T8 B20 Miles Kara Work Files - NEADS Trip 3 of 3 FDR - Transcript - NEADS Rome NY - Pgs 5-50 (See Box 21 For Pgs 50-82) 123

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Transcripts from Voice Recorder

11 September 2001 1227Z-1417Z
Northeast Air Defense Sector, Rome, NY
WAS UH, STARTED OUT OF BOSTON FOR LA, NOW HEADED
FOR JFK, WE DO HAVE MILITARY ASSISTANCE AFTER
HIMTHAT AFTER HIM. THAT IS TWO FIS'S UH, WANTED TO
GIVE YOU A HEADS UP TO LET YOU KNOW AMERICAN ONE
ONE <X OKAY> AN WE'RE TRYING TO LOCATE ANY
INFORMATION AS FAR AS A LOCATION WHERE HE IS,
CURRENTLY A MODE THREE , DO YOU HAVE ANY
INFORMATION WHATSOEVER
12:46:06 X UMM, I, UMM AM NOT, HOLD ON ONE SECOND
:17 "ID1" KEEP TRING TO LOCATE THAT MODE THREE
:32 "ID1" NEW YORK TOLD ME TO HOLD ON. YOU HEARD THAT
RIGHT
:46 "ID1" HMM, COME ON NEW YORK
:59 "ID1" YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S GET A TAIL NUMBER OFF OF
IT, CALL BOSTON CENTER, LETS GET A TAIL NUMBER
12:47:00 X RIGHT NOW HE'S PRIMARY ONLY
:02 O YOU HAVE NO MODE THREE <X UMM>
:10 X UMM
: 14 O YOU HAVE A LAT. LON.
: 15 X UMM, I CAN GET A LAT. LON. <0 GOOD>
:25 "ID1" WE'RE GONNA GET AN UPDATED LAT. LON., A UPDATED
LAT. LON.,WE CALLED BOSTON HIS ORIGINAL, HIS FILED ONE
IS ONE FOURFOUR THREE. HE'S NOT WORKING THAT, HE'S
PRIMARY ONLY WE'RE GETTING AN UPDATED POSITION NOW
:35 X OKAY SHOWING FOUR ZERO THREE NINE NORTH <O FOUR
ZERO THREE NINE NORTH>
:36 O SEVEN FOUR ZERO THREE WEST <O SEVEN FOUR ZERO
THREE W OKAY THANK YOU MA'AM>
-.37 X WHAT, OH, WHAT. WHAT, (BACKGROUND GARBLED)
:45 X OH, OKAY, THANK YOU
CALL TERMINATED
:58 "ID1" OKAY THERE IT IS. THAT'S WHERE SHE SAID IT WAS, I
DON'T SEE ANYBODYGOING. OH. WAIT A MINUTE <"ANOTHER
VOICE" LOOK IN (GARBLED) OFFSET> (BACKGROUND NOISE)
12:48:33 "IDP LETS BRING IT UP AND FIND A, A PRIMARY
:35 "1D1" WHILE WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE FOR A SEARCH TARGET,
AFTER ALL THEY HAVE HIS PRIMARY, I DON'T SEE
:46 "1D1" WELL IF SHE KNOWS THAT
12:49:00 O NEW YORK CENTER. HUNTRESS ID
:04 O NEW YORK CENTER. HUNTRESS ID
:04 X NEW YORK
:05 0 IS THERE ANYWAY MAAM THAT WE COULD GET UPDATES
AS FAR AS THE . UH, LAT. LON.S OF THAT AIRCRAFT, YOU
KNOW AS OFTEN <X ACTUALLY I'M SHOWING HIS TRACK IN

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COAST RIGHT NOW SO I> TRACKING COAST, WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN, IS HE NORTHBOUND NOW
: 17 X IT, IT MEANS. 1. AS FAR AS I'M SHOWING HERE IT MEANS
IT'S LOST TRACK ON IT. LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND OUT <O
YEAH>
:22 X HUNTRESS (GARBLED), GOOD MORNING, THIS IS NEW YORK
M1LITARYCALLING AT NEW YORK CENTER
:27 0 YEAH HOW ARE YOU DOING
:28 X GOOD. GOOD. ARE UH. WATCH SUPERVISOR NEEDS A
NUMBER FOR A POSSIBLE HIJACKING, UH, HE WANTS TO CALL
SOMEBODY IN CASE THEY NEED SOME ASSISTANCE YOUR,
UH, FIGHTER JETS
:30 O ALRJGHTY. UH, OUR PHONE NUMBER IS GONNA BE, DSN OR
COMMERCIALS UH. IT WOULD BE COMMERCIAL OUT
THERE> OKAY IT'S GONNA BE AREA CODE THREE ONE FIVE
<O "BACKGROUND VOICE, HUNTRESS SIDE" JUST GIVE THEM
HERE. I'M SORRY. JUST GIVE THEM HERE>
:46 0 NO THEY WANT THE COMMERCIAL NUMBER
:50 "BACKGROUND VOICE. HUNTRESS SIDE" IT DOES'NT
MATTER.JUST GIVE THEM THIS ONE, THEIR MONITORING US
ANYWAYS
12:50:02 X HUNTRESS ID, NEW YORK TWENTY-SIX
:03 O GO AHEAD
12:50:05 X UMM, YOU CAN CONTACT , UH, SIX THREE ONE, FOUR SIX
EIGHT, FIVE NINE FIVE NINE, AND THEY CAN KEEP YA A
LITTLE MORE UPDATED
: 14 0 AND THAT'S A LOCAL NUMBER MAAM <X PARDON ME>
: 17 0 IS THAT NEW YORK MILITARY
:18 X NO, UH, THAT'S UH, NEW YORK CENTER
:21 0 GREAT
:22 X ALRIGHT
CALL TERMINATED
12:50:28 "BACKGROUND VOICE" NEW YORK CENTER, THAT'S NEW

YORK MILITARY 1 THINK. GO AHEAD DIAL THAT NUMBER
:30 "ID1, (WHILE DIALING)" CAN WE DIAL OUT FROM HERE, LONG
DISTANCE
:40 "ID1" SHE SAID. THEY SAID THEY SHOWED HIM HEADING
COASTAL NOW, I DID'NT UNDERSTAND, I ASKED THEM TO
EXPLAIN THAT
:50 X YOUR NUMBER CANNOT BE DIALED
CALL TERMINATED
:54 "ID1" WE CAN'T DIAL THIS NUMBER FROM HERE

:56 "BACKGROUND VOICE" THEIR GONNA GIVE US THREE AND
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FIVE MINUTE UPDATES ON LAT. LON.S
12:51:00 "ID1" HEY DO YOU WANT TO DIAL THIS NUMBER
:18 "BACKGROUND VOICE" SHE'S WATCHING HIM, THAT LAST
LAT. LON. WAS FOUR ZERO THREE NINE, SEVEN FOUR ZERO
THREE WEST, AND THEY'RE GONNA GIVE US THREE AND FIVE
MINUTE UPDATES
:22 "ID1" IS THERE ANY <"BACKGROUND VOICE" WHAT> A
SEVEN THIRTY SEVEN. A SEVEN THIRTY SEVEN
<"BACKGROUND VOICE" WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO> A
PLANE JUST HIT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
:38 "BACKGROUND VOICE" GET. GET. PASS IT TO THEM
:40 "BACKGOUND" (GARBLED)
:47 "1D1" OH GOD
12:52:01 "BACKGOUND VOICE" GOD SAVE NEY YORK
:05 O NEW YORK AMIS, HUNTRESS ID
:09 "BACKGROUND VOICE" SEE IF THEY LOST ALTITUDE ON
THAT PLANE ALL TOGETHER
:10 X NEW YORK
: 11 O YES MAAM, DID YOU JUST HEAR THE INFORMATION
REGARDING THE WORLD TRADE CENTER <X NO> BEING HIT
BY AN AIRCRAFT <X I'M SORRY> BEING HIT BY A AIRCRAFT
:19 X YOUR KIDDING
: 19 O NO, IT'S ON WORLD NEWS. UMM, DO YOU STILL HAVE
ALTITUDE ON THAT AIRCRAFT YOU HAVE
:23 X NO, LIKE I, NO, LIKE 1 SAID I DON'T WORK A RADAR HERE
:29 O YEAH YOU SAID YOU LOST RADAR THROUGH
<"BACKGROUND VOICE, HUNTRESS SIDE" CALL THIS
NUMBER, CALL THIS NUMBER AGAIN>NO IT WON'T GO
THROUGH
:35 X SIX THREE ONE. FOUR SIX EIGHT, FIVE NINE FIVE NINE
:37 O IT WON'T GO THROUGH MAAM, IS THERE ANY OTHER
NUMBER <X NO> IS THAT NEW YORK MILITARY
:43 X UMM. NO IT'S NOT. UH. THAT'S THE ONLY NUMBER I HAVE
FOR OPERATIONS THERE
:49 0 OKAY WELL I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP THAT
AN AIRCRAFT JUST HIT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER JUST A
FEW MINUTES AGO. BUT APPARENTLY IT WAS NOT THAT GUY
<X NOT THAT GUY>
:57 O NOT AS. OKAY, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT ALL THAT
WE CAN MAAM, WE'RE TRYING TO SORT IT OUT TOO
<"BACKGROUND VOICE, HUNTRESS SIDE" YEAH, YOU GUYS
DON'T, WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHO'S TRACKING
12:52:57 CONT. THIS GUY ON THEIR SCOPE AND FIND OUT IF THEY GOT
ALTITUDE ON THIS GUY> BUT THAT NUMBER YOU GAVE ME
DOES'NT WORK I CAN'T REACH ANYBODY, IS THERE

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ANYBODY TRACKING HIM IN NEW YORK CENTER
p-53-15 "BACKGROUND VOICE. HUNTRESS SIDE" IF HE DOES'NT HAVE
AN ALTITUDE. DID WE GET A TAIL NUMBER YET
:15 X HELLO
:i g 0 NEW YORK CENTER, HUNTRESS ID, IS ANYONE TRACKING
HIJACK AIRCRAFT AMERICAN ONE ONE
:22 X I'M SORRY START OVER AGAIN. WHAT ABOUT
AMERICAN ONE ONE
-24 0 THE HIJACK AIRCRAFT. AMERICAN ONE ONE, IS ANYONE
TRACKING FROM NEW YORK CENTER. THAT AIRCRAFT
•30 X UH WE HAD A PRIMARY TARGET ON HIM UH, WE'RE
TRYING TO FOLLOW HIM THE BEST WE CAN, UH, HE'S NOT
SQUAWKING A BEACON CODE WHAT SO EVER
:37 "BACKGROUND VOICE. HUNTRESS SIDE" DO YOU STILL SEE
PRJMARY
•37 0 DO YOU STILL SEE PRIMARY
•40 X UH. NO 1 DONT SEE A PRIMARY TARGET AT THIS MOMENT.
