Twenty seven years ago tomorrow, a West German kid named Mathias Rust landed a Cessna 172 in Red Square. Rust’s flight irreparably damaged the reputation of the Soviet military, and arguably hastened the end of the cold war.

WTF has that got to do with anything, you ask? Just this:


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Later Life

While doing his obligatory community service (Zivildienst) in a West German hospital in 1989, Rust stabbed a female co-worker who had rejected him. The victim barely survived. He was convicted of attempted manslaughter, sentenced to two and a half years in prison, and released after having served 15 months. Since then he has lived a fragmented life, describing himself as a "bit of an oddball."



Odd bit of timing.