Thursday, August 03, 2006

NORAD - The chilling audio files of 9/11

Holy smokes, here is an in-depth article on the reactions and responses of NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command) on 9/11. The article also has have exclusive audio files. It is a chilling walk back to that horrible day...
08:37:52

BOSTON CENTER: Hi. Boston Center T.M.U. [Traffic Management Unit], we have a problem here. We have a hijacked aircraft headed towards New York, and we need you guys to, we need someone to scramble some F-16s or something up there, help us out.
POWELL: Is this real-world or exercise?

BOSTON CENTER: No, this is not an exercise, not a test.
...

08:51:11

ROUNTREE: A plane just hit the World Trade Center.
WATSON: What?
ROUNTREE: Was it a 737?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (
background): Hit what?

WATSON: The World Trade Center—
DOOLEY: Who are you talking to? [Gasps.]
WATSON: Oh!

DOOLEY: Get—pass—pass it to them—

WATSON: Oh my God. Oh God. Oh my God.

ROUNTREE: Saw it on the news. It's—a plane just crashed into the World Trade Center.

DOOLEY: Update New York! See if they lost altitude on that plane altogether.


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