HOWEVER HE IS NOT IN MY AIRSPACE SO
•44 O OKAY. 1 JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP, NEW
YORK. THAT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER HAS JUST BEEN HIT
BY AN AIRCRAFT REAL WORLD
:47 <"BACKGROUND VOICE. HUNTRESS SIDE" WHO HAS PRJMARY
WITH THIS GUY> REAL WORLD
•52 X UH DO YOU HAVE DO YOU HAVE THAT CONFIRMED
:54 O THAT IS ON THE NEWS SIR. RIGHT NOW
•58 X HMM. OKAY
-59 O WE HAVE NO CONFIRMATION. IT'S ON THE NEWS
12:53:03 X I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. THERES TO MANY PEOPLE TALKING
AT ONCE
:07 O I KNOW I HEAR THAT TOO. THANK YOU. IF THERES ANY
(GARBLED) I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL
:10 X OKAY THANK YOU
CALL TERMINATED
12:53:10 "ID1" SOUNDS LIKE THEIR GOING THROUGH<"BACKGROUND VOICE"
IF THEY DON'T HAVE HIM THAT'S IT>
:22 "BACKGOUND VOICE" ARE WE STILL TRYING TO WORK A TAIL
NUMBER ON THIS GUY
:30 "BACKGOUND VOICE" YOU HAVE A HOTLINE TO NEW YORK
MILITARY
•34 "ID1" OR NO, BOSTON MILITARY
:44 "BACKGOUND" WHERE IS IT IN COMPARISON TO OUR z TRACK
:51 "BACKGOUND" AND THEY LOST PRIMARY
1255 -29 "1D1" YOU CAN TRY THE BLACK PHONE. 631 -<"BACKGROUND
VOICE" CONFIRMATION. WHO GAVE YOU THAT CONFIRMATION, HE
DID CRASH INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
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•39 "BACKGROUND VOICE" WHO'S GIVING YOU THAT CONFIRMATION
:44 "BACKGROUND VOICE" BOSTON, BOSTON CENTER IS GIVING YOU
THAT CONFIRMATION
•50 "BACKGROUND VOICE" BOSTON IS CONFIRMING, BOSTON IS
CONFIRMING THAT WAS THE AIRCRFAT THAT CRASHED INTO THE
TRADE CENTER. AMERICAN ELEVEN
12-56 -08 "ID1" BOSTON IS CONFIRMING IT IS THAT AIRCRAFT
:20 "ID1" THAT THAT'S THE AIRCRAFT, OH GOD
•45 "ID 1" SOB YET
:52 "BACKGROUND VOICE" TAIL NUMBER IS NOVEMBER 334AA ON
AMERICAN ELEVEN. SO FOR YOUR PILOT
•56 "ID1" 3.3. 4 ALPHA ALPHA
1257:18 "BACKGROUND" THEY SAID IT DROPPED DOWN TO 280 KTS AND
THAT'S WHEN THEY LOST ALTITUDE
•23 "ID 1" OH MY GOD
p-58 -26 "ID1" WHERE DID YOU GET THAT PHONE NUMBER, STATE OF
EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER, IS THAT WHAT YOU NEED
•52 O (GARBLED) 5. HUNTRESS, GO
•58 X (GARBLED) 5 REQUESTING APPROACH (GARBLED AND BROKEN)
12:59 :00 O MANE 85, HUNTRESS, YOUR COMING IN BROKEN SAY MODE 3
-.07 X IT'S 5362
O MANE 85. HUNTRESS COPIES IT'S 5362. STANDBY
•56 O "ID1 TO OTHER" HEY DO YOU WANT TO SCREAM UP TO WEAPONS,
OR TELL THEM THAT MANE 85 IS THE DELTA NORTH OF JAY 53,
THEY'RE WONDERING ABOUT IT
13-00 -36 "BACKGROUND" WHAT TIME DID WE GET THE CONFIRM CRASH
:38 "1D1" I DON'T HAVE THE CONFIRM CRASH TIME, SHE WAS ON THE
PHONE WITH IT
13:01 :13 "1D1" SIXTEEN THIRTY FIVE
• 14 "BACKGROUND" (GARBLED)
:35 "ID1" MAJOR FOX, DID YOU GET THAT MANE 85, THE DELTA, THE
DELTA
:40 "ID1" IT HASN'T SMOOTHED YET
13:02 :18 O HUNTRESS ID. UNSECURE LINE
:22 O YES SIR, GO AHEAD
:38 O I DON'T KNOW SIR
:46 O COPY ALL SIR, THANK YOU, (GARBLED)
END CALL
:57 "ID1" MODE 4 OUT OF 53 IS NOT ACTIVE, I'M SORRY
CALL TERMINATED
:59 MANE 85, HUNTRESS
13:03 :02 X GO AHEAD MA'AM
:05 O YES SIR. I'M OPEN FOR THIS SWEET HOWEVER MODE 4 UNABLE
DUE TO HUNTRESS
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: 14 X COPY THAT. UH. DO YOU HAVE A CONTROLLER OPEN WORKING
WHISKEY 105 THIS MORNING MANE 85 PLEASE STAY ON THE LINE
I'M GOING TO HAVE HUNTRESS COME UP ON 364 DECIMAL 2
:20 "BACKGROUND VOICE" THEY HAVE A POSSIBLE SECOND HIJACK
13:04 :10 "BACKGROUND VOICE 2" THIS 3320 IS WAY THE HELL OVER BY
LAKE ERIE
:25 "IDT OH GOD. WHAT PHONE WERE YOU ON
:32 "IDl" UNITED ONE SEVEN FIVE
:40 "IDT ONE SEVEN FIVE. WHAT IS IT
:46 "IDl" UNITED 175. IS THE OTHER AIRCRAFT. MODE 3 IS 3321
13:05 :04 "IDl" I'D SAY ITS PRETTY SERIOUS
:23 X SCROGGINS. BOSTON'S (GARBLED) MILITARY
:24 O BOSTON. HUNTRESS ID. CALLING YOU BACK. DO YOU HAVE ANY
INFORMATION ON UNITED 175 AT ALL
:26 X STAND BY. UH. IS THAT THE CALL SIGN YOU HAVE
0 UH WE HAVE A UNITED 175. POSSIBLE HIJACK ALSO. WE HAVE A
MODE 3 OF 3321 <X3321> WE ARE LOOKING FOR ANY INFORMATION
AT ALL. DO YOU HAVE A TAIL NUMBER OR ANYTHING THAT YOU
MIGHT HAVE
:55 X UH. OKAY I WILL CHECK ON THAT. A MODE 3 OF 3321. UNITED 175,
DO YOU. AH. HAVE A DEPARTURE POINT OR DESTINATION, WE'RE
LOOKING INTO IT NOW
13:06 :05 O UH. NEGATIVE WE JUST FROM NEW YORK CENTER. POSSIBLE
CRASH ALSO. UH, YOU HEARD ABOUT THE FIRST <XYES> OKAY
POSSIBLY A SECOND
: 11 X WE'RE CHECKING ON A FLIGHT PLAN NOW IF YOU WANT TO HOLD
ONTO THE LINE "TO A VOICE OFFLINE. BOSTON SIDE" WE WANT A
TAIL NUMBER TO. IF WE CAN
:21 X UH WE SHUTDOWN OUR TRAFFIC HERE AT BOSTON CENTER
:23 0 COPY SIR
:34 X "BOSTON TO OFFLINE VOICE" WHAT. BOSTON TO LAX
:36 X BOSTON TO LAX <WHAT. BOSTON TO LAX>
:37 UH. HOLD ON A SECOND
:40 "IDl" TO OFFLINE" SAME THING. BOSTON TO LAX
SAME TIME OVER EACH OTHER
:40 X "BOSTON TO OFFLINE" IS HE STILL TRACKING NOW, CAN WE DO A
(GARBLED),DO A. DO CODE 3321. SEE IF . IF WE CAN GET A HIT
ANYWHERE ON HIM
:53 O TYPE AIRCRAFT SIR
:53 X "BOSTON TO OFFLINE" DO WE HAVE A TYPE ON HIM ALSO, ON
UNITED MS. A 161
:59 O ANOTHER SEVEN SIXTY SEVEN
13:07 :02 X TSD DOWN THERE SAYS IT'S ANOTHER 767
:06 0 OKAY. AND . IF YOU WANT. YOU CAN GIVE US A CALL BACK IF
YOU FIND OUT ANYTHING AS FAR AS A TAIL NUMBER <X ALLWGHT
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MA'AM> OR SOB OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE KNOW YOUR BUSY
SIR. THANK YOU
:15 XALLR1GHTY
CALL TERMINATED
13:07 :21 "ID 1" OH GOD A SECOND ONE
:24 "ID1" OKAY SIR. BOSTON HAS STOPPED ALL THEIR TRAFFIC
AROUND. COMPLETELY
:58 "ID 1" GET THEM OUT OF THE WAY
13-08 -05 O OPEN LINE. HUNTRESS ID. UNSECURE LINE
•09 X HI IT'S (GARBLED) EAST ID. MSGT NICHOLSON 1 GOT A QUICK
QUESTION FOR YA, DID SOMETHING JUST HAPPENED AT THE
WORLD TRADE CENTER
• 17 O YES SIR JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP WE HAVE HAD
TWO CONFIRMED , WELL NOT CONFIRMED. ONE HIJACKED
AIRCRAFT AND POSSIBLY ANOTHER ONE. AND YES WE DO HAVE
THAT INFORMATION, AND WE'RE WORKING IT NOW
:23 X THIS IS FOR LIVE WORLD AH ^ e#£/V«Mj6^o
:24 O LIVE WORLD YES
:25 X AND POSSIBLY, POSSIBLY ONE HIJACKED (OVER THE TOP OF
CONVERSATION)
•27 O "BACKGROUND VOICE" TELL HIM WE'RE BUSY AND WE CAN'T,
WE CAN'T. WE'LL CALL HIM LATER AND UPDATE HIM
•29 0 UM THESE ARE 2 AIRCRAFT OUT OF BOSTON HEADED FOR LAX,
APPARENTLY HIJACKED. UH. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING OTHER
THAN THAT RIGHT NOW
:40 X OK. THANKS, I KNOW THAT YOUR BUSY GOOD BYE
CALL TERMINATED
:43 "BACKGROUND VOICE" YOU GOT THAT. YOU GOT MODE 3'S, OKAY I
NEED THAT, OR ELSE I CAN'T FIND HIM
13:08 :43 CONT. WHO ARE THEY OUT OF. WHERE ARE THEY OUT OF
