headed towards new york, and we need you guys to we seed someone to scramble some f-16s or something to help us out. is this real world or exercise? no, this is not an exercise, not a test. fighter pilots at otis air force base in massachusetts were ordered to battle stations, but they waited for neads to tell them where to go. while they stood by, american airlines flight 11 crashed into tower one of the world trade center at 8:46 a.m. i was in an elevator somewhere between the 78th and 101st floor when suddenly i felt it drop by the explosion and then felt it plummeting. the elevator burst into flame. i began to beat into the flames,
know, he says, because they may have turned off the equipment that can warn them of a hijacking. and he said, i ll get back to you. the controller responsible for united 175 was looking for the already-crashed american flight 11. he didn t notice that united 175 had now veered off course. within ten minutes of united 175 s hijacking, a third plane, american flight 77, traveling from dulles to los angeles came under attack. steven push s wife, lisa raines,
at 8:25 a.m., boston controllers realized that flight 11 had been hijacked. 13 minutes passed before they called the military s northeast air defense sector, neads, to intervene. we have a hijacked airplane headed towards new york and we need you guys to we need someone to scramble some f-16s or something up there. is this real world are the exercise? no, this is not an exercise, not a test. fighter pilots at otis air force base in massachusetts were ordered to battle stations but they waited for neads to tell them where to go. while they stood by, american airlines flight 11 crashed into tower one of the world trade center at 8:46 a.m.
13 minutes passed before they called the military s northeast air defense sector, neads, to intervene. we have a hijacked airplane headed towards new york and we need you guys to we need someone to scramble some f-16s or something up there. is this real world are the exercise? no, this is not an exercise, not a test. fighter pilots at otis air force base in massachusetts were ordered to battle stations but they waited for neads to tell them where to go. while they stood by, american airlines flight 11 crashed into tower one of the world trade center at 8:46 a.m. i was in an elevator somewhere between the 78th and 101st floor when suddenly i felt a drop by an explosion and then felt it plummeting.
the regional managers and was told that the managers were discussing a hijacked aircraft, presumably american 11 and refused to be disturbed. finally, another manager from new york center realized there were several hijacked planes. he contacted the faa command center in herndon, virginia. several situations going on here. it s escalating big time. we need to get the military involved with this. just as military assistance was requested, controllers in boston finished reviewing the first transmission the hijackers sent from flight 11. they, too, realized the hijackers had more than one plane. you still there? yes, i am. i m going to reconfirm with downstairs, but the as far as the tape, seem to think the guy said we have planes. i don t know if it was because of the accent or if there s more than one.