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by mtippett | April 24, 2009 at 08:51 am
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Fox is reporting that a small plane has entered airspace over Capitol Hill and that has caused the building to be evacuated as well as parts of the White House.
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at 08:52 on April 24th, 2009
Police are now giving the 'all clear' and are stressing that these measures are the result of 'an abundance of caution'.
at 09:44 on April 24th, 2009
'An abundance of caution'? Ha. That's a new one.
Threat level down.
at 02:54 on April 25th, 2009
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at 18:11 on April 24th, 2009
I was in the Capitol at the time of the evacuation. The staff members would not let us know what was happening and there was a lot of panic. It began as a 'code red' and then went to a 'code yellow' whatever that is to mean.