Posted on 04/27/2009 11:41:55 AM PDT by Schnucki
ONE of President Barack Obama's planes, escorted by two fighter jets, spread panic Monday flying low over New York, triggering office evacuations in the city still scarred by the 9/11 attacks.
But the low-flying planes which buzzed parts of southern Manhattan and the Hudson River for about 30 minutes were just out for a Pentagon exercise.
"The presidential airlift group conducted an aerial photo in the New York city area today,'' said US Air Force spokesman Major Richard Johnson.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) called the maneuver a "photo op.''
"The Defence Department is conducting a photo op that involves deploying two F-16s and escorting a military version of the Boeing 747'' close to lower Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty, FAA spokesman Jim Peters said.
"The maneuver was not an emergency and was coordinated in advance with the FAA and state and local officials,'' he added.
A police spokesman confirmed some offices had been evacuated, without giving a figure and said: "I guess people panicked.''
Hijackers slammed two planes into the twin towers of New York's World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001 destroying the building on the southern tip of Manhattan and killing about 3000 people.
"I was there on 9/11, I saw thousands of people die. I don't like when I am not aware of a military photo op,'' said commodities trader Jurgens Bauer.
"I am in a room without windows, I did not see any plane, I saw everybody running and I ran out too. My heart is still pounding.''
Ground Zero, where the buildings once stood, is now a permanent memorial to the deadliest-ever terror attack on American soil.
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Could you just imagine if Bush had done this.
Doesn’t NASA have software that will allow photos to be converted to a 3d topographic pass-by? The explanation for this flight sounds as fishy as a charter boat fishing trip.
Give the socialist, left wing liberal, and defeatist from inner city Chicago a break. After all just 5 years ago he was a community organizer in inner City Chicago walking around the hood and telling people that America is unjust and unfair to minorities and to people around the world.
On 9-12, the next city over had school opening celebration, complete with a fireworks display which no one bothered to notify anyone of. We all ran out of the house as well.
“Hijackers slammed two planes into the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001 destroying the building on the southern tip of Manhattan and killing about 3000 people.”
For those readers asleep or in a coma for the past 8 years.
When asked about this, Robert Gibbs replies, “I know nothing”
They squealed like pigs when Bush did a flyover of a deserted New Orleans and they knew he would be visiting.
Obama leading a Presidential administration acts like a kid with a new video game.
More like one of the psychotic roman emperors.
Military version of the 747 my ass !
That was AF 1........Look at the presidential seal on the side !
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/video?id=6782675
What is wrong with Obama??? Idiot!
Exactly. The media will report on the fly-by and will do absolutely no analysis of why it happened and why it was done without any public warning. If President Bush had done this, it would have been like Katrina — a natural disaster that was blown way out of proportion to the response provided by the President. The media would have a field day if this had occurred during the Bush Presidency.
Reminds me of Tom Cruise in Top Gun, with his “fly by” stunt.
Thanks for the ping and reply with that link.
Velveeta can you repost some of your pictures and links from the first thread to this thread.
It is. The USAF has two(2) VC-25 aircraft, military versions of the Boeing 747. They are used to carry the President of the United States. The USAF has no other 747s.
Saving jet fuel and helping the environment Obama-style.
Even knowing what the real story is, when it went behind the buildings I tensed up a bit remembering the second plane strike on 9/11.
What an idiot to panic a city for some photo op crap.
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