Fleet Week 2009 Celebration

Fleet Week 2009 Celebration. If you are New Yorkers, then don't miss May 20 at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Therea are a Parade of 13 ship along the Hudson River.

Here is the The Associated Press News Release.

The New York City ( NYC ) Office of Emergency Management is reminding New Yorkers that plans to kickoff this year's Fleet Week celebrations include a fly-by of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge by four military aircraft.

The warning came about three weeks after a nerve-racking Air Force photo shoot over the Statue of Liberty caused a brief panic in lower Manhattan. That incident sent workers rushing into the streets amid flashbacks of Sept. 11.

Wednesday's fly-over by four F-18 Hornets was scheduled for 11:45 a.m. The aircraft were to head north over the Hudson River, dipping to an altitude of 1,000 feet.

Also planned for the 22nd annual Fleet Week kickoff is a parade of 13 ships along the Hudson. The largest and most familiar is the USS Iwo Jima, a 40,500-ton assault helicopter carrier.

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