terrorist attack based on very preliminary information. the information that intelligence officials are getting in terms of a possible hijacked plane, and of course the very horrifying video of the plane veering into the tower itself is a clear indication to everyone here that this is not an accident. primary concern right now is protecting the american public in the new york area right now against any possible further attacks by the air. they have no indications there will be, but there is some concern that since this appeared to be such a highly coordinated attack, that there may be other terrorist attacks that could be planned either in new york or elsewhere. this is absolutely the worst case scenario for the counterterrorist planners, because apparently according to intelligence officials, there
scrambling to get as much information as they possibly can to determine what course of action, if any, the u.s. military would take. but mick, they are describing this as a terrorist attack right now. there are some officials here in the pentagon who are calling this an obvious terrorist attack. based on very preliminary information. the information that intelligence officials are getting in terms of a possible hijacked plane. and of course, the very horrifying video of the plane veering into the tower itself, is a clear indication to everyone here that this is not an accident. all right, jim miklaszewski, thanks. the coordination that took place to have two planes hit the towers within 18 minutes of one another. let s go back to the white house now. bob kerr is still standing by. it was interesting to listen to jim there from the pentagon. of course, the president has the authority to scramble military forces. and this is a case, obviously,
leaking fuel. from inside the plane, passengers could see the bay. too close for comfort. i looked out the window, the left wing was lying across the fence holding the water back. reporter: when did you realize something was wrong? as soon as we hit the ground. it was going way too fast to be landing. reporter: the harrowing landing began at la guardia with freezing fog and snow. touching down but skidding seconds later. the plane veering left, driving over a snow bank and slamming in to the barrier. just minutes before the terrifying skid, two planes landing, reporting they had no problems braking on a runway that had just been plowed. one puzzling element is why the plane veered off the runway when they had quite a bit of runway ahead of them. and that would indicate maybe
waters. i just survived. reporter: passengers scrambling to get out. the emergency chutes not deployed. people having to slide off the plane s wing to safety. the other wing, damaged and leaking fuel. from inside the plane, passengers could see the bay. too close for comfort. i looked out the window, the left wing was lying across the fence holding the water back. reporter: when did you realize something was wrong? as soon as we hit the ground. it was going way too fast to be landing. reporter: the harrowing landing began at la guardia with freezing fog and snow. touching down but skidding seconds later. the plane veering left, driving over a snow bank and slamming in to the barrier. just minutes before the terrifying skid two planes landing, reporting they had no problems braking on a runway that had just been plowed. one puzzling element is why the plane veered off the runway when they had quite a bit of runway ahead of them. and that would indicate maybe another malfun
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