The Coast Guard review, obtained by The Associated Press, looked into the events and actions that led to false news reports of gunshots on the Potomac River on the anniversary of the 2001 terror attacks.
The chain of false reports on television and online raised fears in the capital that Washington might be under attack eight years to the day after a hijacked plane crashed into the...
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