Meanwhile, Inside Air Force One Over the Skies of Manhattan...

EXT. SKIES OVER MANHATTAN - DAY

A huge airplane arcs slowly across the sky near the Statue of Liberty. Behind it are two attack F-16 Air Force Jets. The plane is labelled Air Force One. As the camera pulls back to ground level, we see hordes of people running from buildings, running along the streets in a panic, shouting and leaping to cover in ditches or under parked cars.

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INT. PASSENGER COMPARTMENT 747 - DAY

The VICE-PRESIDENT is careening joyfully down the aisle as the plane careens and banks wildy.

VICE-PRESIDENT
Whee!...
(singing)
Off we go, into the Wild Blue Yonder....tata-ta-dah!

SECRET SERVICE MAN ONE
Sir! Sir!...Somebody down on the ground wants to speak with you...

VICE-PRESIDENT
Well, tell 'em to wait, goddammit! Can't they see I'm busy?

SECRET SERVICE MAN ONE
Just the point, sir...they say there's a panic down below...

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EXT. SKIES OVER MANHATTAN - DAY

The president's jet lumbers about the Statue of Liberty in a hard turn.

VICE-PRESIDENT (V.O.)
Whee!...Who ever said the Vice-President job made you an invisible man?
(breaking into song)
Off we go...into the Wild Blue Yonder...ra-ta-ta-da...

TERRIFIED CITIZEN
Run! We're under attack!

TERRIFIED CITIZEN
Ohmigod!...It's happening! It's happening again! The second time it's happening!...

TERRIFIED CITIZEN TWO
Third...
(running like mad)

TERRIFIED CITIZEN
Third? What do you mean third?

TERRIFIED CITIZEN TWO
Just shut up and run...or we'll be turned to dust!..to cinders!...to shadows on the pavement!

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WIDE ANGLE:

Thousands of people are running everywhere...shrieking, falling all over themselves in panic. A baby carriage gets loose from a mother's hands and rolls helplessly into the street, an infants little head bobbing. Cars are crashing everywhere while others dodge the terrified people....

SECRET SERVICE MAN ONE (V.O.)
Sir, you've got to take this call--it's the president!

VICE-PRESIDENT (V.O.)
This is what it's all about...national security!...look at those damn people down there! let's give 'em a damn show! The president?... Here, give me that phone....