Tonight, the real story. Good evening. And we begin tonight with that scare in washington, d. C. And the major security questions tonight, because of it. Tourists in the shadow of the capitol when suddenly, they hear it they look up and see it all. The pilot flying in right into restricted air space. All part of an elaborate stunt in his small, oneman helicopter. You can hear one of them saying this is not good. The man landing on the west lawn of the capitol. Tonight, pictures of the arrest. They surround the alleged architect of the plan. This evening, in custody, a 61yearold postal worker. And it turns out the secret service knew him and had talked to him before. Abcs Senior National correspondent jim avila leading us off. Reporter the gyrocopter flew over the reflecting pool this is not good people. Reporter past the statue of ulysses s. Grant, dozens watching. As it made a beeline for the capitol. The small aircraft weighing less than 500 pounds holding only one pilot. It was loud
He is. But we do know that a man named doug hughes, a 61yearold mailman from florida has been posting things on a website and told a newspaper down there in florida that he planned to do this. His stated goal was to deliver mail to every member of congress basically talking about the need for Campaign Finance reform. Again, weve not verified this is the same man. He has been very public about doing there. Knew exactly the risk that he would be taking in doing so and violating the air space. According to the newspaper, he said no sane person would do what i am doing. So the pilot right now in custody, the gyrocopter has been inspect. No explosive material found. Well stay on top of this story for you and have a little more on news4 at 5 00. Chris lawrence back to you. Im wendy receiving we are a little more about this man who is suspected of landing on the twrp capitol. We are hearing this is a guy from florida named doug hughes who took responsibility for this flight on his website. He
Good evening. And we begin tonight with that scare in washington, d. C. , and the major security questions tonight because of it. Tourists in the shadow of the capitol, when suddenly, they hear it, they look up and they see it all. The pilot flying in, right into restricted air space. All part of an elaborate stunt in his small, oneman helicopter. Tourists fearing terror. You can hear one of them saying, this is not good. The man landing on the west lawn of the capitol. The bomb squad rushing in. And tonight, pictures of the arrest. They surround the alleged architect of the plan. This evening, in custody, a 61yearold postal worker. And it turns out the secret service knew him and had talked to him before. Abcs Senior National correspondent jim avila leading us off. Reporter the gyrocopter flew over the reflecting pool this is not good, people. Reporter past the statue of ulysses s. Grant, dozens watching. As it made a beeline for the capitol. The small aircraft, weighing less than 500
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