post-9/11 mindset
Oct 23, 2002 | 7:05 am
#1
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post-9/11 mindset
Just announced on the speaker system in the London office tower I work in and via corporate email:
This afternoon (Weds 23/10/02) at 2.30pm a Boeing 737 will fly over Canary Wharf at a height of 1800 feet.
This is for a charitable event and has been authorised by relevant regulating bodies.
Please inform your staff of this event to ensure:
a) there is no undue panic
b) that the emergency services are not swamped with calls.
Operations Office
Metropolitan Police
Tower Hamlets
This afternoon (Weds 23/10/02) at 2.30pm a Boeing 737 will fly over Canary Wharf at a height of 1800 feet.
This is for a charitable event and has been authorised by relevant regulating bodies.
Please inform your staff of this event to ensure:
a) there is no undue panic
b) that the emergency services are not swamped with calls.
Operations Office
Metropolitan Police
Tower Hamlets
Oct 23, 2002 | 6:02 pm
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A few weekends ago, Navy was playing SMU in Dallas. The Navy arragned for a few F/A-18s to make fly over of the football staduim where SMU plays.
Well, later that week, the Dallas Morning News publshed a letter from a reader complaing about doing something like that in a post 9/11 world. Claimed it would casue panic, with people thinking the jets were off to intercept some threat.
Whatever... Some people really can't have any fun anymore.
Well, later that week, the Dallas Morning News publshed a letter from a reader complaing about doing something like that in a post 9/11 world. Claimed it would casue panic, with people thinking the jets were off to intercept some threat.
Whatever... Some people really can't have any fun anymore.
Oct 23, 2002 | 10:02 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by jsmeeker:
A few weekends ago, Navy was playing SMU in Dallas. The Navy arragned for a few F/A-18s to make fly over of the football staduim where SMU plays.
Well, later that week, the Dallas Morning News publshed a letter from a reader complaing about doing something like that in a post 9/11 world. Claimed it would casue panic, with people thinking the jets were off to intercept some threat.
Whatever... Some people really can't have any fun anymore.</font>
A few weekends ago, Navy was playing SMU in Dallas. The Navy arragned for a few F/A-18s to make fly over of the football staduim where SMU plays.
Well, later that week, the Dallas Morning News publshed a letter from a reader complaing about doing something like that in a post 9/11 world. Claimed it would casue panic, with people thinking the jets were off to intercept some threat.
Whatever... Some people really can't have any fun anymore.</font>