Home runs weren’t the only thing flying at this Washington Nationals game. A plane carrying parachuters who dropped into Nationals Park on Wednesday night triggered a brief evacuation of the U.S. Capitol and surrounding buildings.
Home runs weren’t the only thing flying at this Washington Nationals game.
Capitol Police sent out an evacuation alert to people on Capitol grounds shortly after 6:30 p.m. before quickly retracting the panic-inducing notice.
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