Representative Anthony Weiner (D - Brooklyn and Queens) released the following statement on the decision not to notify New Yorkers about a flyover in lower Manhattan:
"It is a debacle all around – whether it be the Department of Defense thinking it is a good idea to buzz ground zero with fighter planes or the Federal Aviation Administration ordering it be kept quiet or New York City officials keeping us all in the dark. It was simply a bone headed thing to do. And all this for a photo op?"