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Date: September 11, 2001 (page 2 of 3)

I just heard that a plane crashed at Camp David.

Part of the Pentagon has collapsed. Famous buildings all over the country are being evacuated, including all federal buildings in Washington DC and the Sears Tower.

There are reports that Osama bin Laden warned the U.S. three weeks ago that we would suffer an unprecedented attack. Still awaiting more details on this.

ABC is reporting that there was not a car bomb at the State Department after all.

The BBC is now reporting that F-16s have been sent to intercept a hijacked plane that is headed for Washington, DC. This must be the plane mentioned earlier. The plane from Pittsburgh that crashed in Somerset County is not the plane that is being intercepted. The BBC is reporting that the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania was a 767, not a 747.

According to a correspondent in Greece, I hear the following (none of this have I confirmed myself):

  • The first plane was a 747 from American Airlines (capacity 158). (This doesn’t sound quite right, 747s hold more than that. Perhaps this plane was a 737 or 767.)
  • The second plane was a 767 from United Airlines. (The BBC is reporting that the UA plane is a 737B.)
  • The plane that hit the Pentagon was a small passenger plane.

Another 747 out of Pittsburgh was hijacked, tailed by U.S. fighters, and crashed at Somerset County Airport in Pennsylvania. This may be the plane that I mentioned earlier as being hijacked. (Some are reporting that this plane was shot down.)

Both towers of the WTC have now collapsed. No idea whether this was due to further explosions or loss of structural integrity caused by the original explosions.

The 911 control center for New York City is (was?) in the World Trade Center. Needless to say, it’s down.

Yet another plane has been hijacked and is reportedly headed toward Washington DC. All international flights approaching the U.S. have been diverted to Canada. Congressmen have been evacuated to an underground bunker. I’ve heard many comparisons to Pearl Harbor at this point. Explain to me again why we pump all that money into the NSA and CIA? How did we have no idea that this was coming?

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