It's saddening to see such a lack of compassion and sensitivity to the people of NYC by our Federal Government and the FAA. The FAA NEVER should have authorized this exercise, period.

I equate it to giving a Cruise Ship Voucher as a Birthday Present to a survivor from the Titanic.

I could look the other way on this though, I may not always agree with certain decisions made by people in power, but the one thing the infuriates me as a TAXPAYER is wasting our hard earned money.

Save the fancy CGI Animation AND the Carbon Foot-Printing Flyby, with all the hardships, burdens, and difficulties people in America are dealing with today, why is our federal government wasting OUR time and OUR money with a photo op????

USMC, this has nothing to do with the terrorists winning. Just because a person CAN do something, that doesn't mean a person SHOULD do something. I believe that is the fundamental definition of arrogance.
Being an aviator yourself, you should know the harm that can come from an attitude like this.