or a terrorist group, similar to what happened on 9/11, that president clinton would not have hesitated to take action. the investigation was huge from the standpoint of its involvement. we had to look at all the people on the plane. who were they? what was their background? were they mentally stable? who put anything on the plane? who took it off? who could have had access to the center of the airplane where the baggage was stored? what was their background? what s their criminal record? are they citizens? now you start to see the size of the investigation. we re talking thousands of people. as to the missile theory, who was on long isle that night? who was there in a car, on the beach, who rented a boat, who has a boat? did anybody steal a boat?
it had hundreds and hundreds of people say they saw things from their porches, from their boats, and that s why we put a lot of emphasis on the missile theory. my name is pat milton. i work for the associated press as a reporter and he was sent out to the crash site about an hour and a half after it occurred. and i ended up covering the crash day by day for four years. there were hundreds of eyewitnesses along the coast of long island who swore they saw something in the air that night. some characterize it as fireworks. others said maybe that it was a missile going toward the plane. one of the elements that did arise was that, was it a friendly fire action? we had learned that the u.s. navy had a ship that was in the area, the uss normandy.
it had hundreds and hundreds of people say they saw things from their porches, from their boats, and that s why we put a lot of emphasis on the missile theory. my name is pat milton. i work for the associated press as a reporter and i was sent out to the crash site about an hour and a half after it occurred and i ended up covering the crash day by day for four years. hundreds of eyewitnesss along the coast of long island swore they saw something in the air that night some characterize it as fireworks and some said maybe it was a missing going towards the plane. one of the elements that did arise was it a friendly fire action? we learned the u.s. navy had a ship that was in the area, the uss normandy that did have surface to air missiles on it and had just been loaded on earlier that day.
have played a role in this, as well. clearly, if we had determined this was a foreign actor or a terrorist group similar to what happened on 9/11, that president clinton would not have hesitated to take action. the investigation was huge from the standpoint of its involvement. we have to look at the people on the plane, who were they? was their background? were they mentally stable? who put anything on the plane? who took it off? who could have had access to the center of the airplane where the baggage is stored? what s their background? where do they come from? what s their criminal record? are they citizens? you start to see the size of the investigation. we re talking thousands of people. as to a missile theory, who was on long island that night? who was there in a car, on a porch, walking down the street,
on a beach? who took out a boat. who rented a boat. did anybody steal a boat? it had hundreds and hundreds of people say they saw things from their porches, from their boats, and that s why we put a lot of emphasis on the missile theory. my name is pat milton. i work for the associated press as a reporter and i was sent out to the crash site about an hour and a half after it occurred and i ended up covering the crash day by day for four years. hundreds of eyewitnesss along the coast of long island swore they saw something in the air that night some characterize it as fireworks and some said maybe it was a missing going towards the plane. one of the elements that did arise was it a friendly fire