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Multiple videos and photos showed the moment the balloon was shot down off the Carolina coast. WRAL News spoke a flyer from Germany who had been following the story for days.

FIRES IN THE QUAD RIGHT NOW. JUST AFTER THE GAME. WELL, THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. I'M JULIAN GRACE. OUR TOP STORY IS GETTING INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION. >> THIS RIGHT HERE, THE U.S. MILITARY FINALLY DESTROYED A SUSPECTED CHINESE SPY BALLOON THIS AFTERNOON RIGHT OFF THE CAROLINA COAST, BUT NOT BEFORE THAT BLOOM FIRST TRAVELED OVER OUR STATE. THIS IS VIDEO OF THAT OPERATION TO DOWN THE BALLOON. MANY PEOPLE ON THE COAST CAPTURED IN ON CAMERA AND SOME EVEN CAUGHT THE SOUND. TAKE A LISTEN. >> DID YOU HEAR THAT ONE? >> THAT GOAL THAT YOU HEAR THERE CAME QUITE A WHILE AFTER THE STRIKE BECAUSE IT HAPPENED ABOUT 15 MILES OFF THE COAST OF NORTH MYRTLE BEACH AND SOUND. OBVIOUSLY TRAVEL SO MUCH MORE SLOWLY THAN LIGHT. NOW THIS WAS TAKEN BY PETE MISSION OR WHO WAS A HOTEL IN MYRTLE BEACH, RIGHT NEAR WHERE THE OPERATION TO DESTROY THE BLOOM WAS CARRIED OUT. YOU CAN SEE THE MILITARY PLANES CLOSING IN ON THE BALLOON BEFORE SMOKE. CLOUD FORMS AROUND THE BALLOON AND THE PLANE DIVERTS AWAY. WE ASKED MISHLER WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO WITNESS ALL OF THIS LIVE THAT WE LAUGHING. ACTUALLY, MY WIFE AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT >> AND SHE SAID WOULD BE FUNNY IF THAT THING WAS JUST PUT CONFETTI ENDEAVORS TO CELEBRATE THE YEAR OF THE RABBIT. HAHA. SO WE'RE JUST MAKING JOKES LIKE >> YEAH, IT WAS CRAZY TO YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T SEE THAT SO THAT EVERY DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE IT. BUT IT WAS THE EXPERIENCE. YOU KNOW, SOME WILL BE ABLE TO TELL THE KIDS AND SO FORTH. HERE'S A CLOSE-UP LOOK AT THE MOMENT THE BLOW WAS STRUCK. THE VIDEO WAS POSTED ON TWITTER. THE BLUE SIGHTINGS AND ITS DESTRUCTION HAVE DOMINATED SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY. >> GETTING MILLIONS OF VIEWS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. THERE'S A SATELLITE IMAGE OF THE DEBRIS FIELD, A LEFT WING DOWN BY THE BALLOON IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN CIRCLED IN WHITE SUNSET BEACH. POLICE SAY IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THE BLUES DEBRIS MAY WASH ASHORE IN OUR STATE. POLICE SAY ANYONE WHO FINDS A PIECE OF THE DEBRIS SHOULD CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT IMMEDIATELY. NOW THE BREEZE SHOULD NOT BE TOUCHED. IF FOUND, IT SHOULD NOT BE REMOVED EITHER. THOSE ITEMS ARE PART OF A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION IN TAMPERING COULD INTERFERE WITH IT. NOW, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAP SHOWING THE PATH THE BALLOON TOOK. IT FLEW ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL U.S. IT HAD A MAJOR IMPACT TODAY AT WILMINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ONE OF 3 AIRPORTS ALONG WITH CHARLESTON AND MYRTLE BEACH. WE'RE DEPARTURES IN LANDINGS WERE PAUSED DURING THE OPERATION TO BRING THE BALLOON DOWN. WRAL'S LESLIE MORENO HAS MORE ON THAT IMPACT AND THE SIGHTINGS IN THE WESTERN PART OF OUR STATE THIS MORNING. >> THE FAA CLOSE THE AIRPORT HERE IN WILMINGTON AS WELL AS THE ONES IN MYRTLE BEACH AND CHARLESTON. THE PENTAGON SAYS THE CHINESE SURVEILLANCE BALLOON WAS FIRST SPOTTED OVER MONTANA ON WEDNESDAY. THE BALLOON HAS BEEN MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THIS MORNING IT WAS SPOTTED HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA. THIS VIDEO HERE CAPTURED IN ASHEVILLE IS WHERE WAS SPOTTED JUST THIS MORNING LATER THAT DAY WAS SPOTTED OVER THE CHARLOTTE AREA. EVENTUALLY THE BALLOON DRIFTED ALL THE WAY OFF THE COAST OF THE CAROLINAS. WE SPOKE WITH A MAN WHO FLEW IN FROM GERMANY AND HE'S BEEN FOLLOWING THE STORY FOR DAYS NOW. >> FOR YEARS BECAUSE THE FIGHT THIS TIME TO KEEP OUT A WAR, WE WILL WAS THAT BECAUSE HE SHOULD ALSO THINK ABOUT IT WILL FEEL FOR THE PEOPLE. >> GUESTS, TONY, AS POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO POSTED ON FACEBOOK ASKING RESIDENTS NOT TO CALL POLICE IF THEY SAW IT AND TO AVOID TAKING POT SHOTS AT IT. FLIGHTS HERE AT THE AIRPORT RESUMED AFTER 3 O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON. EVERYTHING HERE IS BACK TO NORMAL. NOW IN WILMINGTON WAS A MARINA WRAL NEWS. >> MANY NORTH CAROLINA REPUBLICANS ARE CRITICIZING THE PRESIDENT TONIGHT TODAY. SENATOR THOM TILLIS TWEETED, QUOTE, AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT DOWN DAYS AGO. THIS HAS BEEN AN EMBARRASSING EPISODE FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ALLOWING COMMUNIST CHINA TO VIOLATE AMERICA'S AIR SPACE FROM COAST TO COAST. SENATOR TED, BUT ALSO WEIGHING IN ON TWITTER SAYING, QUOTE, THANK YOU TO THE U.S. MILITARY FOR SHOOTING DOWN CHINA SPY BALLOON. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OWES THE AMERICAN PEOPLE A FULL EXPLANATION OF THIS INCIDENT AND WHY THE PRESIDENT FAILED TO ACT EARLIER. THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRESIDENT RESPONDED TO THOSE COMMENTS. >> I WON'T SAY I WAS BRIEFED ON THE BALLOON. WHAT ARE THE PENTAGON TO SHOOT IT DOWN? I WANT TO SEE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE DECIDED WITHOUT DOING DAMAGE TO ANYONE OUT. WELL, THE GROUND WE DECIDED THAT THE BEST TIME TO DO THAT, WE'VE GOT OVER WATER. >> RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A BIG QUESTION AS TO WHY CHINA WAS SENT A BLOWN INTO U.S. AIRSPACE IN THE FIRST PLACE. >> YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THIS IS AN INTENTIONAL. AND THE ESSENCE OF IT. GOOD STRATEGY, BOTH MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC IS TO MANAGE DIFFERENCES AND PUT UP SOME GUARDRAILS SO THEY DON'T GET OUT OF HAND AND PUT YOU INTO A CONFLICT THAT REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO GET INTO. >> CHINA, WHICH INSIST THE BELOW WAS A CIVILIAN RESEARCH VESSEL HAS EXPRESSED HIS, QUOTE, STRONG DISSATISFACTION AND PROTEST AGAINST WASHINGTON'S DECISION TO SHOOT DOWN THE BALLOON SAYING IT WAS, QUOTE, OVERREACTING AND SERIOUSLY VIOLATING INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE. THE U.S. MILITARY SAYS HE'S CONFIDENT THE AIRCRAFT WAS USED FOR ESPIONAGE. CLEARLY, TENSIONS ARE RISING BETWEEN OUR 2 COUNTRIES. WE'LL CONTINUE TO

Operation to destroy Chinese balloon pauses travel at airport in Wilmington

Multiple videos from people on the Carolina coastline who witnessed fighter jets shoot down the suspected surveillance balloon pop up. WRAL News has reactions from one traveler who came through the Wilmington International Airport about the balloon, as well as a few senators from the State.

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Operation to destroy Chinese balloon pauses travel at airport in Wilmington

North Carolinians, travelers react to the suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down off the coast