Two year anniversary of Echelon crash

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Two years ago this month, Austinites were looking for answers after a man crashed his plane into the IRS offices in northwest Austin.

Joseph Stack set fire to his Scofield Farms home earlier that morning then drove to his small Cessna plane, loaded with extra fuel, into the two floors of the building that housed IRS offices.

The crash killed Stack and 68-year-old IRS agent Vernon Hunter on February 10th, 2010.

In the aftermath of the physical wreckage, Stack left behind a manifesto in which he railed against the IRS for business dealings he had with the agency.

Engineers initially feared the building would have to be torn down because of concerns over its structural integrity but it eventually was found sound and the building underwent restoration.

Owners of the Echelon building announced last week that the are ready to begin accepting new applications for tenants in the building.

As for the IRS offices, they have since moved to another location.

The Stack home, now just a cement slab, was recently placed on the market. No word on the asking price or how much interest the property has garnered from potential new owners. Stack was survived by a wife and daughter who were not at home when he sat the house on fire.