It is most likely not based on any news event. When I was like ten, the girls made a list of the 20 cutest boys. I know of males and females who know of such lists; it isn't all that uncommon, and seems to many to be a common experience. So, to say that it is based off of a particular incident has little merit unless we hear something on the site's official FAQs or something like that. Until that time, I will eliminate all references to Mt. Lebanon.