[Scan-DC] TV Pilot to be Filmed in DC on March 25

[Jeff Krauss]

I wonder if Key Bridge or M Street will be closed.




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>Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:20:53 -0400
>From: "Alan Henney" <alan at henney.com>
>Subject: [Scan-DC] TV Pilot to be Filmed in DC on March 25
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>________________________________________
>From: Cathy Plevy
>Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 8:14 PM
>To: Cathy Plevy
>Subject: COMMUNITY ADVISORY - TV Pilot to be Filmed in DC on March 25
>
>For the filming of a TV pilot, there will be a simulated explosion on
>Wednesday,  March 25, 2009, between 9:30 a.m. and noon near Key Bridge
>in the District. The explosion will produce a 20 to 30' fireball that
>will last for approximately two minutes.
>
>The explosion will take place on the Potomac River just north of the
>Key Bridge and Jack's Boathouse (K/Water Street, NW under the
>Whitehurst Freeway). In the scene to be filmed, there will be six (6)
>sculling boats on the Potomac River and one of them blows up.  CBS
>Paramount television is filming a pilot titled "Washington Field."
>This is a new television series about the elite Washington field
>office of the FBI and a team of agents with exceptional and diverse
>skills who are called together for only the most critical cases.
>
>The Department of Homeland Security and D.C. Police and Fire
>departments have been notified, along with the Washington Airports
>Authority. The Virginia State Patrol and Arlington Police Department
>will also be contacted.
>
>Catherine E. Plevy
>Executive Assistant
>Public Information Officer (PIO)
>Office of the Chief of Police
>
>