•A6 VARIOUS GARBLED
:47 VARIOUS GARBLED
:48 VARIOUS GARBLED
:50 "BACKGROUND'- WE DEFINITELY NEED A MODE 3 OR WE CAN'T FIND
HIM STEVE
13:09 :09 "BACKGROUND" DID THEY SAY LAST KNOWN FLIGHT LEVEL OF THE
SECOND AIRCRAFT ^ -m o
•25 "BACKGROUND 2" 09. WE WENT BATJl^TAIlQHSATjQ9 " •U 7 •
:37 "1D1" 1 KNOW, 1 HOPE THEY CANCEL THE EXERCISE BECAUSE THIS IS
RJD1CULOUS
:40 "ID 1" OK. SO YOU GOT YOU UNITED 175 INFORMATION FROM NEW
YORK
:43 "BACKGROUND VOICE" FROM NEW YORK MILITARY GUY
13:10 :04 X BOSTON MILITARY DESK
:05 O YES SIR. 1 HATE TO BOTHER YOU AGAIN. THIS IS HUNTRESS, ANY
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 11

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TAIL NUMBERS ON THESE AIRCRAFT. ACTUALLY I DON'T NEED AAL
11. THEIR ASKING FOR UNITED 175
•A2 X OKAY WE'RE ON THE PHONE WITH UNITED RIGHT NOW
: 16 O YOUR ON THE PHONE WITH UNITED ONE SEVEN FIVE
: 18 X NO. WE'RE ON THE PHONE WITH UNITED, THE AIRLINES
:21 X UM. STAND BY ONE
:43 X UNITED AIRLINES DISPATCH SAYS THAT UNITED 175 IS NORDO, 9 ' 0^
AND IS NOT IN RADIO CONTACT
:49 O IS NORDO. IS NORDO
:50 "BACKGROUND VOICE. HUNTRESS SIDE" IS HE STILL AIRBORN
:52 X IS HE STILL AIRBORN SIR. BECAUSE WE HAVE POSSIBLE
CONFIRMATION THAT THIS IS ANOTHER HIJACKED AIRCRAFT THAT
CRASHED INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, IF THAT IS NOT TRUE
:59 AH. WE DO NOT KNOW IF HE'S AIRBORNE AT THIS TIME
13:10 :50 CONT. X WE'RE TRYING TO RESEARCH IT, IT'S IN NEW YORK
CENTER'S AIRSPACE
13:11 :08 O OKAY DO YOU HAVE A TAIL NUMBER
:09 X, UH, NO, I DO NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION
: 10 O OK THANK YOU BOSTON
CALL TERMINATED
13:11 :50 O GIANT KILLER. HUNTRESS ID. REFERENCE WHISKEY 782
:54 X GO AHEAD HUNTRESS ?
:57 O YES SIR HOW MANY AIRCRAFT DO YOU HAVE IN 782 AT THIS TIME
:59 X 1 CURRENTLY HAVEfc F IS'SJAND A LEARJET ^^*
13:12 :01 O OKAY THANK YOU. SIERRA WHISKEY
:03 "ID1" MARK WHENEVER YOU HAVE ANY AIRCRAFT IN 782 HE'S GOT
2 F 18'S AND 1 LEARJET. SO THAT YOU KNOW, JUST GO AHEAD AND
GIVE GIANT KILLER A CALL. 1 REALIZE ALL THIS STUFF IS GOING
ON
:27 "BACKGROUND VOICE" WE'VE GOT LANGLEY ON BATTLE STATIONS
:29 "ID1" LANGLEY'S ON BATTLE STATIONS. OKAY, THAT'S FINE
13:14 :26 ONEWYORK. HUNTRESS, REFERENCE UNITED 175
:38 X (GARBLED)
:39 O NEW YORK HUNTRESS CHECKING ON UNITED 175 APPARENT
CONFIRMATION ON UNITED 175 BEING THE SECOND AIRCRAFT TO
HIT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
:47 X 1,1 HAVE NO IDEA. 1 WOULD HAVE NO IDEA OF THAT
:50 O OKAY BOSTON SAID IT WAS IN YOUR AIRSPACE
13:14 :57 X IT'S ACTUALLY NEW YORK TRACON'S AIRSPACE, BUT I HAVE NO
IDEA WHAT THE PLANE IS, 1 UH, SOMEONE TOLD ME ONE WAS
AN AMERICAN OUT OF BOSTON TO L.A. <O YES AMERICAN 11> BUT
THE OTHER ONE I HAVE NO IDEA, I HAVE NO IDEA
13:14 :57 CONT.
13:15 :01 O YOU DON'T. OKAY THANK YOU
:02 X (GARBLED)
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CALL TERMINATED
13:15 :15 O HUNTRESS ID (GARBLED) CAN 1 HELP YOU
:16 X YEAH THIS IS NEW YORK MILITARY CALLING SOMEONE ON THE
FLOOR SAID THAT <O YES WE ARE> OKAY WHATS UP
:23 O UH NEW YORK MILITARY, HUNTRESS ID CHECKING ON UNITED
175.1 HEARD HE WAS IN YOUR AIRSPACE DO YOU HAVE CONTACT
WITH THAT AIRCRAFT, AIRBORN
:28 X NO . UNITED 175 IS THE SECOND AIRCRAFT TO CRASH INTO THE
WORLD TRADE CENTER
:34 O OKAY. THAT IS WHAT 1 NEEDED SIR. IS CONFIRMATION UH, ONLY
ONE OTHER QUESTION SIR. THE SOB OF EITHER AIRCRAFT
:40 X YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET THAT FROM BOSTON CENTER THEY
WERE BOTH OUT OF BOSTON. SO BOSTON CENTER WOULD HAVE
THAT INFORMATION. WE DO NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION YET
:46 O THANK YOU SIR <X OKAY>
:47 0 THANK YOU
:48 X ALLRIGHT
CALL TERMINATED
13:15 :57 X SCOGGINS MILITARY
:57 BOSTON, HUNTRESS. JUST CALLING ONE LAST TIME FOR THE SOB OF
EITHER AIRCRAFT, NEW YORK TOLD ME TO CALL YOU
13:16 :05 X THE ESTIMATE WE HAVE IS UNITED 175 IS ONLY AN ESTIMATE,
THEY WERE LOCKED OUT, SO I GUESS WHENEVER THEY HAVE AN
ACCIDENT THEY LOCK IT OUT, HOWEVER THE GUY LOOKED AT IT
ONCE BEFORE AND HE BELIEVED THERE WAS 75 PEOPLE ON THE
UNITED 175
: 15 O OKAY AND NOTHING ON THE AMERICAN 11 <X NOTHING ON THE
AMERICAN. AND THAT WAS AN EST1MATE> OKAY SIR
13:16 :22 X I DO HAVE A TAIL ON UNITED 175. HOLD ON ONE SECOND
:31 X STAND BY ONE
:31 O OKAY SIR
:47 XN612UA
:50 ON612UACOPY
X WE SHUT ALL TRAFFIC OFF AT BOSTON CENTER, NO ONE
DEPARTING. AND WE'RE REROUTING ALL JFK ARRIVALS
AND NEWARK METRO AIRPORTS
13:17 :01 O COPY SIR
:01 X ID DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. IN CASE WE HAVE ANY MORE
AIRCRAFT THAT UH. START DEVIATING. UH WE NEED TO KNOW DO
YOU HAVE ANYONE ON ALERT OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU
CAN DO. JUST IN CASE THIS HAPPENS TO ANY MORE AIRCRAFT
:05 O STANDBY I'LL GIVE YOU THE MISSION CREW COMMANDER.
STAND BY
<X ALRIGHT>

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:28 O GO AHEAD
:28 X YEAH. (GARBLED) SCOGGINS. BOSTON CENTER MILITARY
:32 O HEH HOW YOU DOING THIS THIS IS MAJ NASYPANY
:33 X HOW ARE YOU DOING. UM WE HAVE UH. ARE COULD SHUT
EVERYTHING. NOBODY IS DEPARTING BOSTON AND. AND, THE
WHOLE AIRSPACE. BOSTON CENTER. WE REROUTING NEW YORK
METRO AIRCRAFT. MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT THERE ARE
AIRCRAFT IN THE SKY. AND IN CASE ANY MORE DIVERT
OR START TURNING OR WHATEVER THEIR GOING TO DO WE WERE
JUST WONDERING DO YOU HAVE PEOPLE ON ALERT THAT WE <O
I'VE GOT FIGHTERS IN WHISKEY 105 RJGHT NOW. AND I'VE GOT A
TANKER THERE AS WELL. I'VE GOT OTHER AIRCRAFT ONALERT_AJ
LANGLEY AS WELL. I'M GETTING READY TO.l'VE GOT TRACKER^
OVER JFK OVER BOSTON AND THAJ_AREA.JUST LOOKING FOR
ANYTHTNG~SUSPlCIOUS> ~~~"
13:18 :09 X ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS. OKAY. AND UH. WE'LL LET YOU KNOW
ABOUT THE INTERNATIONALS WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT WE'RE
DOING WITH THEM YET
: 14 O OKAY JFK AND BOSTON ARE SHUT DOWN CORRECT
:16 X BOSTON IS SHUT DOWN. THOUGH I'M NOT SURE ABOUT NEW
YORK CENTER. WE'RE REROUTING ALL AIRCRAFT DESTINED NEW
YORK AND PUTTING THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE
:21 O OK IF YOU GET ANYTHING. ANY OF YOUR CONTROLLERS SEE
ANYTHING, LOOK KINDA SQUIRRELY, JUST GIVE US YELL, WE'LL
GET THE FIGHTERS IN THAT KNOWN LOCATION
:36 X OKAY, ALRJGHTY
:36 O THANKS
:37 X GOODBYE
CALL TERMINATED
13:18 :38 "BACKGROUND VOICE" OKAY WE HAVE 2 HELICOPTERS AT NEW
YORK. ON STANDBY FOR SOMETHING
13:19 :03 "ID1" TELL ME WHO I CAN CALL FOR SURE
13:20 :11 "1D1" THIS WAS PREPLANNED I'LL BET YA. FOR NINE O'CLOCK.
