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On September 11, 2001, a rare exception to the total shutdown of U.S. civilian airspace was made to save the life of a snake handler in Florida who had been bitten by a deadly inland taipan. (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 6 points 18 hours ago

I was in Lexington at the time. My GF and I saw the plane and freaked out. We knew there weren't supposed to be any planes in the air at that point.

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