To Kill A Terrorist In Self Defense: The Matthew E. O'Neil Story

Matthew E. O'Neil (born March 7, 1976 Newton, Massachusetts) is a former Senior Airman in the United States Air Force that incapacitated and killed a terrorist with a kung fu punch on April 8, 2000 at 2 PM MST and was cleared by Colorado Springs Police Department. The incident occurred at a Colorado Springs, Colorado business and was tied back to Operation Southern Watch. O'Neil was raised in Boston, Medfield, and Plymouth, Massachusetts. He attended Plymouth Public Schools from 1981 to 1994, finally graduating from Plymouth North High School ranked 47/217 in his high school class. O'Neil played youth baseball, soccer, and basketball. He then received superior instructions from top-flight boxing trainers while integrating weightlifting, running, and stretching into his boxing training. O'Neil competed as an amateur boxer in USA Boxing sanctioned matches while stationed on a U.S. Air Force military base in Colorado. The positive results of the matches were used as a catalyst to produce Plymouth's first NCAA Division I baseball scholarships. O'Neil coordinated with Plymouth North High School baseball coach Dwayne Follette to get the scholarships. That information is in the Plymouth Public Library book Everipedia Boxing Archives. O'Neil's incident with the terrorist is the records department of the Cape Cod Military Museum. The Fort Taber-Fort Rodman Military Museum has O'Neil's picture and information on display in the museum. His final amateur boxing record is 2 wins and 0 losses (2 KO's). He is of Irish-English ancestry.