Daughter of Pilot in Austin Crash Says Her Dad Was a Hero

The daughter of Joseph Stack, the man who flew an airplane into the Internal Revenue Service building in Austin, Texas, last Thursday, said her father's suicide mission was an act of heroism, Talking Points Memo reports. Samantha Bell, who lives in Norway, said the plane crash was "inappropriate," but praised her father because he "stood up to the system."

"I think too many people lay around and wait for things to happen," Bell told "Good Morning America." "But if nobody comes out and speaks up on behalf of injustice, then nothing will ever be accomplished."

Bell speculated that Stack set his Austin home on fire before the attack because it represented property taxes. "We pay taxes on our home as well," she said. "My belief is that the house was part of the government. And I think he wanted to get rid of what was left."

Stack left behind a screed against the IRS, in which he detailed the tax agency's wrongs and concluded that "nothing changes unless there is a body count."