Soooo, you want an updated pic of Air Force One over the Statue of Liberty, next thing you know, panic in the streets of Manhattan.
Major gaffe by the DOD or are New Yorkers just too jumpy 8 years later?
Major gaffe by the DOD or are New Yorkers just too jumpy 8 years later?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/nyregion/28plane.htmlIt was supposed to be a photo opportunity, a showcase of Air Force One alongside the sweep of New York City skyline.
But as the low-flying Boeing 747 speeded in the shadows of skyscrapers, trailed by two fighter jets, the sight instead awakened barely dormant fears of a terrorist attack, causing a momentary panic that sent workers pouring out of buildings on both sides of the Hudson River.