Crowds gathered at National Mall to watch Blue Angels, Thunderbirds flyover

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Crowds of people gathered at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Saturday to watch a Blue Angels and Thunderbirds flyover, with at least some at the scene appearing to ignore social distancing rules.

"On the national mall covering the Blue angels and Thunderbird flyover and there are SOOO many people here. Not wearing masks. Not social distancing," she said.People view the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds as they fly over the National Mall in Washington, on Saturday.The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels and the Air Force's Thunderbirds performed flyovers in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., on Saturday before the aircraft traveled to Atlanta, Georgia.

The flyovers have been in the works for a month and are a tribute to health care workers, first responders, military and other essential workers.

 

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Stupid, it was not a way to say thank you to overworked dr.s & nurses. More Trump bullshit

Real good camera angle angle NBC, you made 200 people look like well 200 in a space that holds several hundred thousand. Now that is reporting.

Are these flyovers supposed to thank medical workers or make their job more difficult?

The crowds will be smaller 2 or 3 weeks from now.

More crowded than the inauguration

Okay...

Hmmm... let me guess who the genius is who organized this to happen during a pandemic.

I knew this was going to happen. Of course crowds were going to gather.

This is so irresponsible

When your children don't listen to you don't be surprised, your showing them they shouldn't listen to the government.

Heat kills the virus!

Once again, the president realDonaldTrump doing something that makes the pandemic even worse.

Nicolle Wallace must be given Meet the Press. Chuck Todd is weak and feckless. Lacks command of the facts. Never asks obvious follow ups. Gets steamrolled by Republicans time and time again. Watch the Mike Pence interview. Todd is a Trump asset. fireChuckTodd hireNicolleWallace

nopporn90 good luck, you gonna need it.

So the dumb realDonaldTrump followers may kill themselves whatching that waste of tax🙄 Hopefully that helps at Nov. 3rd ...

Such an event, invites such behavior. Just whose idea was this?🤷

Next health care worker’s dying words: “at least I got to see the Blue Angels”.

ann_heizy Picture are deceiving. Lot of people but they were spaced out.

Americas are the stupidest people in the world.

Yet you aren’t covering the ATV riders in dc

Trump said he loves the uneducated and they certainly love him.

Trump might as well have directed the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds to drop napalm on the crowds. Encouraging people to gather in crowds during a pandemic is unconscionable, but since Trump is a narcissistic sociopath he doesn’t really have a conscience. VoteBlue

Hoping the children will be safe. They have no choice.

Nice camera angle to make it seem so crowded

Because people are realizing this is more than a virus at this point. It’s a Democratic sham. It’s time we get back to normal and open up America.

So many people to spread the virus and cry when grandpa, cousin, uncle, dies

Get ready for round 2 folks

Appreciate the salute not all the people gathering there - not well thought out at all!

🤷🏻‍♂️

Good!!! America is the land of the free and the home of the brave! 🇺🇸

New Yorkers have no problem gathering like the recent party that held 1000 people.

'Thoughts & Prayers'

They flew in Baltimore as well, but the citizens had been explicitly warned to watch from their homes and not gather. It’s supposedly a celebration of our healthcare workers but ironically may have inspired people to gather and give our healthcare workers more patients.

Doomsday Final Madness! Extremely selfish and irresponsible

A beautiful sight to behold

What would cheers quarantined people up, trump wonders... I know, I'll get them all to come and mingle together in large crowds 🤣🤣🤣

Trump poppets ! Is incredible the feds Gad millions to spent in gas and pilots and maintenance for the air show and no money for Covid 19 fighting !!! Patético ! And putting all this ignorant people in danger

& this right here is the reason some states are opening slowly. We cannot be trusted

Waste of time and 💰?

Unless properly managed you will see more of this. Stupid people need focus and policed. They are incapable of making the right choices making it difficult for others.

It’s supposed to honor medical workers but it leads only to give more work to them in 1 or 2 weeks!! It hasn’t been an honor, it’s just one more time downplaying the risks & pointing out that they don’t give a s* of the life lost consequence. I’m sure they will prefer more PPE!

This epitomizes Trump's America. Blindly ambling toward their own detriment...... but at least it's their choice, or so they think.

💰💰💰💰for food lines wasted on jet fuel?!?!🆘🆘🆘

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Wasting 💰💰💰💰🆘 thst could feed people!!

How the hell did America ever win WW2 It took great sacrifices at home for over 3 1/2 years. If these people were the generation back then we would be speaking English with a German accent

Unbelievable!

Our country is absolutely fucked

Many of these people will die from the corona virus, that's a fact. and all these people will infect hundreds and thousands of people who will also die out. I think by the end of May there will be over a hundred thousand deaths in America

COVID-19 taking over. Ya

🤣🤣🤣🤡

Yeah, now in 2 more weeks from now we'll be seeing those numbers kicking up the curve. Watch! Most are doing opposite of what supposed to do. Then when they get Sick they be wondering why. Probably they should be instructed to be out n about so they do stay healthy at home n safe

RIDICULOUSNESS...

If you want to honor healthcare workers, stay the hell home. Thats the best thing you can do for them.

Idiots - this is true Darwinism. The stupid will die. Very sad. STAY IN - BE SAFE

Crazy people stay y’all ass there.

Trump's ordering of the flyovers was just another of his political plyoys to divert attention from his failed Coronavirus response. He was too stupid to realize people would unsafely gather to watch the flyovers and possibly cause more people to get infected. Or, he didn't care.

