Still, it's crazy...

 

welcome to the new world.

 

 

I don't think this would have played out any different pre 9/11. Not over the WH anyway. JMO...

I don't think this would have played out any different pre 9/11. Not over the WH anyway. JMO...

 

It played out much differently on 9/11

Good Lord, again. People learning to fly, could you please move to Ohio?

stock market is selling off.. ...  buy the rumor sell the news...

 

someone had some "shorts" to cover.. s&p futures sold off about five points ( low of 1158) then came right back... according to the market this news is over... but I'm sure cnn/fox and such will have this all day...

That pilot will spend the rest of his life paying off that fine.. 

they'll make his children pay what he can't from when he's gone.. :banghead

It played out much differently on 9/11

 

 

For a commercial plane, yes it did. A shame..

I don't think this would have played out any different pre 9/11. Not over the WH anyway. JMO...

 

They would not have cleared out all of these buildings in a heartbeat like they just did, that's for sure. Plus many of the restricted areas that exsist now, didn't exsist pre9-11.

 

As a matter of a fact they are interviewing a congressman now, who had come over his blackberry to evacuate all buildings immediately.

For a commercial plane, yes it did. A shame..

 

Point taken. I was referring to the fighters being scrambled.

Have they shown the actual plane yet?

Point taken.  I was referring to the fighters being scrambled.

 

 

I agree with you there for sure.

 

Private planes over the White House, and I am assuming it was that close I have no idea, have many times over the years found themselves military escorts in a matter of seconds within crossing the restricted zone.

I agree with you there for sure.

 

Private planes over the White House, and I am assuming it was that close I have no idea, have many times over the years found themselves military escorts in a matter of seconds within crossing the restricted zone.

 

I'd say that's a reasonable assumption.

Apparently the House was in the middle of a vote and someone yelled "shots fired" before they realized what had happened.

I'd say that's a reasonable assumption.

 

 

Sounds like it was very close to the WH..

 

 

U.S. Capitol, White House briefly evacuated

FAA tracking unidentified aircraft

Wednesday, May 11, 2005 Posted: 12:21 PM EDT (1621 GMT)

 

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A security alert prompted the evacuation of parts of the White House and U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

 

"Run, this is no joke, leave the grounds," a U.S. Secret Service agent told CNN White House Correspondent Suzanne Malveaux. An all-clear announcement was issued a few minutes later. No other details of the evacuation were immediately available.

 

Two F-16 aircraft were spotted in the air above the Washington area.

 

The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed to CNN it was tracking an unidentified aircraft that has apparently violated airspace over the White House.

 

Malveaux said a motorcade of six or seven cars left the White House. It's not known if President Bush has left the residence. CNN Congressional Correspondent Joe Johns said members of the Senate were evacuated from the Senate floor while it was in session.

I'm hearing a Fox reporter criticizing what happened because she didn't know what was going on ... "There was a lot of confusion." ... Yet, I'm also hearing the evacuation took place "post haste". Apparently this reporter thinks they should have stopped and filled her in. :rolly

I'm hearing a Fox reporter criticizing what happened because she didn't know what was going on ... "There was a lot of confusion." ... Yet, I'm also hearing the evacuation took place "post haste".  Apparently this reporter thinks they should have stopped and filled her in.  :rolly

how dare they evacuate without telling her why... don't they know who she is???

Have they shown the actual plane yet?

 

I just heard it was a Cesna prop plane that did this entirely on accident.

I'm hearing a Fox reporter criticizing what happened because she didn't know what was going on ... "There was a lot of confusion." ... Yet, I'm also hearing the evacuation took place "post haste".  Apparently this reporter thinks they should have stopped and filled her in.  :rolly

 

Every person that WBBM interviewed had a completely different story. The message was very clear. Evacuate immediately. If that is the case, how much explanation do you need if they feel it is something that has to be done NOW????

 

I hate reporters.

Edited May 11, 200520 yr by southsider2k5

Hmmmm, NBC reported that someone yelled "2 minutes til impact"

CNN claims they didn't know if the Prez was evacuated.. ABC claims he isn't even in Washington.. :banghead

Oh my goodness. DC has anti-air craft guns and were prepared to use them if necessary; say, if this plane was supposed to go down in a crowded area.

CNN claims they didn't know if the Prez was evacuated.. ABC claims he isn't even in Washington.. :banghead

 

MSNBC reports he was out on a bike ride in the surrounding suburbs when it happened and was then rushed to an underground bunker.

 

The VP was escorted out of the area with his motorcade.

Oh my goodness.  DC has anti-air craft guns and were prepared to use them if necessary; say, if this plane was supposed to go down in a crowded area.

 

 

Good grief..

 

 

They just need to construct a bubble or something over important buildings. Or maybe they can put big signs in the sky... "Sky closed ahead..."

Oh my goodness.  DC has anti-air craft guns and were prepared to use them if necessary; say, if this plane was supposed to go down in a crowded area.

 

As opposed to it plowing into Congress and killing off an entire branch of our government? Its not a happy choice, but it is the only choice if it comes to that.

As opposed to it plowing into Congress and killing off an entire branch of our government?  Its not a happy choice, but it is the only choice if it comes to that.

 

Get out!?

 

That said, wanting to shoot down a single-engine Cesna because some greenhorn doesn't know what he's doing?

 

Yikes.

A few days ago a grenade, now this......poor Bush.

Edited May 11, 200520 yr by LosMediasBlancas