OMG! That is beyond irresponsible. And WTH were the police told not to disclose this was going to happen?
NYC Financial Workers See Low-Flying Planes, Panic
NEW YORK (AP) — A low-flying Boeing 747 escorted by two fighter jets as part of a federal government photo opportunity over lower Manhattan caused a brief panic among workers near ground zero on Monday.
John Leitner, a floor trader at the New York Mercantile Exchange Building, said workers received no official prior announcement about the exercise. He said everyone panicked when they saw the low-flying planes and began running out of the building, mere blocks from the former World Trade Center site, around 10 a.m......
http://www.1010wins.com/Low-Flying-Planes-Cause-Panic/4279141
Most of the reports that I’ve been reading state the police didn’t know.