NINE O'CLOCK
13:21 :04 "ID1" OK RAYMOND. TO THE RESCUE COME ON IN AND I';LL
:58 "1D1" OH NO, NOPE. I'M NOT LEAVING
13:22 :15 "ID 1" OH GOD THEY BETTER CALL THE PRESIDENT
:17 "BACKGROUND VOICE" BELIEVE ME HE KNOWS
:38 O NEW YORK. HUNTRESS ID. REFERENCE AMERICAN 11
:44 "ID1" I'M CALLING AMERICAN RJGHT NOW. ER, NEW YORK
:49 X THIS IS NEW YORK GO AHEAD
O YES SIR WE JUST HAD. AH. KNOWLEDGE THAT AMERICAN 11 IS
STILL AIRBORNE HEADED TOWARDS
WASHINGTON DID YOU GET THAT INFORMATION
:57 X STAND BY
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13:23 :04 "BACKGROUND. NEW YORK SIDE" GIMME, GIMME, WHAT WERE THE
CALLSIGNS
:06 "ID 1" I'M ON WITH NEW YORK
:11 "ID1" I'M ON WITH NEW YOR, HOLD ON. THE TAIL NUMBER IS RJGHT
HERE.
N334AA
:21 X AND . AHH. AIR DEFENSE
:22 O YES SIR. GO AHEAD
:24 X UMM. WHAT BEACON CODE ARE YOU LOOKING AT
:26 O SIR WE DONT HAVE A BEACON CODE. WE ONLY HAVE A TAIL
NUMBER. LAST KNOWN BEACON CODE WAS 1443 WE JUST
:31 X I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A PHONE NUMBER, AND YOU NEED TO CALL
THEM BECAUSE AH <O IS THIS A 631-468 SIR 5959> IT'S 631-468-5959,
AND IT'S THE WATCH DESK. AND THEY SHOULD HAVE ANY
INFORMATION YOU NEED ON THIS FLIGHT
:48 O OK IF YOU COULD DO ME A FAVOR AND HAVE THEM CALL US, WE
CAN NOT CALL OUT FOR SOME REASON
X ALL RJGHT LET ME HAVE YOUR NUMBER
:54 O UH. IT'S, UH, DO YOU HAVE DSN OR NO
:57 X I'M SORRY
O 315-<X YES> 334 O <X YES> 6344
13:24 :04 X OKAY
:04 O THANK YOU SIR
CALL TERMINATED
:08 "1D1" OH SHOOT, 6348, 6344
:12 "1D1" OK WHO NEEDS WHAT
: 17 "1D1" MAJ ANDERSON. MAJ ANDERSON, WHAT DID YOU NEED
:21 "ID! "AMERICAN AIRLINES 1 KNEW YORK'S GONNA CALL ME RJGHT
BACK. RJGHT NOW. WITH THE INFORMATION THEY HAVE, I'M JUST
WAITING
:29 "ID!" THAT'S THE FIRST ONE WE HAD THAT WE THOUGHT WENT
INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. 767 TYPE AIRCRAFT, WE HAVE
HIS TAIL NUMBER AND EVERYTHING
:37 "BACKGROUND VOICE" AAL11
:39 "ID1" YEAH, NEW YORK GONNA CALL US BACK
:4? "ID1" YOU KNOW WHAT. STEVEN'S GOT NEW YORK TRACON ON
13:25 :02 "BACKGROUND VOICE" I THOUGHT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE
GETTING LAT. LON.S PASSED TO US
:08 "IDT WASHINGTON LINE ONE (DIALING)
:25 "ID1" STEVE'S GOT NEW YORK TRACON ON
:26 X WASHINGTON
:28 O WASHINGTON. HUNTRESS ID, HAVE YOU BEEN GIVEN HEADS UP,
REFERENCE THE AIRCRAFT THAT HAVE CRASHED INTO THE WORLD
TRADE CENTER
:33 X YEAH. WE'RE AWARE OF IT, YES
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:35 O WELL SIR. WE JUST FOUND. WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT
INFORMATION ON AMERICAN 11. WE JUST GOT CONFIRMATION
THAT <X WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THAT ONE>
:41 O YOU DO NOT <X WE DO NOT>
:44 O OKAY. ARE YOU AWARE HE IS POSSIBLY HEADED TOWARDS
WASHINGTON
:47 X WELL. AH. WE JUST GOT WORD FROM BOSTON OR. SOMEWHERE
BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON HIM YET. AND UH. UH. YEAH
UH. THERES A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON RJGHT NOW
:55 O JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP SIR
:56 X OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH
CALL TERMINATED
13:26 :03 "ID1" WE HAVE TO GET THIS NUMBER. THIS GUY ON THE LINE. HE
KNOWS. HE KNOWS ABOUT THE AIRCRAFT; AMERICAN ONE ONE,
NEW YORK TRACON
:13 "BACKGROUND VOICE" HE'S GOT A LAT. LON. ON HIM
:16 "1D1" NEW YORK JUST TOLD ME TO CALL STEVE <"BACKGROUND
VOICE" SEVEN SIXTY SEVEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR> YEAH
:20 "BACKGROUND VOICE" SEVEN SIXTY SEVEN. TAIL NUMBER N334AA
13:26 :26 "BACKGROUND VOICE" AMERICAN AIRLINES (GARBLED) IS'NT THE
ONE THAT HIT THEIR AIRBORN STILL HIJACKED HEADED TOWARDS
WASHINGTON
:34 "BACKGROUND VOICE" IT WAS AMERICAN AIRLINES ONE ONE
:37 "BACKGROUND VOICE" THE FIRST ONE THEY THOUGHT HIT
:38 "BACKGROUND" HE'S STILL AIRBORN. HE'S STILL OUT THERE, BUT
WE CANT GET A POSITION ON HIM. ALL THEY KNOW IS HE'S
HEADED TOWARDS WASHINGTON
13:26 :46 "ID1" DO YOU COPY THAT. BOSTON'S MISSING ANOTHER AIRCRAFT
:47 "BACKGROUND" BOSTON IS NOW MISSING ANOTHER AIRCRAFT
COPY
:57 "ID1" THERE IS 3 UNACCOUNTED FOR AIRCRAFT, MORE AIRCRAFT
UNACCOUNTED FOR. BOSTON
13:27 :01 "1D1" "BACKGROUND" OKAY
:07 "IDT WOW. NEVER MIND. 1 GUESS I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE
: 13 "BACKGROUND" WOW
.24 "IDPOHMYGOD
:37 "BACKGROUND" HOW MANY SOB AAL 11. NO WE DON'T
:45 "ID1" WASHINGTON GONNA HAVE TO UH. THIS IS SCARY
13:28 :23 "ID1" HOW DO YOU DIAL LONG DISTANCE
:24 "BACKGROUND" DIAL THIS FOR HER. THIS NUMBER RIGHT HERE
:37 "ID!" WHATS THE NUMBER. NO THAT'S NOT WORKING
:40 "1D1" OKAY TRY IT AGAIN. WHATS THE NUMBER. 631 -
:43 "BACKGROUND" 468-5959
:54 "BACKGROUND" REPLAY. THAT'S THE SECOND AIRCRAFT. JUST
THEN
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Northeast Air Defense Sector, Rome. NY
13:29 :02 O HI. THIS IS HUNTRESS CALLING. UMM. I WAS TOLD TO GIVE YOU A
BUZZ. FOR OUR MISSION CREW COMMANDER, ANY INFORMATION. I
GUESS 3 AIRCRAFT OUT OF BOSTON ARE MISSING AND, 2 OF THEM
HAS HIT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND ONE IS ENROUTE TO
WASHINGTON. DID YOU GET THAT INFORMATION
I
* X RECEIVER CAN NOT BE HEARD AT ALL
:19 YEAH. AMERICAN 11. IS NOT THE AIRCRAFT THAT CRASHED IT IS
STILL A1RBORN, DID YOU GET THAT INFORMATION
13:29 :28 O THAT'S WHAT WE JUST FOUND OUT
:32 O BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS THOUGH, IT HEADED TOWARD
WASHINGTON. WAS. WAS THE LAST INFORMATION
:42 O 1 DON'T KNOW. BUT SOMEONE BETTER GET THE PRESIDENT THIS
IS NOT GOOD
:46 "BACKGROUND" SOMEONE BETTER GET LOOKING FOR THIS GUY
:50 O UH. YEAH. WE JUST WENT UP. BUT 1 NOT GONNA SAY TO MUCH
RIGHT NOW, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP, UM, BUT DO
YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION WHERE AMERJCAN ONE ONE IS
RIGHT NOW, OR ANYTHING
13:30 :06 "BACKGROUND VOICE HUNTRESS SIDE" BOSTON IS THE ONLY ONE
THAT IS GIVING ANY DESCENT INPUT RJGHT NOW
13:30 :08 O I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING, THANK YOU,
WASHINGTON. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY DON'T THINK THIS IS
SERIOUS OR NOT. BUT THEY ARE NOT, UNLESS THEY HEAR FROM
LIKE THE CENTERS IF YOU COULD GIVE THEM A HEADS UP AND LET
THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS
:22 O WASHINGTON CENTER. THERE NOT, REALLY NOT AT ALL
:28 O OKAY SIR
CALL TERMINATED
:28 "BACKGROUND VOICE" WE GOT TO GET A POINT OUT ON THAT
AMERICAN AIRLINES o
:30 "BACKGROUND" WE DO. WE GOT TO GET IT OUT OF LANGLEY, THEY 7 '^0 :
SCRAMBLED
:33 "BACKGROUND" THEY GOT HIM
:34 "JD1" BOSTON IS CALLING WASHINGTON RJGHT NOW
:35 "BACKGROUND" I DON'T KNOW IF THEY GOT HIM YET, BUT
LANGLEY SCRAMBLED
:49 "BACKGROUND" WHAT'S UP
:50 "1D1" UMM. BOSTON HAS NO CLUE WHERE THEY ARE, AND, HE'S
GONNA LET WASHINGTON CENTER KNOW THAT THIS IS VERY
SERIOUS AND THAT <"BACKGROUND" GOOD> SO
13:31 :10 "BACKGROUND" THE Z POINT THAT WAS THE AAL ONE
:22 "BACKGROUND" OUR FIRST. OUR FIRST Z POINT. THAT WAS THE
LAT. LON.ONHIM
13:31 :33 X BOSTON. SCOGGINS. MILITARY
:34 O BOSTON I'M SORRY TO BOTHER YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS HUNTRESS

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:35 X YEAH
:36 O HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONTACT AT ALL SINCE THE LAST KNOWN.
