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New York flyover for 9/11 anniversary labeled 'tasteless and inappropriate', Internet says it can trigger PTSD

'Can you imagine the trauma this will set off for survivors and their families?' a user wrote

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: A flyover had been planned in New York City to mark the 19th anniversary of 9/11. The move has been dubbed as 'tasteless' and 'inappropriate'. 

The New York City Emergency Management's official emergency notification system had announced the military plane flyover on Twitter on Thursday, September 10. The tweet had read, "Planned Flyover: An F-18 jet will be conducting a flyover on the Hudson River towards the Verrazzano Bridge on 9/11 at 3:30 PM. The aircraft will fly at approx 2,500 ft."

It has been reported that the New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's Office had spoken to Staten Island Advance and said that "the mayor wasn’t aware of the flyover, and frankly it’s inappropriate." The Mayor's office had also added that de Blasio "looks forward to thanking our heroes and honoring those we’ve lost at the ceremony tomorrow."

Many others also slammed the move such as author and journalist Kurt Eichenwald who took to Twitter to slam the idea of doing a low flyover on the anniversary on 9/11. Eichenwald had written, "Seriously? What idiot came up with this idea? Can you imagine the trauma this will set off for survivors and their families?"

The Vice President of Twitter, Brandon Borrman also took to Twitter to say that he does not live in New York City any longer "but this seems like a really bad idea, verging on completely tasteless."

Social media users seemed to be in agreement with Eichenwald and Borrman and also took to the comments section to call out the decision. One such user had written, "A low-flying airplane doing a flyover in Manhattan on 9/11 doesn’t strike me as the most appropriate tribute. Especially as so many suffer PTSD likely to be triggered by this. I’m sure everyone means well, but let’s think this one through."

Another added, "The issue with the flyover isn't about mourning or patriotism, it's a problem with a flyover in NYC for 9-11 specifically. Commemorating an airplane suicide attack with a very loud, low-flying airplane at the site of said attack is insensitive to the survivors and people w/PTSD."

"As someone who was there and lost acquaintances, not only is this insensitive and tasteless, inappropriate, an insult to first responders and those who lost loved ones, it shows the world the jingoistic overcompensation US military “leadership” has and continued tone-deafness," commented an outraged social media user. 

Another user who echoed the same sentiments also commented, "This is a terrible, terrible idea. A FLYOVER in memoriam of people who died when a plane flew overhead and then crashed into a building, collapsing it, followed by a second crash and 2nd collapsed building?"

"I don’t understand why you would do this. There are still a lot of traumatized people in NYC who watched low-flying planes 19 years ago and never want to see that again," said another. 

The horrific events of 9/11 occurred nearly two decades ago and still continues to impact the world. Many thousands of innocent lives were lost during the terrorist attacks on New York, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania. Two airlines, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 75 crashed into the North and South towers of the World Trade Center in NYC.