seat if i wasn t able to do what was called for. at boston center terry biggio has asked quality assurance specialist robert jones to review a tape of the terrorists radio transmissions. on that tape a startling find. 9/11 may be bigger than just one plane. we have some planes. we could hear the hijacker reference planes, meaning more than one is involved. i was on the phone and relaying to terry up in the operations area that there was potentially more aircraft involved. even today the hair on the back of my neck stands up when we talk about the hijacking. and you are following it to new york in. well, thinking that i believe it was about 600 knots southbound, which was extremely unusual for an air carrier. that was another indication that something was obviously really bad because someone is in a real hurry here, and i was watching the track of american 11 continue southbound.
if this guy doesn t look like an arab terrorist, nobody does. i said three words. should i have said something else? what is more to the point than bewear of cockpit. i was in my office. one of the most horrific days in history. we clearly had a hijack in progress. they said, be prepared to shoot down the next hijacker. there was a report ten miles, 8 miles. this is their story. if it was going to hit anything, it was going to hit us. the footnotes of 9/11. tuesday, september 11, 2001, cloudless in the eastern united states. so begins the 9/11 commission report, on a day about to be fill wide dark skies. the first event of that day happened not in washington, boston or no, but here in portland, maine. u.s. airways ticket counter before 6:00 a.m., and dewy just checked in the first commuter flight to boston. as i stepped over the counter, i see these two fellows standing there. they are looking around. in the official report of the 9/11 attack, he is th
i said three words. should i have said something else? what is more to the point than beware of cockpit intrusion . is that america 11 trying to call? they are the people who awoke september 11th living ordinary lives. i was in my office sitting in that chair. suddenly thrust into one of the most horrific days in this nation s history. they said, we have some planes. nobody move. if you try to make any moves, you ll endanger yourself and the airplane. we clearly had a hijack in progress. they just said, be prepared to shoot down the next hijack track. i said roger. and the report ten miles from the white house. nine miles. eight miles. this is their story. if it was going to hit anything, it was going to hit us. the foot notes of 9/11. tuesday, september 11th, 2001 dawned temper at and nearly cloudless in the eastern united states. so begins the 9/11 commission report on what was about to become a day filled with dark skies. the first event of tha
i said three words. should i have said something else? what is more to the point than beware of cockpit intrusion . is that america 11 trying to call? they are the people who awoke september 11th living ordinary lives. i was in my office sitting in that chair. suddenly thrust into one of the most horrific days in this nation s history. they said, we have some planes. nobody move. if you try to make any moves, you ll endanger yourself and the airplane. we clearly had a hijack in progress. they just said, be prepared to shoot down the next hijack track. i said roger. and the report ten miles from the white house. nine miles. eight miles. this is their story. if it was going to hit anything, it was going to hit us. the foot notes of 9/11. tuesday, september 11th, 2001 dawned temper at and nearly cloudless in the eastern united states. so begins the 9/11 commission report on what was about to become a day filled with dark skies. the first event of that