Couldn't they have blocked off the mall to discourage people from coming?

They all look young. For healthy people under 50, little or no threat

How many.

Nice, but what a waste of taxpayer money, when what we really need is more access to tests for this deadly virus.

More people there than at Obama's inauguration.

I constantly hear people on the right complain that they object to being forced to do things. But then they go out there and ignore guidelines designed to save lives, clearly demonstrating they are not capable of doing it without being forced to

I’m speechless! The total irresponsibility is astounding. In 2 weeks these people will overwhelm the healthcare systems either sick themselves or their families, friends, neighbors & strangers they come into contact with. They have no clue how to sacrifice or what it means!

Cool

Thanks Donald

Not one person has a mask on so for sure this pic it’s not accurate. Try again 🙄

So much for social distancing and stay at home order ... 🙄

If they came to honor those hard working people the first thing was to wear masks & those who didn't just didnt care& came just to have fun

It was a few hundred people on a mall that holds hundreds of thousands and those were likely families “ignoring” social distancing. NBC, Who, what, when where and why of reporting. Do a better job

First and big mistake kids out and no distance no mask. Why bring them out when the virus is still strong.😷

Looks like a Mardi Gras celebration...and we know what's happening with that city now. Don't be fooled.

Why would the Blue Angels & Thunderbirds do a fly over in DC seemingly to encourage people to gather against the advice of the Medical Professionals ? Is Trump trying to cull the herd ?

We are never going to get out of timeout. Everyone who was involved in this needs to be put in 14 day quarantine, not for corona, but for stupidity.

What a disaster

Yes Americans you’re making the country great again by exposing yourself and your kids as well that’s perfect parenting right there. Lol 😂

Looks like a bunch of normal people to me, if you’re whining about the social distancing you’re weak, and a manipulative sucker, so you stay home while us normal folks do fun stuff together

This is why the aliens won’t visit us from space

Why does this look photoshopped to me? 🤔🤔🤔

Or, said another way, 'Crowds of people gathered together to infect each other as much as possible. Most of them will be sick in about a week or so, as will many of their family/friends who are close.'

Where are the responsible adults? If these are family units, they should be able to get out and enjoy it together.

This is not the zombie apocalypse!!!! Get a grip!!!

Good for them!!! Enjoy! This whole thing has gone to far!

But Maga right?

Don't blame others you all can take own responsibility.

They are idiots and so is having the planes fly. Closer though,I say, to herd immunity

‘Some’ are family members.

photoshopped mall

Masks don't really matter outside. What does matter is keeping your hands clean and not touching your face. 🦠🧼🙌🏻🧤😎

Atlanta today. We are all doomed.

So these flights may be prebudgeted, but are they necessary?

See the people on a ledge in the foreground? It's 1.9 miles between them and the Lincoln Memorial in the background. The white block is the Washington Monument, about 1.1 miles away. Amazing what a telephoto lens does to make far-apart people look like a crowd.

DC this morning reported 4659 confirmed cases and 231 dead. In a couple of weeks they'll be hitting 10,000 and 800 deaths.

Journalism at its finest....

Following the example of their leader

I swear, I think Trump did this on purpose!

Show me an overhead view.

🤦🏻‍♀️

Another group of idiots, watching planes together.

Then they will come back to blame China for cover-up and not giving them enough warnings?

Because realDonaldTrump isn’t done with his murder spree.

'Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.' Your country is asking you to social distance and wear a face mask. Be a patriot!! Get a flag face mask and show your country how much you love it!!! facemask patriot

And no masks...

Let’s hope each and everyone one of them and their entire family’s all come down with COVID-19. A nice 30-40% increase in illness and death may make some people finally take it seriously

Humm

If they would fly higher people wouldn't need to bunch up.

Good job, DC! OPENAMERICANOW

BREAKING: NBC finds some ppl break rules.

this is a glance of metro car in other country.everyone wear face mask to protect her/himself and others. to wear face mask is a best way to prevent covid19 infection in public.

Saturday Herd Immunity Day! 🤷🏽‍♀️

It was all a hoax to tank the economy so that you'd elect an Alzheimer's patient as a figurehead president. George Soros would then be running the country.

Country has no chance.

Forgot why they were there😳

Thanks for extending our stay at home numbers another month you morons! The DC metro area is in the thick of infection rates right now already...this was incredibly stupid.

When you say “at least some,” how many? Did they appear to be family groups? An ariel shot would have been better because any ground shot, like the one you have provided, shows no perspective - they ALL look close together, even if they’re 6’ apart.

Good to see that Patriotism Trumps Fear! EndTheShutdown AmericaFirst IBelieveTaraReade CreepyJoeBiden

You would think they would put a mask on the kids?

Why are people so ignorant? What is it that’s hard to grasp about a highly communicable, contagious and deadly virus that there is no human resistance to nor medication for? Really and truly, WTAF?

How many cases of (and deaths from) COVID-19 are going to be traced to this spectacle?

No stories about the antifa gathering on may 1st though, odd.

Good

You are in trouble America.....this is bad. Are people this stupid? this misinformed? are they just defying the rules becuase they can? It's stunning to watch this level of idiocy.

Some? Where’s the some? Looks like no social distancing from all the pics I saw today.

Cue libtards complaining about blue angels while democrat senators destroy jobs and economy😂😂😂😂

What a waste of our tax dollars! Help the people instead

Maybe this Blue Angel thing isn't a great idea after all. 🤔

What a great thank you to all the frontline workers out there. More stress, more cases, more death.

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