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Low-flying Air Force One photo-op panics NYers

A Boeing 747 used by the president was escorted over lower Manhattan by an Air Force fighter jet Monday as partof a government photo opportunity, causing a brief panic amongoffice workers near Ground Zero.

Workers from several office buildings poured out onto thestreets before they learned that the flights were innocuous.

John Leitner, a floor trader at the New York Mercantile ExchangeBuilding,...

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