A small airplane off course costs the economy $50 million
Number one, it was small enough that no one could have told if they were running away or into trouble.
Second, the damage it could have done is negligible. With two people in it already, next to none unless it had nukes.
Then it would matter where the taxpayer went.
The losses - 35,000 people lost at least an afternoon at work. Le's say $100 in productivity. A lot more people unable to work because of cop cars, screaming sirens, and disruption of traffic, mass transit and pedestrian.
Some medical bills for the faint of mind and heart.
Paying cops, cops and more cops to hustle 'em out, and then to let 'em in.
What a country.
One knows they didn't tell Bush though.
The kids weren't shot down.
Arf