Don't go feeling to safe about planes being deployed:
Oct 12, 12:40 AM EDT
Jets Scramble After NYC Plane Crash
By ROBERT WELLER
Associated Press Writer
DENVER (AP) -- The military sent dozens of fighter jets Wednesday to patrol the skies over New York, Washington, and other U.S. and Canadian cities minutes after a small plane crashed into a New York City high-rise.
Adm. Timothy Keating, commander of U.S. Northern Command, told The Associated Press that military officials knew it was not likely a terrorist act "about a half an hour after it happened."
"This is a significant event," he later said at a news conference. "My first reaction when I saw an airplane going into a building in New York City was, "Oh no, we've got another 9/11."
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Keating said he ordered the fighters to be scrambled immediately after seeing information about the crash on television.
"The fact we were able to have dozens of fighters airborne in a very brief period of time ... sends a message to the terrorists that we're ready to respond."
JFC
Just as long as I'm watching CNN 
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