Crazy Police Action in Center City This Morning

Chuck D and I went out for our morning bike ride, and no sooner had we gotten on the path at Spruce Street than the skies were filled with helicopters. Serious one. They were hovering and swooping over the PECO building. There was a black FBI helicopter with sharpshooters hanging out the side doors, a Philadelphia Police helicopter, one unmarked helicopter with some bigtime camera equipment on the front, and several news helicopters. And not one shred of news on local channels.

WTF? What's going on? The copters were landing and taking off from the PECO building on Market Street and 23rd. Three would land together. Swoop out. Circle around. Land again. There were police cars down the bike path by the train tracks. Still nothing on the news.

The big news was that at one point the huge FBI helicopter zoomed off the roof and nearly collided with the Police helicopter. It happened right in front of us, and if they hadn't missed each other by the 10 feet or so that they did, it would have been Vic Morrowville for Chuck D and me.

Crazy. Anyone know what was going on?

BTW: That's not the FBI heli we saw. Philly is not in the jungle. But of all days, I forgot to bring my camera along. Ugh.