Click to play videoNew York: As US attempts to shoot down its failed spy satellite Thursday (GMT), concerns about the sky literally falling over its head grow in the country.
The Pentagon is aiming to shoot down a malfunctioning intelligence-gathering satellite that is tumbling home out of control with a missile because it’s loaded with hazardous toxic gases.
"We're saying in the modeling around 2800 pounds would survive re-entry," says vice-chairman of the Joint Chiefs, General James Cartwright.
Americans are worried they might be hit by pieces of the destroyed spy satellite.
“I guess if it’s going to hit the Earth, get rid of it. Does it have reruns of the Lucy Show on it? What does it have?” says a US citizen.
“You never know what the future holds. Boom — until it hits, and then there’ a meteor shower," says another panic-stricken citizen.
New York city was hit in the movie Armageddon and Deep Impact.
However, some, it seems, are not worried in the least.
While one New Yorker says, “I'm not afraid of it at all. It doesn’t faze me in the least," another says, "I trust my government, my military, and my people."
But this phobia pre-warns that inner demons can be ignited by the satellite story. Naturally, we took our expert up to the roof to explain.
"A lot of the time we think stuff is falling from the sky, but that just doesn’t happen. But this thing is coming right down. The President is going to try to shoot it down. So we know it’s real. That gives someone who is phobic in this area a real opportunity to get focused," phobia expert Seymour Segnit says.
And should the worst happen?
"I'll probably have a good bottle of champagne and call my friends. I will just say, well this is the way we're going. Who ever thought it?” a local says.
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