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03-14-2014, 04:47 AM
Should This Drone Have Flown Over East Harlem Firefighters?
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Firefighters were still unloading debris from the scene of Wednesday's explosion in East Harlem that killed seven people and injured dozens when a three-pound DJI Phantom 2 quadcopter drone began buzzing above the wreckage.
The owner, Brian Wilson, 45, a business systems analyst who has been flying drones (http://mashable.com/category/drones/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) for more than two years, says he was just there to collect footage and show how drones can be useful in a dangerous situation. Some thought Wilson was reckless for flying over an area still loaded with rescue personnel — given that a mechanical glitch could have caused it to plummet toward the ground. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/13/drone-east-harlem-explosion/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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