Man Kills Self, Hostage at NASA Building

Insanity is contagious. First the terrible event at Virginia Tech and now, all the pyscho's think this is a good idea. Most Americans remember that following the massacre at Columbine, there was a rash outbreak of other students copycatting that event.

A NASA contract worker took a handgun inside an office building Friday at the Johnson Space Center and fatally shot a hostage before killing himself, police said. A second hostage escaped with minor injuries. The gunman shot himself once in the head more than three hours after barricading himself on the second floor of Building 44, which houses a laboratory.

Why can't people just kill themselves and leave everyone else out of it?

The slain hostage was probably killed "in the early minutes of the whole ordeal," Houston Police Capt. Dwayne Ready said.

Does that really matter?

The man was believed to be an employee of Jacobs Engineering, which has a technical support contract with NASA.

Great so he didn't even technically work for NASA. That's like the lunch truck guy outside your office losing it and killing you.

NASA employees and contract workers were kept informed of the situation by e-mail.

Dear Tina,
We're sending you this e-mail to let you know not to make any sudden movements. Don't turn around. Oh shit, get down, GET DOWN!