Before We All Forget the Photo-Op Terror of 4/27

So this thing happened today where a large jet circled low over Manhattan, chased by a fighter jet. Turns out it was just a government photo-op, ha ha. But people were scared, and took pictures.

Because, really, what a spectacular bungle that was. Only after people fled their downtown office buildings in 9/11 flashback terror, did anyone who knew what was really going on think to send someone over with a bullhorn to tell everyone that it was nothing to worry about. It was insensitive and dumb, to be sure, but also a strange display in how a community can remember together. A scary and sad reminder that the city, or at least some of us in it, might always keep one worried eye trained on the sky.