Air Farce One played out over lower Manhattan -- 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.
The planes flew over the Verrazano Bridge, buzzed Lady Liberty's left ear, continued up the Hudson past Jersey City and then circled back toward Staten Island, federal officials said. The jets then completed two more loops as photographers aboard the F-16 took the world's most expensive snapshots.
Not only did the planes circle Manhattan at only 1,000 feet they buzzed the Statue of Liberty only 500 feet!
Thousands of people were evacuated from buildings on both sides of the Hudson during the half-hour episode.
The ill-advised spectacle cost $328,835.
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