The New York panic at Air Force One

When I heard about the panic regarding the photo-op flyover of New York, it sounded like a made-up controversy. But looking at the video changed my mind completely. These people are genuinely, and understandably, scared. There's a perfunctory apology from the director of somethingorother at the White House, but President Obama himself owes the people of Manhattan a sincere personal apology (and it would cost him nothing to give it).