Two microphones were placed on a long table covered with dark green flannel, and a huge American flag was hung on the wall behind it. Three officials from the FBI, FAA, and New York City were sitting upright in suits with serious expressions on their faces.
After a brief introduction by the host, the press conference began.
First, the FAA official reported the details of the incident on flight UD725. In fact, everyone already knew what happened, but the FAA official added some unknown details to his statement.
After the FAA official finished, the FBI official announced the preliminary results of the investigation.
Again, there was nothing new.
The results of the investigation were basically the same as the media's analysis. The suspect was Wolfe Cook, 32 years old, a former member of the US Marine Corps with the rank of Sergeant.
Wolfe Cook participated in many overseas missions for the US military and was a recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal. He retired in 2015 due to injuries.
As the media revealed, Wolfe suffered from PTSD, which was an important reason for his retirement.
The former member of the Marine Corps returned from a trip to China, but his PTSD acted up on the plane. He mistakenly thought that he was being hijacked and attacked by the enemy, so he lost his mind and made a huge mistake.
Now, he had completely calmed down and was extremely regretful of his mistake.
The FBI would allow a few reporters to interview Wolfe at the appropriate time.
At this point, the truth of the incident on flight UD725 was revealed. The FBI had ruled out the possibility of a terrorist attack.
It was an accident.
Finally, Mr. Morpheus from the FBI expressed his gratitude to Mr. Lu Chen from China. He thanked the latter for his great courage to save more than four hundred passengers on flight UD725 and prevent a tragedy from happening!
After he finished speaking, the conference room was filled with thunderous applause.
The applause was all for Lu Chen, who was sitting in the middle.
Lu Chen was undoubtedly the highlight of this press conference. He firmly attracted everyone's attention.
Most of the people present knew Lu Chen from the three-minute video. However, the video was shot in the cabin, and it was secretly taken. Coupled with the violent movements, it was impossible to give Lu Chen a super clear close-up.
Therefore, now that he saw her face to face, the feeling was greatly different.
Even a biased reporter couldn't find fault with Lu Chen's appearance. Lu Chen was tall and straight, and his facial features were chiseled and handsome. Even by Westerners' standards of beauty, he was definitely one of the best.
Moreover, Lu Chen was very young, and his smile gave people a warm and gentle feeling. It was hard to imagine that this seemingly easy-going big boy actually had such a powerful fighting strength.
The Americans' understanding of individual combat power was usually attributed to the image of a burly man with a rough appearance and a mouth full of profanity — the template characters in Hollywood blockbusters.
Lu Chen really subverted their common sense.
In fact, some Americans have a very complicated mentality about LuChen's heroic deeds on flight UD725. They admire LuChen's bravery and fearlessness, but they are also a little upset.
Because the culprit of the incident was an American, and he was also a member of the Marine Corps who had served his country. He should have been the prototype of an American hero.
However, in a head-on confrontation, he was defeated by a young man from China.
They felt a little embarrassed.
Among this group of people, there were also several reporters present.
So while they applauded, they couldn't wait to ask Lu Chen their own questions.
The official host of the press conference was considerate and immediately announced a free Q&A session.
As soon as he finished speaking, a reporter immediately stood up and said, "Mr. Lu Chen, I'm James from the New York Times. I admire your heroic actions on flight UD725, but I want to know, what's your evaluation of Sergeant Wolfe Cook?"
According to the rules of the official press conference, during the free Q&A session, the reporters should raise their hands first, and then the host would choose one of them to ask a question.
It was impossible for the New York Times reporter not to know the rules, so he was very anxious.
Of course, he was also very confident, because the New York Times was one of the top three newspapers in the United States. It was distributed all over the world and had great influence.
The host didn't stop James from breaking the rules.
His question was quite tricky, and it could be said that he didn't have good intentions.
Lu Chen thought for a moment and replied calmly, "I personally think that the accident that happened on flight UD725 can't be used as a standard to evaluate Sergeant Wolfe Cook."
"Also, personally, I would prefer to be a friend of Mr. Wolfe Cook, not an opponent."
"Thank you."
James was stunned. Lu Chen's watertight answer made the New York Times reporter unable to find any flaws to continue his attack – it was too accurate!
Also, Lu Chen said "Sergeant Wolfe Cook" in the beginning, and "Mr. Wolfe Cook" in the end, which was very meaningful.
After a moment of silence, there was another round of applause!
The host took the opportunity to say, "Thank you, Mr. James, but please pay attention to the rules, this …"
He pointed to another female reporter who raised her left hand.
James returned to his seat in embarrassment. He felt his face was a little hot.
The blonde reporter who was pointed out stood up and asked Lu Chen again, "Mr. Lu Chen, I'm a reporter from the Daily News. Can you comment on your brave behavior at that time?"
The Daily News was also a major newspaper in the United States. Unlike the New York Times, which was politically serious, the style of this newspaper was more social. For example, its reporter was a beautiful blonde with blue eyes.
And the major newspaper reporters in the United States had one thing in common, which was that their interview questions were very bold and direct, which was quite difficult to deal with.
If ordinary people were faced with their continuous questions, it would be very easy to deal with them.
So before coming, the FBA provided Lu Chen with an interview draft so that he would be mentally prepared.
But neither James from the New York Times nor the blonde from the Daily News were included in the draft.
Lu Chen smiled calmly and said, "The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility!"
Lu Chen's answer made everyone's eyes light up.
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