Strafing of the Little Egg Harbor Intermediate School
2004 in New JerseyDisasters in schoolsOcean County, New Jersey
The strafing of the Little Egg Harbor Intermediate School was an incident in Little Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, United States, in 2004, when a military aircraft on a training mission unintentionally discharged 27 cannon rounds while attempting to operate an aircraft mounted laser. The aircraft was within the training range, as was the target that the laser was pointed at, which was approximately 90 degrees to the side of the aircraft. However, the cannon fires to the front of the aircraft. The cannon rounds flew over 4 miles (6.4 km), with several of them striking the school. Teachers and students were absent at the time. No one was injured.
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New Jersey, United States
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