CONVERSATION <X NO> OKAY <X NO. WE HVE NOT HAD ANY
CONTACT WITH HIM AT ALL. UH. WE, WE DO BELIEVE THERE IS 3
AIRCRAFT MISSING. HOWEVER WE DO NOT HAVE A 3*° CALL SIGN>
:48 O YOU DO NOT. OKAY IF YOU DO PLEASE GIVE US A CALL
:51 O OKAY (GARBLED)
:52 X YUP
CALL TERMINATED
:54 "ID1" OKAY. BOSTON CONFIRMED THE 3™ AIRCRAFT BUT THEY DO
NOT KNOW WHO HE IS. THEY DONT KNOW THE CALL SIGN OF THE
3™ MISSING. THEY JUST KNOW HE'S MISSING
13:32 :03 "BACKGROUND" OKAY THERE IS A 3*° ONE MISSING, OUT OF
BOSTON
:04 "ID 1" OUT OF BOSTON
:09 "BACKGROUND" THERE IS A. THERE IS A, WHO'S TALKING TO THEM
UP THERE
:22 "ID1" OPEN LINE
:23 O HUNTRESS ID. UNSECURE LINE
:27 X HUNTRESS ID. THIS IS WASHINGTON CENTER, OPERATIONS
MANAGER. UH <O GO AHEAD S1R> OKAY, 1 GUESS YOU HAD
CALLED HERE A COUPLE OF TIMES, YOU NEVER TALKED TO ME
BUT UH, IF THERES ANYTHING YOU NEED OR UH, ANYTHING I CAN
HELP YOU WITH LET ME KNOW RJGHT NOW PLEASE
:36 O OKAY. UMM. DO YOU WANT ME TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S
GOING ON SIR
:41 X 1.1 GOTTA PRETTY GOOD IDEA BUT. YES
:44 O OKAY THERE ARE 3 AIRCRAFT MISSING OUT OF BOSTON, I JUST
SPOKE TO BOSTON. THEY SAID THEY ARE NOT SURE OF THE 3 RD
CALL SIGN, BUT THEY DO HAVE 2 ONE IS UNITED 175 AND THE
OTHER IS AMERICAN ONE. ONE <X RJGHT> THEY THOUGHT THAT
AMERICAN ONE ONE CRASHED INTO THE WORLD TRADE
CENTER. ALONG WITH UNITED 175 HOWEVER AMERICAN ONE ONE
IS NOT THE AIRCRAFT THAT CRASHED. HE SAID THAT THE PILOT ON
AMERICAN 11. WAS TALKING TO HIM. HAVING A ROUGH TIME
TELLING HIM WHAT WAS GOING ON, THERE WAS THREATS IN THE
COCKPIT BEING MADE. THIS WAS THE INITIAL HIJACK
INFORMATION THAT WE GOT, AMERICAN 11, 767 FROM BOSTON TO
LOS ANGELES PROPOSED ROUTE. HE WAS HEADED FOR JFK AT THE
TIME THEY LOSTCONTACT, BUT THAT WAS NOT THE AIRCRAFT
HEADED INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, THAT HIT IT
<X OKAY> THAT BOSTON IS SAYING. THE LAST KNOWN, AND I'M
NOT SURE WHERE THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE WE HEARD IT IS
PEOPLE CALLING IS AMERICAN ONE ONE WAS HEADED FOR
WASHINGTON. THAT IS THE ONLY THING
NCT0000066
11 September 2001 1227Z- 1417Z
13:33 :34 X WAS HEADED FOR WHERE
:34 WASHINGTON
:35 X OKAY
:37 O SO. YOUR AOR. SO 1 JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP
•39 X OKAY. SO. OKAY. GO AHEAD
:41 O THE LAST KNOWN LAT. LON. THAT WE HAD, PRIMARY TARGET
ONLY WAS 4038N 07403W ON AMERICAN ONE, ONE
:53 X OKAY
•53 O BUT REMEMBER NOTHING HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AS FAR AS
WHICH AIRCRAFT HIT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, BUT THE OTHER
ONE WE HAVE INFORMATION IS HEADING FOR WASHINGTON
13:34 :02 X OKAY. LET ME TELL YOU THISJ. WE BEEN LOOKING, WEHAVE
ALSO LOST AMERJCAN_77__ ^ 3y \7 O AME
:09 "BACKGROUND" (GARBLED)

:13 X I ' M SORRY
: 13 O WHERE WAS HE SUPPOSED TO HEAD SIR
: 14 X OKAY, HE WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO LA ALSO
:18 O FROM WHERE
•20 X UH. HE WAS FROM BOSTON ALSO
13:34 :23 X NOW. NOW LET ME TELL YOU THIS STORY. UH. INDIANAPOLIS
CENTER WAS WORKING THIS GUY
:29 O WHAT GUY
:29 X AMERICAN 77
OOKAY
X AT FLIGHT LEVEL 350 HOWEVER THEY LOST RADAR WITH HIM,
THEY LOST CONTACT WITH HIM. THEY LOST EVERYTHING, AND
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE HE IS. OR WHAT HAPPEN, SO
WHAT WE HAVE DONE. AT THE. AT THE SURROUNDING CENTERS IS
TO KEEP A LOOK OUT FOR. LIMITED CODES, PRIMARY TARGETS, OR
WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE
:50 0 OKAY
:51 X AND THAT WAS THE LAST TIME. THAT WAS ABOUT 15 MINUTES
AGO. SINCE I TALKED TO THE INDIANAPOLIS CENTER OPERATIONS
MANAGER
:58 0 DO YOU HAVE A TYPE AIRCRAFT SIR
:59 X THAT WAS A 767 I BELIEVE
13:35 :01 "BACKGROUND VOICE. HUNTRESS SIDE" 767, 767
•05 O OKAY SO I DON'T'S CALL INDIANAPOLIS <X SOMEBODY ELSE IS
TALKING. I'M SORRY SO I CANT HEAR YOU IN THE BACKGROUND>
UMM, ALL I NEED IS THE LAST KNOWN LAT. LON. OF THE 767
: 15 X WELL 1 DON'T KNOW. THAT WAS INDY CENTER, THEY SAID
SOMEWHERE. THE LAST TIME 1 TALKED TO THEM THEY SAID IT
WAS EAST OF YORK. AND 1 DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT STATE THAT
IS

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:22 O OK SIR. WELL I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE THEM A CALL
:24 X OKAY
:25 O THANK YOU SIR
CALL TERMINATED
:40 "IDriSTHISDSN
:40 "BACKGROUND" READY <DIALING>
:49 "ID1" I'M CALLING THEM
13:36 :01 "ID1" IS DSN 94 OR 96
13:16 :19 "BACKGROUND" WE HAVE AN AIRCRAFT 6 MILES EAST
'^° :20 X IND1ANOPOL1S CENTER <"BACKGROUND. HUNTRESS SIDE" 6
MILES EAST OF THE WHITEHOUSE>
:22 X HELLO
:22 O IND1ANOPOLIS CENTER. HUNTRESS ID CALLING, AMERJCAN 77. WE
HAVE HEARD INFORMATION. DO YOU HAVE LAST KNOWN POSITION
:32 X I'M SORRY SAY AGAIN
:36 O DO YOU HAVE LAST KNOWN POSITION OF AMERICAN 77
:38 X YES
:38 O COULD 1 HAVE THAT PLEASE <X YEAH>
:43 X UH, YANKEE ROMEO KILO 080 AT 010
:51 O AND. IS THERE A LAT. LON. SIR
:5? X UH. I DON'T HAVE A LAT. LON. RJGHT HERE BUT UH <O WE'RE NOT
SURE WHERE THAT 1S> OKAY UMM DO YOU WANT AN APPROX.
LOCATION WHERE <O YES> IT WOULD BE
13:37 :06 "BACKGROUND. HUNTRESS SIDE" SIX MILES EAST AND LOSING
ALTITUDE
:09 X HENDERSON. HNN
:10 01 DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT IS SIR. WE JUST GOT INFORMATION
<"BACKGROUND. HUNTRESS" WHAT. WHAT> UMM, I BETTER NOT
SAY ANYTHING.ANY WAYS UH. ANY LAST KNOWN POSITION. IF IT
WOULD BE POSSIBLE. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS MATTER AS YOU
KNOW
13:37 :25 X YEAH. HE WAS AT 35.000 FEET <"BACKGROUND. HUNTRESS THAT
WAS A DVFR OR A DEVIATING A1RCRAFT>
:30 X I'M SORRY
:30 O OFF HENDERSON SIR
X YEAH. HE WAS ABOUT 35 WEST OF HENDERSON HNN
:36 O OKAY. 1 DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT IS. CAN YOU. CAN YOU GET
ME A LAT. LON.
