Blackhawks Circle Low Through Chicago Skies as Secret Service Releases Security Details

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Chicago - Blackhawks and A/MH-6 Little Bird helicopters used by special forces circling low through downtown Chicago skies made for a scary scene along the Chicago River, as they rattled windows flying among the city's skyscrapers.

The training exercise comes as the city found out some of the details of what the Secret Service wants for security at next month's summit at McCormick Place.

FOX Chicago News has their terror prevention shopping list, courtesy of the Chicago Sun-Times:Secret Service has shopping list for terror-proofing NATO summit -

Portable high security barriers
Crowd control barriers
10-12 portable light towers
Sandbags, port-a-potties
Mobile offices
5-10 golf carts


The Chicago Tribune reports that the most traffic for NATO dignitaries will be between McCormick place and downtown hotels in the Loop, River North and the Gold Coast.

Fifty heads of state will attend, with delegates, and will be moving multiple times each day.

FOX Chicago News viewers called in, describing men with automatic weapons, hanging out of helicopters.

The city�s Office of Emergency Management and Communications on Monday announced that Chicago is the site of a military training exercise this week involving personnel and at least three helicopters.

But the bland press release from City Hall did nothing to prepare folks for the jarring scene that unfolded Monday evening.

�It was frightening,� Jessica Hill said. �I was definitely alarmed.�

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Blackhawks Circle Low Through Chicago Skies as Secret Service Releases Security Details

Ahead of the coming NATO Summit in Chicago, Blackhawks and A/MH-6
Little Bird helicopters used by special forces circled low through
downtown Chicago skies and made for a scary scene along the Chicago
River.

The training exercise comes as the city found out some of the
details of what the Secret Service wants for security at next
month's NATO summit.

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