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 day happened not in washington, boston or new york but here in portland, maine, at mike tuey s u.s. airways ticket counter. it was just before 6:00 a.m., and he had just checked in the first commuter flight to boston. i stepped out on the sidewalk and had a smoke. but just as i stepped over-the-counter i look up and i see these two fellows standing there. and they re looking around. in the official report of the 9/11 attack, there are 1,742 footnotes. mike tuey, name spelled wrong, is the very first. i look at the tickets and i go, oh, first class tickets. you don t see $2400 tickets anymore. and these were real tickets. they were not they were pa
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 day happened not in washington, boston or new york but here in portland, maine, at mike tuey s u.s. airways ticket counter. it was just before 6:00 a.m., and he had just checked in the first commuter flight to boston. i stepped out on the sidewalk and had a smoke. but just as i stepped over-the-counter i look up and i see these two fellows standing there. and they re looking around. in the official report of the 9/11 attack, there are 1,742 footnotes. mike tuey, name spelled wrong, is the very first. i look at the tickets and i go, oh, first class tickets. you don t see $2400 tickets anymore. and these were real tickets. they were not they were paper tickets. so i m saying, well, good thing. i can check them in. first class
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