:42 X YEAH, JUST A MOMENT
13:38 :21 "BACKGROUND. HUNTRESS" WELL THEY BETTER KNOW NOW THEY
GOT A TARGET 6 SW
13:38 :24 "BACKGROUND. HUNTRESS" HEY (GARBLED) MAKE SURE YOU GET
A HEADING AND SPEED FROM INDY
:36 "BACKGROUND. HUNTRESS" HEADING AND SPEED ON THE ALPHA
SEVEN SEVEN
NCT0000068
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13:38 :45 "1D1" DID YOU HEAR WHAT HE SAID, HE'S ON THE 080 FOR 10 FROM
YORK. DOYOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS
:49 "ID1" THEY'RE TRYING TO GET A LAT. LON. SIR
13:38 :50 TO 13:39:20 LOTS OF BACKGROUND BOTH SIDES ALL GARBLED
13:39 :20 X OKAY. YOU READY
:22 O GO AHEAD
:24 X ALRIGHT IT'S 3841, 08252
:39 O AND WHEN WAS THAT LAST UPDATE SIR
:40 X THAT WAS AT APPROX. 1256Z
:47 "BACKGROUND. HUNTRESS" 1256 ZULU THAT WAS HIS LAST KNOWN
POINT • H
:47 O THANK YOU SIR
:48 X YES ^
:50 "BACKGROUND\MUELLERJHEADING AND SPEED, HEADING AND
SPEED U -J
:53 O DO YOU HAVE A HEADING AND SPEED, THEY'RE ASKING FOR A
HEADING AND SPEED OF THAT AIRCRAFT YOU HAD
:57 X OKAY HE WAS UH, HE WAS HEADING WESTBOUND APPROX. 270
13:40 :03 "BACKGROUND, HUNTRESS" HEADING WEST 270
:06 X AND 1 DON'T KNOW HIS SPEED AT THIS POINT
:08 "BACKGROUND. HUNTRESS" AND UNKNOWN SPEED
:08 O AND THE LAST KNOWN SPEED YOU HAD
: 11 X UMM. WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT INFORMATION OFF THE AHH <O
OKAY. IS THIS AIRCRAFT STILL A1RBORN IS WHAT I'M> WE DON'T
KNOW. WE'RE STILL CANT TO FIND IT
13:40 :19 O OKAY SIR THANK YOU
:22 O ALLRJGHT IF WE NEED ANYTHING ELSE WE'LL GIVE YOU A CALL
13:40 :23 X OKAY
CALL TERMINATED
:37 "BACKGROUND" BRAVO ONE ONE TWO, WAS THAT POINT OUT
:41 "ID 1" OH HE ALREADY DID IT
:41 "BACKGROUND" LETS GO AHEAD AND BRING THAT UP
:43 "1D1" IT'S IN A. IT'S IN A ZERO EXTRAPOLATED AOR
:48 "BACKGROUND" OKAY TELL THEM. THAT Z POINT WE HAVE ON
THERE RIGHT NOW
:53 "1D1" IS AMERICAN 77 LAST KNOWN POSITION
:56 "BACKGROUND" 1257. WHAT IS THAT. I CAN'T DO ZULU RIGHT NOW,
OKAY
13:41 :05 "ID 1" TELL CLEVELAND WE HAVE A CODE ON HIM NOW
:06 "BACKGROUND" GOOD, PICK IT UP. FIND IT
:08 "BACKGROUND" (GARBLED) POSSIBLE HIJACK, DELTA
13:41 :1] "BACKGROUND" 89, BOEING 767 FROM BOSTON SUPPOSED TO GO TO
VEGAS
:13 "BACKGROUND" (GARBLED) ANOTHER ONE
:23 "ID 1" THERE IT IS. ROUTE
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:23 "BACKGROUND" OKAY THAT WHATS IT'S SPECIAL NUMBER
:29 "BACKGROUND" BRAVO 089 IS OUR DELTA 89
:42 "BACKGROUND" THAT'S ANOTHER HIJACK. DELTA 89. IS BRAVO 089
IS THE TRACK
:50 "BACKGROUND" LETS MAKE THAT A SPECIAL 15 AND P (GARBLED)
THAT A REAL WORLD. PLEASE
13:42 :07 "BACKGROUND" YOUR NOT GOING OUT
:17 "ID!" DO THEY HAVE A POSSIBLE DESTINATION FOR THAT DELTA 89
13:42 :26 "BACKGROUND" (GARBLED) AIRCRAFT BY THE PENTAGON
:30 "BACKGROUND" JUST SETTLE DOWN YOUR DOING GOOD. YOUR OK
:41 X I N D Y CENTER
O INDIANOPOL1S CENTER. UH. REFERENCE DELTA 89. DO YOU KNOW
ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AIRCRAFT. 1 WANTED TO GIVE
YOU A HEADS UP. THIS IS ANOTHER HIJACK AIRCRAFT <X UH HUH>
THIS IS ANOTHER BOSTON TO LAS VEGAS HE'S ON A MODE 3 OF
1304. WE DO HAVE CONTACT VIA <X WHAT WAS THE CALL S1GN>
DELTA 89 IT'S A 767 OUT OF BOSTON HEADING TO VEGAS. AND
HE'S ON A MODE 3 OF 1304.1 HAVE AN EXACT LAT. LON. IF YOU
NEED IT <X GO AHEAD>
13:43 :08 LAT. LON. 41. 21 N 08215W <X OKAY> AND TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP ?
HE IS CONFIRM HIJACK
:21 X OKAY WE'RE NOT SHOWING HIM IN OUR SYSTEM AT THIS POINT,
YOU ARE TRACKING HIM YOU SAY O SO WE HAVE HIM ON RADAR
SIR.
BUT HE IS HEADING YOUR WAY
:27 X HE IS HEADED OUR WAY
O DELTA 89
:33 X OFF BOSTON TO LAS
:34 O OFF BOSTON TO LAX <X LAX>
:36 0 I'VE GOT LAS VEGAS SIR. WHATEVER THAT IS
:38 X OH LAS. OKAY. LAS VEGAS
:41 X OK CAUSE WE'RE NOT SHOWING HIM IN THE SYSTEM ANYWHERE
:46 0 OKAY DO YOU HAVE A MODE 3 CAPABILITY OR ANYTHING
:47 X HE'S ON A 1304 CODE <O YES S]R>
:48 X OKAY WE'LL BRING THAT UP
:50 OALLRJGHTS1R
13:43 :51 X OKAY THANKS <SIERRA WH1SKEY>
CALL TERMINATED
13:44 :05 "ID1" WHERE'D IT GO. SOMEBODY DROPPED THE AIRCRAFT
:06 "BACKGROUND" YEAH
:07 "1D1" WHO DROPPED THE AIRCRAFT
:10 "BACKGROUND" 1 DON'T KNOW
:20 "ID1" OK HE'S MADE A SPECIAL AGAIN
:55 "ID1" ONE. TWO. THREE. FOUR. POSSIBLY FIVE
13:45 :00 "1D1" WHAT OTHER CENTER IS THERE. CLEVELAND CENTER A 323
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• 13 X CLEVELAND MILITARY {GARBLED)
O CLEVELAND CENTER. HUNTRESS ID. UH. WE ARE, UH OBVIOUSLY
HAVING A PRETTY BAD SITUATION GOING ON WITH AIRCRAFT, 1
WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP
•25 X DID THEY GET INTO, DID THEY GET INTO THE, HOLD ON PLEASE, IF
THEY'RE ON FREQUENCY GO BACK. CANCEL IT. OK GO AHEAD
•36 O UH YES SIR DELTA AIRLINES EIGHT NINER IS A HIJACK AIRCRAFT
HEADED ENTER IN YOUR SECTOR CURRENTLY RJGHT NOW, MODE
3 OF A 1304. WE'RE NOT SURE OF HIS INTENTIONS <X HOLD ON.
HOLD ON>
:53 X UH. I WANT YOU TO TALK TO UH <O GO AHEAD, TRANSFER ME
OUT>
: 57 O HELLO THIS IS HUNTRESS ID. I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS
UP IN YOUR CENTER. CURRENTLY WE HAVE, DELTA EIGHT NINER,
A 767 OUT OF BOSTON TO LAS VEGAS. NOW A CONFIRMED HIJACK
ON A MODE 3 OF 1304 <X OKAY> AND HE IS IN YOUR CENTER, AS
YOU KNOW WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE AIRCRAFT CURRENTLY, UH,
THAT ARE MISSING OUT OF BOSTON <X YES> 2 OF THEM INTO
THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, AND NOW WASHINGTON HAS
CONFIRMED, NEAR THE WHITEHOUSE SO APPARENTLY THIS IS
PRETTY SERJOUS
13-45 -53 CONT. THIS DELTA 89 WE'RE NOT SURE OF HIS INTENTIONS. OH 1989,
I'M SORRY I JUST GOT ACKNOWLEDGED
13-46 :31 X SO 1989 IS THE CONFIRMED HIJACK, OKAY
•40 O OKAY MA'AM <X THANK YOU>
•44 O OKAY AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN TELL US,
PLEASE CALL MA'AM. DO YOU HAVE OUR NUMBER
•47 X YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA HAVE YOU GIVE IT TO SOMEONE
ELSE I'M GONNA GO TAKE CARE OF THIS <0 ALL RIGHT>
:53 X OK DELTA 1989. CONFIRMED HIJACK. CODE 1304 CORRECT <O
YEAH> OKAY
•59 O YEAH. HE IS A 767. BOSTON TO LAS VEGAS
13:47 :15 O IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A
NUMBER TO CALL
•17 X OKAY GO AHEAD
:19 O 315-334-6311 THAT'S THE MISSION CREW COMMANDER
:21 X OKAY AND WHO WOULD THAT BE
:23 O MAJ NASYPANY
:29 X MAJ NASYPANY
:30 O NASYPANY
•39 O OKAY SIR. AND IF THERES ANY DEVIATION <X HOLD ON, AND
YOU SAID YOUR TRACKING HIM RJGHT NOW WELL, WELL AND WE
ARE T0> WE HAVE HIM ON RADAR SIR UH. BUT THAT'S ABOUT ALL
RJGHT NOW WE HAVE ALL OF OUR FIGHTERS UP OVER THE OTHER

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AIRCRAFT
:48 X ALL RIGHT. YOU UH. UMM. SENT FIGHTERS OUT
:53 O UH. NEGATIVE ON THE DELTA 1989. LET ME JUST CHECK WITH THE
MISSION CREW COMMANDER
:58 X OKAY
13:48 :05 "ID!" CLEVELAND CENTER IS WONDERING IF THERE IS ANY
FIGHTERS OUT AFTER THE DELTA 1989
: 15 O WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET AIRCRAFT UP RIGHT
NOW SIR
: 19 X OKAY COULD YOU PLEASE GET BACK TO ME, IF YOU
13:48 :19 CONT.
