Low-flying planes cause New York City scare

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he is furious that the federal government flew a presidential Boeing 747 and a fighter jet near ground zero part of a government photo opportunity and training mission.

The incident on Monday caused a brief panic among workers, who said they were not notified in advance.

Bloomberg said the flyover so near the World Trade Center site showed "poor judgment" and was insensitive. He said he is furious that the New York Police Department and another city agency were notified last week, but did not tell him.

If he had known, Bloomberg said, he would have tried to stop it.

The Federal Aviation Administration and the Air Force say the flight was a government photo opportunity and training mission involving a presidential plane.

The White House staffer who organized the photo session apologized, but not before locals and an influential senator raised their voices.

Worried workers from several office buildings poured out onto the streets before they learned that the flights were harmless.

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.

"Apparently, nobody in the building was informed that this was going to happen," he said. "Everyone panicked, as you can certainly understand."

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[BrianEaZy]

I was going to say.. so what! the plane flew by for like a couple minutes. BUT THEN i put myself into a position of ANYONE in one of those towers... those couple of minutes must have been horrific. Good lord. I AGREE. THIS WAS WRONG ! I would have had a heart attack !

[TSMPimpDaddyPain]

HAHAHAHAHA! You call someone else a racist and then talk about the "true colors of white folks"? Couldn't be more hypocritical right there man.

[SollicitationisC]

Crimen Sollicitationis

[carlesls]

@keystudent yes.

[pussiecyatdoll]

I went to a show. I felt weird because I was the only chick walking around fully clothed but I see other chicks in bikinis. Anyway, I went with another guyfriend and it was interesting since these chicks were posing with cars & I didn't get the whole concept. One of them approached me and said I had nice silky hair then introduced herself. For some reason, I was aroused. I took her home, licked her pussy and then raped her continuously till she couldnt handle it! What an experience :-)

[SeboZax7]

There was a purpose. The FAA knew what they were doing. It's part of poltical control methods to use FEAR to manipulate people. "War on Terror" is just the New World Order Mafia hoax just as 9/11/01 WTC Attacks. Unfortunaetly, they don't care who they hurt to get their nefarious ways of making political capitol to take away our rights and freedoms.

[freedomlost2007]

I think there was more of a risk of people realizing the plane on 9/11 wasn't what they claim it was.

[T3hFlyingpizzamuffin]

I looked this up because I wanted to know if anywhere else was having lower flying planes. Now I know that where I live (which isn't in New York City but in A New York) my family and I live a bit over 15 minutes away from an airport, but I still haven't EVER seen the planes fly that low ever since some months ago. I thought that they flew higher to be more "safe." No offense to them, but it makes it look like they are TRYING To be UN safe. lol :P

[frankophille]

I cant believe this was allowed to happen.

It was very insensitive in the first place but if it was necessary (and sometimes things are) then surely some kind of notification should have been put out...Crazy.

[DanielThomasDTR]

what happens to the wing at 1:46 to 1:51?

[stefanmplayer]

well i THINK that if it would really be some wacko trying to make 9-11 happen again they would have blown him to dust long before he reaches new york city