Like most things in life, it depends. You'd have to get a prosecutor to agree to accepting the case to bring charges against the individual. They'd have to decide if there was enough evidence, they'd have to decide if they thought they could convince a judge/jury, then they'd have to decide if it was even worth their time. In 1996, that might have been a more difficult thing to do than today.
> Also, this is an insanely childish way to act
Yeah? And? So? Are you attempting to say that no non-American has ever acted irrationally or childish? I have a few history books that would disagree
It is, but safety protocols are put in for the extreme unexpected case. "Regulations are written in blood" and all that.
Not all Americans are childish any more than no EU citizens are.
Also, this is an insanely childish way to act – again to the original commenter. It it seems like there is a difference in US an EU culture here.