Mary McGorry<\/p>\n The day after Christmas, a hawk swooped down and snatched Danny McGorry’s dragonfly robot. <\/p>\n Ken McGorry<\/p>\n McGorry, a 10-year-old from Manhasset, N.Y., holds his new dragonfly robot, which replaced the one carried off by the hawk. <\/p>\n add<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Video by Franklyn Cater, NPR<\/em><\/p>\n All Things Considered<\/a>, March 10, 2008 · The Fly Tech Dragonfly is a foot-long, remote-controlled, flying toy. Its styrofoam body attaches to four wings that flap, flutter and squeal. <\/p>\n Danny McGorry, a 10-year-old fifth grader from Manhasset, N.Y., received the robot on Christmas. It was the present he had most wanted. <\/p>\n McGorry flew it in the yard and — as if on cue from Alfred Hitchcock — a hawk intercepted the dragonfly and took off with it. His mother snapped a photograph of the bird, perched in a neighbor’s tree, toy in talon.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n NPR: Testing Raptor Interest in Dragonfly Robot<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Enlarge Mary McGorry The day after Christmas, a hawk swooped down and snatched Danny McGorry’s dragonfly robot. Enlarge Ken McGorry McGorry, a 10-year-old from Manhasset, N.Y., holds his new dragonfly robot, which replaced the one carried off by the hawk. Watch Robert Siegel Fly the Dragonfly Robot add Video by Franklyn Cater, NPR All … Continue reading NPR: Testing Raptor Interest in Dragonfly Robot<\/span> ![\"The](\"http:\/\/media.npr.org\/programs\/atc\/features\/2008\/mar\/dragonfly\/hawk200.jpg\")
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