helicopter duel

A series of unusual events occurred this morning on my way to work. I should start off by saying that this past week I kept hearing rumors about Obama visiting Philadelphia this weekend. However, at 8:00AM on a Saturday, I certainly was not thinking about much of anything except moving my feet. So, I am moving my feet to pedal my bike to get me downtown, and I just happen to bike past Obama while he is giving a speech right next to Temple’s campus.You know you live in a big city when you can casually pass by a national political figure on your way to work and not think much of it.

AND THEN, I make it downtown to Temple’s center city campus, and the sidewalks near the buildings are all blocked off by caution tape. I look up, and there are two helicopters hovering overhead posed in what looks like a standoff. The helicopters had FBI printed in large lettering on the sides. Of course I assume the worst, but it turns out they were filming a scene for a movie.

I took pictures of the chopper showdown…

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~ by Cory Anderson on October 11, 2008.

4 Responses to “helicopter duel”

  1. those are awesome shots….
    atu@whyy.org

    can i post one of them on my blog…
    i’ll link back to you

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  3. Hahahaha

    thats insane, dude.

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