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Obama’s Motorcade Shuts Down San Francisco
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Ben Vincent
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I left work early on Tuesday to get home in time for an early evening conference call. As we exited 101, we knew something interesting was going on. There were close to a 100 police motorbikes on a side street near by. If we’d been ten minutes later, we’d have got stuck behind President Obama who had just landed at SFO. Fortunately, we weren’t stuck behind his motorcade and I was able to get some cool photos as he went past. Whilst leaving on 3rd street can be a pain sometimes, I love the fact I took these photos whilst leaning out of our loft’s windows.  |  |  | | One of the hundreds of Motorbikes | The motorcade starts | Closely followed by bomb squad | President Obama is next in Cadillac One  |  |  | | Cadillac One | Followed by Cadillac One, I mean Two | And a third, with the same license plate! | Followed by a loads of very interesting looking SUVs with some crazy stuff on top! Finally, a big Secret Service truck, which I’m sure was full of fun stuff!  |  |  | | A portable armoury perhaps? | Check out the guns! | And finally the Blood Wagon | |
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Excitement on 3rd Street
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Ben Vincent
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| Living on one of the main roads into the center of San Francisco is always full of excitement. Over the last few years I’ve only had to move 10 feet from the coach to grab some interesting photos. Late last month, our morning was disturbed by Police sirens. That’s not particularly unusual when you live in a city but when you hear them on their loud speakers it worth looking outside. [Read More] |
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