Why did the White House Photo Op scare many New York residents?”
The photo-op of the presidential plane, flying low, maneuvering around the vicinity of ground zero in New York city was scarily similar to the day when two planes crashed into the twin towers and thousands of people lost their lives. The fact that the plane was followed by a fighter plane did nothing to disuade fears that, once again, a plane was about to slam into a New York sky scraper. It is doubtful that anyone recognized the paint scheme on the plane as that of the presidential jet.
“Air Farce One” played out over lower Manhattan yesterday — in a terrifyingly bizarre military photo op that sent office workers fleeing from their buildings fearing a new 9/11-type attack. But it turned out that the backup Air Force One jet and the fighter that appeared to be pursuing it only 1,000 feet above Ground Zero were staging the spectacle to get publicity shots of the presidential plane with a New York backdrop. President Obama called the incident a “mistake” today and said it would not happen again.
