Single Mother from St. Louis Flying Banner Over Lower Manhattan: ‘Thanks For The Downgrade. You Should All Be Fired.’ (UPDATED)

Originally spotted on Twitter by American Banker, someone paid for an airplane to fly around Manhattan—reportedly near the Standard & Poor’s offices—with a banner screaming: “THANKS FOR THE DOWNGRADE. YOU SHOULD ALL BE FIRED.” Pictures and more sightings are beginning to emerge. Full image below: 

The S&P offices are at 96 Water Street, near the East River, but as some commenters have noted, these pictures (separate from the original reports of the banner near the building) were taken from a view of the Hudson River. [UPDATE: The banner's flyer didn't want to send it by S & P. It was directed at Wall Street by a single mother from St. Louis. Full story below.]

Special thanks to tipsters Stephanie Judge and Chris Egebo for being The Observer’s keen-eyed crowdsourced shutterbugs on these.

 

 

By KEVIN DOLAK

Aug. 10, 2011

A banner that soared above Wall Street on Tuesday reading "Thanks For The Downgrade. You Should All Be Fired" was reportedly paid for by an anonymous Midwestern mother and investment banker.

The unnamed mother of two decided to have her rage flown in the face of Wall St. workers themselves when she hired a plane to tow the banner over downtown Manhattan, according to various reports. She originally intended for the banner to soar over Washington, D.C. but discovered that it is not allowed.

Check out the woman's angry banner here.