article_snippet.sent: A Florida postal carrier steered his small gyrocopter through protected Washington airspace for 30 miles to the U.S. Capitol, tracked by the nation's top security agencies, which feared harming tourists on the National Mall if A Florida postal carrier tried to shoot Doug Hughes down, senior lawmakers said Wednesday.
article_snippet.sent: Doug Hughes, 61, is 'lucky to be alive' and 'should have been blown out of the air,' Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, chairman of the House Oversight committee, told reporters just days after the incident that exposed a gap in the government's efforts to ensure the security of the White House, the U.S. Capitol and other critical buildings in Washington.
article_snippet.sent: The man who piloted the gyrocopter and landed on the West Lawn, 61-year-old Doug Hughes, is 'lucky to be alive' and 'should have been blown out of the air,' Chaffetz said .
highlights_snippet.sent: Doug Hughes, 61, steered Doug Hughes small gyrocopter through protected Washington airspace for 30 miles to the U.S. Capitol .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Doug Hughes landed the gyrocopter on the West Lawn .
  