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Coast Guard does training exercise on 9/11 causes panic


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The Coast Guard was conducting a training exercise in the Potomac River moments before President Barack Obama and his motorcade crossed a nearby bridge.

Wow, good timing for a training exercise.

Hopefully, as I'm sure is the case, Obama and his staff were notified ahead of time.

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Now, they're saying NO SHOTS were fired.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090911/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_coast_guard_sept11

Sept. 11 training exercise sparks confusion in DC

WASHINGTON – The Coast Guard conducted a training exercise in the Potomac River near the Pentagon amid Sept. 11 commemorations Friday, sparking confusion.

Coast Guard Chief Keith Moore said Friday no shots were fired as part of the exercise. Media reports suggested shots had been fired in the river and showed vessels circling in the water, near the bridge where President Barack Obama's motorcade passed as he traveled to a Sept. 11 memorial at the Pentagon.

Coast Guard spokesman John Edwards said references to shots fired were picked up in radio chatter. As part of its exercise Friday, the Coast Guard aired simulated instructions to participants to fire 10 rounds. But Edwards said there were no shots actually fired and there were no suspicious boats.

The Coast Guard conducts this sort of training everyday. The training had nothing to do with the 9/11 anniversary, Edwards said.

"This is routine training for us and we train everyday," Edwards said.

Obama had traveled to the Pentagon to lay a wreath in a ceremony commemorating the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

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