DO LAUNCH THE AIRCRAFT OUT THERE PLEASE
:22 O I CERTAINLY WILL. WATCH FOR ANY DEVIATIONS AND CALL IT IF
YOU SEE IT SIR
:24 X 1 UNDERSTAND <O SIERRA WHISKEY>
CALL TERMINATED
13:49 :27 "ID 1" PENTAGON GOT IT. DID YOU JUST HEAR THAT, THE PENTAGON
JUST GOT IT
:29 "BACKGROUND VOICE" WE'RE TRYING TO GET TOLEDO UP AFTER
THAT DELTA FLIGHT
:31 "ID1" COPY, OPEN LINE
:32 O HUNTRESS ID. UNSECURE LINE
X HEY. UH. HUNTRESS ID. WASHINGTON CENTER, HEY I GOT A
TRIPLE, 1 MEAN A 7777 CODE JUST WEST, COME OUT OF PATUXAT
RESTRICTED AREA AT 23.000 FEET. UH, HE'S ABOUT 15 MILES EAST
OF UH, NOTTINGHAM 1 NEED TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT
AIRCRAFT HE'S AT 23.000 FEET
:51 PLEASE STANDBY. SIR. THAT MIGHT BE OUR FIGHTERS, STANDBY,
I'LL CONFIRM THAT
:55 "1D1" JOE CAN YOU CONFIRM THE TRIPLE SEVEN CODE, THIS IS
WASHINGTON CENTER
13:50 :03 "ID1" THE TRIPLE SEVEN CODE
:09 O THOSE ARE OUR FIGHTERS SIR. UH. 1 BELIEVE OUT OF ATLANTIC
CITY, OTIS, I'M SORRY SIR
: 15 X OKAY. SO. AH. APPROX. 10 MILES DUE EAST OF NOTTINGHAM,
THAT'S YOUR FIGHTERS
:21 O AH. STANDBY. STANDBY. THEY'RE OUT OF LANGLEY AND THEIR
OUR BIRDS, YES. THERE'S 3 BIRDS. YES HEADED YOUR WAY
:26 X OKAY, GREAT. THANKS A LOT
CALL TERMINATED
13:50 :53 "ID 1" OH MY. DID YOU COPY, THREATCON CHARLIE
13:51 :01 "1D1" JOE, YOU SAID OUT OF TOLEDO
:03 "BACKGROUND" YEAH. WE'RE TRYING TO SCRAMBLE OUT OF
TOLEDO, WE DON'T IF WE CAN GET THEM OUT OR NOT
13:51 :20 "ID1" (DIALING)
T T 1«~i 1— j^-v X T T •* »
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13:51 :25 X CLEVELAND MILITARY
:27 O THIS IS HUNTRESS ID CALLING, REFERENCE. THE TRACK THAT'S
HEADED YOUR WAY. B089. UH, THE SPECIAL 15
:35 X THE WHAT NOW
:36 O THE HIJACKED AIRCRAFT. I'M SORRY I'M TALKING MILITARY <X
YES. YES>
:39 O LISTEN. WE'RE TRYING TO GET TOLEDO AIRBORN, AFTER THIS
AIRCRAFT
<X OKAY> UH. JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE WANTED ME TO TELL
THEM IF WE WERE <XYES THAT WAS ME> OKAY GOOD
:49 X AH. DO YOU KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GONNA LAUNCH THEM DO YA
THINK
:53 O LET ME JUST CHECK
13:52 :01 O UH. THAT PLANE JUST TOOK A HARD RJGHT TURN SIR, OFF IT'S
TRACK. JUST TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP
:03 X OKAY. UH HUH. WE ARE TRACKING THAT
:05 O ALLRIGHT SIR. ALL I KNOW IS, 1 WAS TOLD OUT OF TOLEDO, LET
ME JUST CHECK
:20 "BACKGROUND, HUNTRESS" THEY'RE LAUNCHING OFF TOLEDO
RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE COMING
:31 0 THEY'RE TRYING SIR. THEY DON'T HAVE ANYBODY YET, THEY'RE
TRYING OUT OF TOLEDO. AND SIR HE'S HEADED. A HARD, A HARD
RIGHT
:38 X THEY'RE TRYING TO LAUNCH THEM. THEY HAVEN'T CONFIRMED
THAT YET <O NO CONFIRM> IT IS NOT CONFIRMED YET
:45 X OKAY. I GOT THAT END THEN
:52 X ALLRJGHT, ALLRIGHT. PLEASE GET BACK WITH ME
:53 O OKAY SIR, I'LL CALL YOU IF I KNOW
X ALLRJGHT
CALL TERMINATED
13:53 :10 "ID 1" RAYMOND IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A SEAT. AND WRJTE ALL
THIS INFORMATION DOWN. THAT I HAVE. I'LL SHOW YOU, AND
THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE. THAT WAY WE HAVE IT ON PAPER
13:54 :04 "IDT (GARBLED) IF. WE HEAR ANYTHING. CLEVLEAND CENTER
OBVIOUSLY, LIKE US TO CALL THEM, TO LET THEM KNOW
:09 "1DP1DID. YEAH. I DID. TOLEDO
:18 "BACKGROUND" ARE THEY WATCHING HIM
:19 "1DP YES THEY ARE. THEY SAW THE HARD RJGHT JUST AS YOU
SAID IT
:24 "1D1" HE'S TURNING BACK OUR WAY, HE'S ORBITING BACK
:29 "ID1" THERE IS GONNA BE A POINT, LIKE THE WORLD TRADE
CENTER THAT <"BACKGROUND" THERE USED TO BE A BOOK> YEAH
OF IMPORTANT PLACES
:55 "1D1" ALLRIGHT. I'M GONNA HAVE RAYMOND WRITE ALL THIS
STUFF DOWN, READY

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13:55 :02 "BACKGROUND" THEY'RE. THEY'RE LOGGING EVERYTHING
:41 "ID1" WHATEVER PERTAINS TO AMERICAN IS HERE. WHATEVER
PERTAINS TO UNITED IS HERE
:48 "ID!" SELFRIDGE IS THAT THE CLEVELAND CENTER ONE
:53 "BACKGROUND" THEY ARE IN CLEVELAND CENTER AREA YEAH
:55 "ID!" BUT THEY'RE HEADED TOWARDS THIS AIRCRAFT
13:57 :30 "1D1" SELFRIDGE AND TOLEDO. TOLEDO
:33 "1D1" I'M GOING TO CALL CLEVELAND
:40 "ID!" (DIALING). BUSY SIGNAL
:42 "ID 1" (DIALING)
13:58 :01 X CLEVELAND MILITARY. (GARBLED)
:02 O HI. THIS IS HUNTRESS ID. REFERENCING DELTA 1989
:04 X YES
:06 O YES SIR. WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP. WE HAVE
SCRAMBLED SELFRJDGE AND TOLEDO. WHICH EVER AIRCRAFT GET
THERE FIRST. IS THE ONE THAT WILL BE HANDLING IT
: 16 X SELFRIDGE AND TOLEDO HAVE BEEN SCRAMBLED. OK
13:58 :16 O AND. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANY IMPORTANT POINTS NEAR
THAT. DO YOU KNOW
:21 X WELL WE'RE TALKING TO THAT DELTA
:23 O YOUR TALKING TO THEM <X YES>
:25 "1D1" THEY'RE TALKING TO DELTA 1989
:27 O CAN YOU GIVE ME ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE
:29 X OK. THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE ON THE DELTA IS HE'S
LANDING CLEVELAND
:36 O OKAY GO AHEAD
:37 X HE'S LANDING CLEVELAND IS THE INFORMATION 1 HAVE
:42 O YOU HAVE TALKED TO THE PILOT
:43 X YES. WE'RE SPEAKING WITH THE PILOT
:47 O IS HE STILL HIJACKED SIR
:52 X AS FAR AS WE, YOU SEE I'M. I'M UP HERE, I. I'M NOT ACTUALLY
<O IS THERE A PHONE NUMBER OR SOMEBODY THAT CAN CALL US
QUICK BACK THAT CAN GIVE US THE INFORMATION. WE HAVE GOT
AIRCRAFT LAUNCHED ON THIS PARTICULAR A1RCRAFT>
13:59 :00 "BACKGROUND". 4 AIRCRAFT
:00 O FOUR AIRCRAFT
:03 X OH. 1.1. GOT 2 PEOPLE TALKING HERE AH
:04 O OKAY. IS THERE ANYBODY WHO CAN CALL US BACK AND LET
THE MCC KNOW WHATS GOING ON WITH THIS GUY
:12 X OKAY. 1, UH. ED. "DIFFERENT VOICE" GO AHEAD
: 19 0 YES. SIR. TRYING TO FIND OUT WHATS GOING ON WE HAVE 4
AIRCRAFT LAUNCHED ON THAT PARTICULAR AIRLINER, IS HE STILL
IN DISTRESS
13:59 :24 X DELTA
:26 O DELTA 1989
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:34 X THAT, DELTA NINETEEN EIGHTY NINE IS NOT BEING HIJACKED,
ACCORDING TO HIM. IS THAT CORRECT
:39 X DELTA 1989 IS NOT BEING HIJACKED. ACCORDING TO HIM HE IS
LANDING CLEVELAND AS A PRECAUTION BECAUSE HE TOOK OFF
FROM <O OK> YEAH
:50 0 OKAY 1 DON'T KNOW WHERE WE FOUND OUT HE WAS BEING
HIJACKED. BUT EVERYTHING SO FAR SO GOOD THEN, EVERYTHING
IS OKAY
:55 X RIGHT. NOW, THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE AIRCRAFT iS
BEING HIJACKED
14:00 :01 O OKAY SIR, 1 DON'T KNOW WHERE WE GOT THE INFORMATION
:02 X WELL, WELL THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONFUSHON AND SOME OF
IT MIGHT HAVE COME FROM HIS COMPANY
:07 O OKAY SIR, FINE. SO FAR SO GOOD
:08 X WELL, AS FAR AS THAT ONE. 1 DON'T KNOW AS FOR THE REST OF
THEM
:09 O OKAY, SIERRA WHISKEY
CALL TERMINATED
14:01 :12 "1D1" WHAT DO WE HAVE GOING ON RJGHT NOW NOTHING, AH
: 16 "BACKGROUND" THE ONLY THING IS WITH THE PENTAGON, WE
NEED TO<3ET INFORMATION ON AMERICAN ONE, ONE
:23 "1D1" 1 NEED TO GIVE INDIANAPOLIS A CALL BACK
:45 "1D1" (DIALING) "LINE BUSY"
:50 "ID1" (DIALING) "LINE BUSY"
14:02 :03 "ID 1" (DIALING) "LINE BUSY"
: 13 "BACKGROUND" I WANT TO GET IN TOUCH WITH WASHINGTON C
WY AND SEE IF THEY CAN. SOME WAY, FIND AMERICAN ONE ONE,
LAST KNOWN FLIGHT LEVEL 290. NOW WE HAD THAT AIRCRAFT HIT
THE PENTAGON, WE'RE TRYING TO GET CONFIRMATION THAT IT'S
NOT AAL 11 OR IT IS. AND IF IT'S NOT. IS IT HEADED SOMEWHERE
ELSE
:30 "ID1" (DIALING)
:37 X INDY CENTER
:37 O HI. HUNTRESS ID CALLING. 1 WANT TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP, ON
THE DAL 1989 THAT WAS IN CLEVELAND CENTERS AOR
:47 O HE WAS GIVING YOU INFORMATION THAT HE WAS A HIJACK
AIRCRAFT, HE IS NOT A HIJACK AIRCRAFT, HE IS TAKING
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AND HE IS LANDING CLEVELAND
CENTER. ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE 4 AIRCRAFT LAUNCHED ON HIM,
JUST TO BE SURE
:58 X OKAY, IT'S DAL 1989. THE 1304 CODE <O CORRECT>
14:03 :07 O HE WAS GOING TO LAS VEGAS AND WOULD HAVE BEEN COMING
THROUGH YOUR AREA. JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW HE'S
TURNING AROUND, HE'S LANDING CLEVELAND CENTER TO LAND
:11 XOKAY
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:16 X THANK YOU
:17 O SIERRA WHISKEY
CALL TERMINATED
. :4I "BACKGROUND" DEPARTURE FROM CANADA. UNKNOWN DEPT.
