Wednesday, April 29, 2009

The other day I was at work and one of my co workers came in and was talking about this plane that was flying low over New York City and the panic that it had caused. I went on the internet and looked up what was going on and found that Air Force One was flown low over New York City for a photo op. When I found out that this was never announced to the public I thought that if was very disappointing the amount of thought that went in to this idea. The panic that was caused by this stunt was not very good considering what happened the last time planes flew that low over New York City. A press release could have stopped all of the panic that this idea caused. Just think of what the people in those office buildings thought when they saw those planes coming at them. All of those people must have been pretty scared because all of the footage I found showed people evacuating buildings and running down the streets. All of this panic and terror could have been avoided if a little common sense would have been used and implemented. By not informing the public of this going on they created a major crisis for some people that could very easily been avoided with a little effort on their part. First off they could have taken out adds in all the newspapers announcing their plan a couple of weeks before they flew over. Next they could have gotten spots on the radio stations and played an advertisement over the air talking about what was going to happen and they could have gone on some talk shows announcing this idea. They also could have run ads on the television announcing what they were going to do and they could have gotten interviewed on the news channels. They also could have mailed out some sort of flyer to people and let them know what was going on and in what areas it would be going on in. Now by not doing any of the things I mentioned above they have to play clean up with all the people that they scared. If a little time and effort would have been taken most if not all of this mess would never have happened and the people of New York would not have to relive the nightmare of September 11th over again.