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You may not believe it, but it did happen. I doubt they would have
actually shot anyone, but it was mindboggling that they would make the threat. On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 03:39:00 UTC, "Tom S." wrote: "Charlie Schwartz" wrote in message ... At least they didn't threaten you with grievious bodily harm. During the 1992 election, I was preflighting my plane at SMO. George I rolled up by limo to the FBO across the field unnanounced and was preparing to ---eventually--- leave by helicopter. The Secret Service came along the ramp and informed each person to get in his or her airplane, close the windows and not open them. The penalty for opening the airplane's window was to be shot by the snipers around the field - at least according to the agent (who was openly armed). So, for 20 minutes on the 80+ degree afternoon, my family and I were forced to sit in a Cessna 182 with the windows closed while King George did whatever he was doing out of sight in a building that was across 2 wide ramps, two taxi ways, and a 150 foot wide runway from where we were sitting -- all under penalty of summary execution. Yeah, sure! -- ___________________________ Charlie Schwartz |
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