April 27, 2009
Airplanes buzz Lady Liberty (Update: Video)(Update: It was a White House Photo-op they apologize)
Someone wanted this photo-op badly enough they terrified thousands getting it....and....based on the reaction....9/11 is still not to far from the surface ...even after 8 years.
It wasn't even a drill. It was a photo op.They need to fire the IDIOT who thought it wise NOT to inform the public.
And the Pentagon told local authorities, but said they couldn't share the information with the public.An Air Force One lookalike and two F-16s buzzed the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor this morning, halting work on nearby construction sites, causing resident and office workers to flee their high-rises and giving thousands of people in downtown Manhattan and New Jersey a major fright. At least two people were treated for minor injuries at Jersey City Medical Center after falling during the rush to exit their high-rises.
"Everybody panicked," said Daisy Cooper, a Merrill Lynch worker in Jersey City, who lost a nephew on 9/11. "Everybody was screaming and we all ran downstairs. I'm devastated. ..Everybody was running, we didn't know why we were running. We just knew it was a plane, there we go, 9/11 again."
Update by Rusty on Howie's lazy behalf: Here's the video. It wasn't just an F-16 -- hence I changed the title of the post. My understanding is that it was Air Force One's backup plane. His Oneness was not on it.
UPDATE: It was Air Force One, kinda sort of. Air Force One isn't an airplane it is a designation given to any airplane the President is on. So, this is one of the planes that is Air Force One, only since Obama wasn't on it, it wasn't.
Comprende?
UPDATE:White House apologizes they owned this royal screw up.
By Newbie at April 27, 2009 01:56 PM | | l digg this
