After the dogs discovered two guys had firecrackers in their toolboxes, the plant was declared safe.
5000 employees @ 3 tickets each plus a bunch of local, politically connected people, should be between 15k and 16k. Boeing says around 7800 but the guards tell me closer to 6000, showed up.
Among the conspicuously absent was Boeing's CEO.
Well, at least Bush hires the handicapped. All the young fellows with him wear hearing aids.