Where he was promptly arrested. He was trying to make a political statement but the unintended message he delivered is just how easy it still is to breech the most secure air space in america. Jeff pegues is live in washington near the capitol near the landing site. Jeff, what happened today . Reporter well, scott, this is the kind of security breech that doesnt happen very often, but this gyrocopter that you mentioned landed behind me here on the west lawn of the capitol. It caused quite a stir, shutting down roads here and catching the attention of tourists, as well. This was a gyrocopter piloted by a 61yearold man a man named doug hughes from tampa who was trying to make a point about Campaign Finance reform. He flew that gyrocopter into this restricted air space by the washington monument, and you can see the white house in the foreground. He ended up here on the west lawn of the capitol. Now, this is something that he has had planned, according to the Tampa Bay Times and his frien
The lawn of the u. S. Capitol, where he was promptly arrested. Was trying to make a political statement but the unintended message he delivered is just how easy it still is to breech the most secure air space in america. Jeff pegues is live in washington near the capitol near the landing site. Jeff, what happened today . Reporter well, scott, this is the kind of security breech that doesnt happen very often, but this gyrocopter that you mentioned landed behind me here on the west lawn of the capitol. It caused quite a stir, shutting down roads here and catching the attention of tourists, as well. This was a gyrocopter piloted by a 61yearold man a man named doug hughes from tampa who was trying to make a point about Campaign Finance reform. He flew that gyrocopter into this restricted air space by the washington monument, and you can see the white house in the foreground. He ended up here on the west lawn of the capitol. Now, this is something that he has had planned, according to the T
Florida landed a gyrocopter on the lawn of the u. S. Capitol where he was promptly arrested. He was trying to make a political statement, but the unintended message he delivered is just how easy it still is to breech the most secure air space in america. Heres jeff pegues. Reporter with the white house in the foreground at 1 20 this afternoon a cbs news camera captured the gyrocopter flying over the National Mall behind the Washington Monument and toward the u. S. Capital. This is not good people. Approximately two minutes later, tourists captured the chopper as it came in for a landing on the west lawn. At the control 61yearold doug hues, a postal worker who wanted to stage a stunt andnt deliver letters to Congress Demanding Campaign Finance reform. Im going to land on the capital mall in front of the capitol building. Im going to have 535 letters strapped to the gear. His quest was chronicled by the Tampa Bay Times for several months but only covered it today. I carefully planned it
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