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summary Date January 5, 2002 (2002-01-05) Summary Stolen plane
crashed into office building, pilot suicide Site Tampa, Florida
Passengers 0 Crew 1 Survivors 0 Aircraft type Cessna 172
Operator Privately owned Registration N2371N  The 2002 Tampa
plane crash was an incident that occurred on Saturday, January
5, 2002. The incident occurred when Charlie J. Bishop, a high-
school student of East Lake High School in Tarpon Springs,
Florida, stole a Cessna 172 and crashed it into the side of the
Bank of America Tower in downtown Tampa, Florida. Bishop had
been inspired by the September 11 attacks. The impact killed the
teenager and damaged an office room. There were no other
injuries.  Bishop had left a suicide note crediting Osama bin
Laden for the September 11 attacks and praising it as a
justified response to actions against