strange thing i walked out ngaccident. the peninsula hotel and looked up at the sky. a beaiful day like it has been today. i said it can t be an excellent. it s too beautiful a day. i thought maybe it was some kind of crazy person. like i said, twin engine plane. i was about a mile away and the second plane hit. and at that point, then, of course, i knew it was a terrorist attack. when i got there, we decided to have two command posts. one for the fire deparent and one for the police department. becaus the fire department needed to be on the street to see the flames and the fire and observe the rescue effort. that s the way they fight fires. police department, i wanted to have them help the fire department but the main concern was to protect the rest of the city. i didn t want them focus on that, because remember, there were two attacks. we didn t know b if there wouldn t be ten or 12. mike: sure. when we called the white house, we were told there were seven or eight planes unacc