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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


125 posted on 04/27/2009 9:19:37 AM PDT by jersey117
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People could have been injured trying to flee the buildings.
Not to mention potential heart failure from those in the situation.

Seriously, I’m in Chicago and my blood pressure is sky high!


130 posted on 04/27/2009 9:22:47 AM PDT by Velveeta
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It would not surprise me to learn it was a stunt for a video lead in to B. Husseins, 100 days address in two days.

Arrogant.

136 posted on 04/27/2009 9:23:47 AM PDT by Kakaze (Exterminate Islamofacism and apologize for nothing.....except not doing it sooner!)
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