swooping down into a park, picking up a baby, and dropping the baby a few feet away. and it seemed too amazing to be true. and it was. abc s sharyn alfonsi reports. reporter: millions of us watched it. a golden eagle swooped in and picks up a toddler. oh, [ bleep ]! reporter: millions of people wondering, is it real? word is that it s an internet hoax, the work of animation students in montreal. part of a school project. while most of us saw a visually convincing video, some animators across the country were quick to yell fake. but we wanted to know what did they see that we didn t? watch again. clue number one, the eagle s wings. all of a sudden they disappear mid flight. watch. here and then gone. clue number two, the eagle s shadow. it appears out of nowhere. watch again. students from the school produce internet hoaxes every year. remember this escaped penguin? that was them.
swooping down into a park, picking up a baby, and dropping the baby a few feet away. and it seemed too amazing to be true. and it was. abc s sharyn alfonsi reports. reporter: millions of us watched it. a golden eagle swooped in and picks up a toddler. oh, [ bleep ]! reporter: the internet video leaving us all wondering, is it real? word is that it s an internet hoax, the work of animation students in montreal. part of a school project. while most of us saw an unbelievable, but visually convincing video, some animators across the country were quick to yell fake. but we wanted to know what did they see that we didn t? watch again. clue number one, the eagle s wings. all of a sudden they disappear mid flight. watch. here and then gone. clue number two, the eagle s shadow. it appears out of nowhere. watch again. students from the school produce internet hoaxes every year. remember this escaped penguin?
obviously some party crashers in iowa, too, sarah palin s bus tour going up there again, the announcement from perry s spokesman came out hours before that debate last night. all getting interesting. it will be interesting to see what happens with sarah palin, whether she jumps in or not. our question of the day, who do you think won the gop debate? visit our fan page and let us know what you think. more political news now, president obama s plan to vacation next week is s ising some eyebrows. critics say that with the economy still in crisis, the president and his family should not be rubbing elbows with the wealthy on martha s vineyard. abc s sharyn alfonsi reports. reporter: it is august. but with wall street s wild mood swings and the economy stalled, should president obama really be headed to martha s vineyard for vacation? i don t think americans out there would begrudge that notion that the president would spend some time with his family. reporter: but do we? absolut
if essential state employees walk off the job. chris bury, abc news, madison, wisconsin. the wisconsin democrats deliberately fled the state to prevent or slow down the vote on that controversial budget bill. for a time they were hiding out in a rockford, illinois, hotel. not far from the wisconsin state line. they say they have left and the hiding out they are hiding out in an undisclosed location. wisconsin is not the only state struggling to make ends meet these days. as sharyn alfonsi reports, budget battles are being fought across the country. reporter: in new jersey governor chris christie booed by firefighters after suggesting the age of retirement for state workers had to be raised and pension plans had to be cut. for 20 years governors have come into this room and lied to you. promised you benefits they had no way of paying for. reporter: new jersey facing an $11 billion deficit this year. 50 times three
hd 3. it is simply being called a it is simply being called a miracle. a flight with 131 people on board crashed monday with the plane breaking into three pieces. but after all that, just one passenger died. there are at least five americans on board. as sharyn alfonsi reports, abc spoke exclusively with one of them from the small caribbean island. reporter: for many, it was supposed to be the start of a