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Apparently the Blonde Bank Robber Babe, Pamela Kaichen, who was captured yesterday, uses September 11 as her excuse, her raison-d'etre, for robbing banks for about $10,000. The Daily News says she would refer to September 11 in her heist line: At one bank, she said, "I lost a loved one on Sept. 11," and at another, “You listen good. I went through the Sept. 11 attack, and I’m very angry today. Don’t make a sound or everyone is going to die.”
Kaichen's family members don't think she knew anyone was died during the attacks but she had worked as a volunteer and was very upset by them. Additionally, "Raised in Maine, Pam Kaichen drifted between New York and New England for years, trying to find a place in the tight-knit, highly competitive equestrian world, friends said."
The Post notes that everyone, friends, families, neighbors, is shocked at her behavior and that she was busted earlier in the day of her arrest for not wearing a seat belt.
Hmm, the September 11 defense. Not the first time we've heard it, not the last time.
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Hearing people use September 11 as an excuse makes me confused, because I understand that it is a traumatizing event, but I have close friends and family members who have lost loved ones and they are pretty high-functioning. Mournful, sad, angry, yes, but not using it as the catchall excuse. The other thing is that we all went through it - do we all get a free pass on some things? I don't think I understand the dynamics of the September 11 aftermath, and I doubt anyone really does.
seriously- my feeling is that using the september 11th excuse is just going to get you busted that much harder- talk about terrible karma!
Is there ever a "valid" excuse for robbing a bank?
The only one I can think of is greed.
Everyone shocked?? How could that be? I knew (know) Pam and must say she was always a borderline personality, probably bi-polar. Is that any excuse to rob a bank? Probably not but, believe me, she is not some tough moll, she is just a lost soul.... And sadly, her unhappy life has been virtually ended by this foolish act.