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| Plane Strikes Building In Manhattan |
| Wednesday, October 11, 2006 |
A small aircraft has struck Belaire Condominiums, built in 1989 at 524 E. 72nd Street near the East River in New York City. This aircraft was a non-commercial aircraft. NORAD, the North American Air Defense Command, has an unspecified number of fighter jets scrambled over unspecified cities as a precautionary measure.
At present, reports have varied from 1 to 2 deaths. Nonetheless this represents a tragedy and, unfortunatley, tragedy makes for great drama and will be covered by virtually every major media outlet.
Here are some links to sites with coverage. please form your own opinion:
- http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/11/plane.crash/index.html
- http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,219921,00.html
- http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2554474
- http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/11/national/main2082292.shtml
- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15223650/
- Reuters
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6042306.stm
CAPTION: Smoke billows from the side of a high-rise building where a small aircraft crashed in it in New York October 11, 2006. A small aircraft crashed into a building on Manhattan's Upper East Side on Wednesday, but a U.S. official said there was no evidence it was terrorism-related. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)
Image Downloaded from the ABCNEWS Website.
At present, the information being communicated to the public by the FAA, NORAD, Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and the City of New York have at the time of this post published no information on the websites or online warnings. This is suprising considering how ubiquitous internet communication has become. So, our number one personal defense against the fallout of a terror attack appears to be the press and viral distribution of information. Not the government. The site that surprises me the most is the FAA - This is one of the primary functions of the FAA to provide information about what's happening above the ground. Yet, there is no need to be unduly harsh as this is an emergency event and
The various news networks have already assembled a number of experts in a variety of field to discuss the issues. By in large, it is some of the least informative speculation that one coud desire, yet most the news business is a about entertainment anyway. There is little or no actionable information being provided at this point. |
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