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Austin Attack Suspect’s Daughter Retracts ‘Hero’ Comments

The IRS Echelon 1 Building in Austin.

Joe Stack’s daughter called ABC today to retract her earlier statement that her father was a hero for standing up to the government.

Stack is accused of flying his plane into an IRS building in Austin, killing one person and injuring about a dozen others.

His daughter, Samantha Bell, told Good Morning America today that he is “not a hero.”

“We are mourning for Vernon Hunter,” she added, referring to the IRS investigator who died in the attack.

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