Having the FAA and the presidential airlift group conduct an aerial photo mission over Manhattan, complete with an F16 in tow, is about as dumb, thoughtless, irrational, idiotic, and insensitive a thing as I have heard in quite some time. Not alerting the public in advance pushes that stupidity to unprecedented levels.
John Leitner, a floor trader at the New York Mercantile Exchange Building, said about 1,000 people "went into a total panic" and ran out of the building around 10 a.m. after seeing the planes whiz by their building, near the World Trade Center site.
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Sen. Charles Schumer blasted the FAA for the lack of warning.
"This was a photo shoot. There was no need for surprise," Schumer said. "There was no need to scare thousands of New Yorkers who still have the vivid memory of 9/11."
Louis Caldera, who heads the White House Military Office, issued a statement apologizing. "I approved a mission over New York," he said. "While federal authorities took the proper steps to notify state and local authorities in New York and New Jersey, it's clear that the mission created confusion and disruption. I apologize and take responsibility for any distress that flight caused."
Gee, ya think, numbnuts?
Sorry, I'm just hyper-sensitive to stuff like this, having been in NYC on 9/11.
Sorry, I'm just hyper-sensitive to stuff like this, having been in NYC on 9/11.
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I was thinking the city of New York owns most of the responsibility on this one -- or at least a sizable chunk of it -- since they were informed about it beforehand but didn't release a notice to the media that it was going to take place.
The Mayor said he didn't know about it. Just passing that along.
Sounds like there's a lot of ex post facto backpedaling going on.
I agree with everything Jason said but have add that you forgot DISRESPECTFUL.
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