Boat Sparks 9/11 Security Scare

ITN News
Friday, September 11, 2009

FLASHBACK: Feds knew Air Force One photo-op flyover might spark panic in the city – but didn’t give a hoot

Reports that shots have been fired at a boat in Washington DC during Sept .11 anniversary commemorations are being played down.

Police and federal law enforcement officials have said the incident in the Potomac River was actually a U.S Coast Guard training exercise.

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Lt. Mike Libby of the U.S Park Police said: “They’re in training exercise and we didn’t know it. Somebody reported that they had shot at somebody. That was part of the training exercise.”

A d v e r t i s e m e n t

President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates had been attending a ceremony at the Pentagon, south of the city on the Virginia side of the river.

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