Drone prompts terror scare at Manhattan half-marathon
A man flying a drone near the half-marathon finish line in lower Manhattan on Sunday set off a terrorism scare that sent cops scrambling by land, sea and air to investigate the mysterious aircraft, sources said.
The unidentified man, who appeared to be in his 20, was dressed in a gray jacket with the word “grenade” written on it.
Around 10 cops from the NYPD’s Counterterrorism Unit rushed to the area around Pier 15 at 11 a.m. after witnesses reported seeing a drone with a camera attached to it hovering downtown.
A police helicopter and a boat from the NYPD’s Harbor Unit also converged on the area as backup but left after the cops on the ground found the pilot operating the device near the corner of South and John streets.
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