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We should remember that the events of September 11, 2001 were far from unforeseeable!!
Posted on 9/11/26 at 8:02 am
Posted on 9/11/26 at 8:02 am
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Standing on the 55th floor of One World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan, Assistant Secretary of Transportation Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. gazed upon an audience of government and private-sector security professionals. His subject: the US government’s approach to the relatively recent phenomenon of terrorist hijacking. As the architect of the federal sky marshal program, Davis offered no easy assurances about the escalating threat. Fighting terror, he admitted, presented no quick solutions. Rather, it demanded constant vigilance, because, as Davis noted, “a great deal can be done before a tragedy demands the action that should have previously been taken.” Addressing the solemn room in the North Tower on September 11, 1974, Davis gave voice to the single greatest fear haunting the aviation industry: an airborne mass-casualty event.
The Untold Pre-history of 9/11
Posted on 9/11/26 at 9:18 am to Timeoday
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On September 11, 2001, exactly 31 years after President Nixon announced his comprehensive anti-hijacking measures, 19 Al Qaeda operatives cleared airport security and hijacked four commercial aircraft departing from Boston’s Logan International Airport, Washington Dulles International Airport, and Newark International Airport. The computerized prescreening system known as CAPPS selected several of the hijackers for additional scrutiny. Under the rules then in place, however, that selection typically affected only checked baggage and did not trigger enhanced passenger screening. All 19 passed through the standard checkpoints, some carrying knives or box cutters, to board their flights.
At 8:46 am, American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
United Airlines Flight 175 struck the South Tower at 9:03 am.
American Airlines Flight 77 hit the Pentagon at 9:37 am.
And at 10:03 am, United Airlines Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers and crew members fought their way into the cockpit and thwarted the hijackers from steering the aircraft back to Washington, DC.
Nearly 3,000 people were killed, and the world was forever changed.
DO NOT EVER FORGET!!
On September 11, 2001, exactly 31 years after President Nixon announced his comprehensive anti-hijacking measures, 19 Al Qaeda operatives cleared airport security and hijacked four commercial aircraft departing from Boston’s Logan International Airport, Washington Dulles International Airport, and Newark International Airport. The computerized prescreening system known as CAPPS selected several of the hijackers for additional scrutiny. Under the rules then in place, however, that selection typically affected only checked baggage and did not trigger enhanced passenger screening. All 19 passed through the standard checkpoints, some carrying knives or box cutters, to board their flights.
At 8:46 am, American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
United Airlines Flight 175 struck the South Tower at 9:03 am.
American Airlines Flight 77 hit the Pentagon at 9:37 am.
And at 10:03 am, United Airlines Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers and crew members fought their way into the cockpit and thwarted the hijackers from steering the aircraft back to Washington, DC.
Nearly 3,000 people were killed, and the world was forever changed.
DO NOT EVER FORGET!!
This post was edited on 9/11/26 at 9:19 am
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