witness on condition of anonymity.
“Yeah,” Her friend Julie Smith of Abington, PA agreed, “And when they took the clothes off their backs… whooh! Were them rich folk mad!”
The four men, dressed in black pants, shirts, masks, and American flag patches on their left shoulders apparently gave a short speech on the meaning of liberty in a free society before fleeing out the doors at the sound of police sirens. Philadelphia police and FBI agents chased them to the waterfront where the thieves had a speedboat waiting for them at the pier at Snyder and Columbus streets. They sped downriver, dodging bullets, entering New Jersey just north of I-76. The crew of thieves were last spotted taking the boat up-river towards Camden Park, yesterday at 7:30 pm as the sun went down.
No physical injuries were reported as a result of the armed robbery.
As of one hour ago jewelry and other items from the robbery had been found in various locations around Camden, New Jersey. There had been no reports on the whereabouts of the cash or the thieves. Sources inside the police department tell us that rumors of a sudden spending spree in the tent village which has sprung up in recent months on the city’s outskirts are being looked into.
JD Adler
WPA