(CBS/AP) An airliner and supersonic fighter jet zoomed past the lower Manhattan skyline in a flash just as the work day was beginning Monday. Within minutes, startled financial workers streamed out of their offices, fearing a nightmarish replay of Sept. 11.
For a half-hour, the Boeing 747 and F-16 jet circled the Statue of Liberty and the lower Manhattan skyline near the World Trade Center site. Offices evacuated. Dispatchers were inundated with calls. Witnesses thought the planes were flying dangerously low.
But the flyover was nothing but a photo op, apparently one of a series of flights to get pictures of the plane in front of national landmarks - CBS News Story
Not only was this stupid because it scared many many people who had flashbacks to 9/11, it was an enormous waste of money. The cost to fly just Air Force One was reported a year or two back at $57,000 per hour. Then you have the cost of the F-16's. This was a tremendous waste of Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars.
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