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U.S. Credit Downgrade
10:31 am
Wed August 10, 2011

St. Louis-area mom decries downgrade with NYC plane protest

Credit (via Twitter/courtesy @stepliana)
A view of the scene from a distance as a banner, funded by a St. Louis-area woman, flies over New York City on Aug. 9. From this view it's difficult to read, but the banner reads "THANKS FOR THE DOWNGRADE. YOU SHOULD ALL BE FIRED!"
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Lucy Nobbe was fed up with Congress, angry over the U.S. credit downgrade, and she wanted the world to know.

Now Nobbe, who sells municipal bonds, has become something of a celebrity, even a hero to many.

The 51-year-old divorced mother of two daughters from suburban St. Louis spent $895 to hire an airplane to fly over New York City on Tuesday pulling a banner that read: "THANKS FOR THE DOWNGRADE. YOU SHOULD ALL BE FIRED!"

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