I received this via email and at first was skeptical but did some checking and it is valid.  A great statement!

On 22 December 2001, Richard Colvin Reid, a 29-year-old British citizen flying as a passenger on American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami, attempted to ignite what other passengers described as a wire protruding from one of his shoes. When Reid attacked a flight attendant who confronted him about this suspicious activity, other passengers responded to the commotion and rushed to help subdue him. According to various accounts, one French man reached over the seat to pin Reid's arms as he struggled while other passengers held his legs; a doctor on board sedated Reid while another passenger wielded a fire extinguisher as a weapon. After passengers finally restrained Reid using belts and anything else available for the purpose, they were eventually able to remove his shoe.

What Reid had been trying to ignite was a fuse leading to plastic explosives hidden in the sole of his high-top suede sport shoe