AIRPORT. HEADED FOR WASHINGTON
:43 "BACKGROUND" WHO'D YOU GET THAT FROM. NO MODES NO
ANYTHING
:54 "BACKGROUND" THAT'S ALL THEY KNOW. HAS ANYONE TALKED
TO CANADA
:55 "ID1" I'M CALLING RIGHT NOW. BUT IT'S BUSY
14:04 :19 "BACKGROUND" CALL (GARBLED) SEE IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING.
ANY INFORMATION ON HIJACKS COMING FROM CANADA. ANY
INFORMATION AT ALL. 1 DON'T CARE WHAT IT IS. HEADED THIS
WAY TO WASHINGTON
:30 "ID! "(DIALING)
:39 X (GARBLED) SGT (GARBLED). UNSECURE LINE
:39 O HUNTRESS ID CALLING. LISTEN. UH. I JUST GOT A HEADS UP. THAT
THERE IS A POSSIBLE HIJACK THAT TOOK OUT OF CANADA.
SOMEWHERE. HEADED TO WASHINGTON. DO THEY KNOW ANY
INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN TO GIVE US. ON THAT
:52 X STAND BY. PLEASE
:59 X YES HUNTRESS. THIS IS MASCORPEROL NICHOLSON
14:05 :01 O HI, THIS IS HUNTRESS. APPARENTLY WE GOT CONFIRMATION
THAT THERE IS AN AIRCRAFT THAT CAME OUT OF CANADA HEADED
FOR WASHINGTON. DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT
AIRCRAFT THAT THEIR TALKING ABOUT. AS FAR AS IT COMING
ACROSS INTO OUR AOR
:13 X I SAW SOMETHING ON THE (CHAT) THAT'S ALL I GOT SO FAR. YOU.
YOU COULDN'T GIVE ME A POSITION COULD YOU (GARBLED)
:18 ONO, 1 DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS. I'M TRYING TO GET THAT
INFORMATION FROM YOU. WHAT DID YOU SEE ON THE CHAT
:28 X AH. JUST THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBLE. OUR INT. JUST ASSESSED
THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBLE. I'LL FOLLOW THAT UP AND GET
BACK TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
:30 O OKAY. WE'LL THANK YOU VERY MUCH
:32 X OKAY. GOOD LUCK
CALL TERMINATED
:39 "IDr CANADA IS GONNA FIND OUT AND GET BACK TO US AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE. THAT'S ALL THEY SAID
14:06 :28 O HUNTRESS. UN SECURE LINE
X HI UH. I THINK 1 WAS THE ONE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT DELTA
1989
:32 O GO AHEAD
:34 X WELL. UH. DISREGARD THAT. UH. DID YOU
:38 O WHAT WE FOUND OUT IS THAT HE IS NOT A CONFIRMED HIJACK
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AND THAT <X OKAY. I DON'T EVEN WANT TO WORRY ABOUT THAT
NOW, UH WE GOT A UNITED 93 OUT HERE AND UH, ARE YOU AWARE
OF THAT <O UNITED 93> THAT UH. HAS A BOMB ON BOARD <O A
BOMB ON BOARD>
:56 O AND HE'S CONFIRMED, DOES HE HAVE A MODE 3 SIR
:58 X NO WE LOST HIS TRANSPONDER
14:07 :01 X WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW, IS. DID YOU SCRAMBLE AIRPLANES
FOR THAT DELTA 1989
:06 O WE DID. OUT OF SELFRJDGE AND TOLEDO SIR
:08 X DID YOU. DID YOU. ARE THEY IN THE AIR NOW
:09 O YES THEY ARE <X IS THERE ANYWAY WE CAN GET THEM TO
WHERE THIS UNITED IS>
:16 OKAY. UMM. WHAT I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU DO IS GIVE ME A LAT.
LON. OF WHERE HE IS
:21 "BACKGROUND. ? SIDE" WHAT WAS THE LAST KNOWN POSITION OF
THAT UNITED
X WESTMORELAND
O WHERE ABOUTS IS THAT LOCATED <X WHICH IS LIMA, BRAVO,
ECHO>
:35 O WHAT IS LIMA. BRAVO. ECHO
:36 X WEST MORELAND
:39 "BACKGROUND. CENTER SIDE" WEST MORELAND IS LBH, RIGHT
:41 X THAT'S WEST MORELAND AIRPORT. YEAH
:45 X IT'S IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA <O PITTSBURGH AREA> YEAH, YES
:47 O DO YOU HAVE A LAT. LON.
:56 O WE DO NOT HAVE A POINT FOR LBE SIR. DO YOU HAVE A LAT.
LON.. OR DO YOU KNOW WHERE HE WAS GOING OR COMING FROM
14:08 :00 X AH. NO I DON'T GOT THAT AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW
:07 X OKAY, ALL I KNOW IS
: 10 O WHATEVER YOU HAVE SIR GO AHEAD
:15 X ALL I KNOIW IS HE'S UNITED 93, HE'S GOT A CONFIRMED BOMB
ON BOARD, AND RIGHT NOW HIS LAST KNOWN POSITION IS IN THE
WEST MORELAND AREA
:28 O WHICH IS PITTSBURGH PENN
:29 X YEAH IT'S IN THE PITTSBURGH PENN AREA
:32 O ALLRJGHT SIR. NO OTHER INFORMATION
:34 O IS THIS CONFIRMATION VIA TALKING TO THE PILOT
:39 "BACKGROUND. CENTER". HOW DID WE CONFIRM THAT UNITED
HAS A BOMB ON BOARD
:40 "BACKGROUND, CENTER" 1 HEARD IT ON THE FREQUENCY
:40 X OKAY, HE HEARD IT ON THE FREQUENCY. YES
:44 "BACKGROUND, HUNTRESS" (GARBLED)
:49 X OKAY I GOT 2 DIFFERENT PEOPLE TALKING
:52 X HELLO
:54 O HI. THEIR JUST CHECKING. DO YOU HAVE A MODE 3 CODE OR

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ANYTHING. OR A LAST KNOWN MODE 3 SQUAWK
14:09 :02 X HIS LAST KNOWN MODE 3. HOLD ON
:11 X HIS LAST KNOWN MODE 3 WAS. 1527
:19 O COPY 1527
: 19 X WAIT. WAIT. WE GOT A LAT. LON. IF YOU WANT
:22 0 YES LAT. LON.S PLEASE. LAT. LON.S
14:09 :23 X 3951N. 07846 W
:35 O OKAY. 395IN 07846W <X YEAH> AND DO YOU HAVE ANY
CONFIRMATION OF HIJACKERS ON BOARD
:45 X ALL WE KNOW IS WE HEARD HIM SAY HE HAD A BOMB ON BOARD
:47 O THANK YOU SIR
:49 X GET THOSE AIRCRAFT SCRAMBLED TOWARD HIM
:51 O SIR, WE'RE WORKING IT RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE PROBABLY SIX
AIRCRAFT RIGHT NOW. BUT WE'RE WORKING IT <X OKAY>
-.59 O WHICH CENTER IS THIS. WHICH CENTER IS THIS
14:10 :00 X THIS IS CLEVELAND CENTER
:05 O LET ME JUST CHECK. STAND BY ONE
:09 O CHECKING WITH WEAPONS SIR. STANDBY <X THANK YOU>
:28 O SIR WE HAVE 4 AIRCRAFT, 2 OUT OF SELFR1DGE, 2 OUT OF
TOLEDO. LET ME SEE WHERE THEY'RE CURRENTLY HEADED, AT
THIS POSITION
:40 0 OKAY, THEY WERE FOLLOWING DELTA 1989, RIGHT NOW THEIR
PROBABLY GOING TO COMMIT TOWARDS THE BOMB AIRCRAFT, I'M
BEFNG PASSED
:45 X WHATS THAT
:46 O WE'RE WORKING ON IT SIR <X WHATS THAT>
:50 O THEIR WORKING ON THE COMMITMENT FOR DELTA 93 RIGHT NOW
:52 X OKAY
:52 O I'LL CALL YOU BACK WITH ANYTHING THAT I HAVE
:53 X ALLRIGHT, THANK YOU
CALL TERMINATED
14:11 :22 X SURVEILLANCE. SGT RICHMOND
:25 O (GARBLED) ID. JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP, THE Z
POINT, BRAVO 424. IS THE LAST KNOWN POSITION OF UNITED 93,
THE BOMB ON BOARD. AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT A ZERO
EXTRAPOLATED SPECIAL <X YOU GOT IT>
.35 O OKAY THANK YOU
14:14 :09 0 HUNTRESS ID, GO AHEAD
:10 X HEY, YEAH THIS IS WASHINGTON CENTER. WE GOT FIGHTERS
HOLDING OVER THE NOTTINGHAM AREA AND THEY NEED THE
FREQ. FOR REFUELING WITH THE TANKER, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
:12 OYES
: 13 X THE. THE TANKER NEEDS A FREQUENCY
:14 O STAND BY SIR. WE'LL GET IT FOR YOU, STANDBY
:20 O ALSO SIR, 1 WANT TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP. UNITED 93, DO YOU
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HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT
:22 X YEAH. HE'S DOWN <HE'S DOWN>
:25 X YES
:27 O WHEN DID HE LAND. WE DIDN'T GET <X HE DID NOT LAND> OH.
HE'S DOWN <X YEAH SOMEWHERE UP NORTHEAST OF CAMP
DAV1D>
:35 O NORTHEAST OF CAMP DAVID
:36 X YEAH. THAT'S THE LAST REPORT, THEY, THEY. DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY WHERE
:40 "1D1" NORTHEAST OF CAMP DAVID
:50 O SIR. NO CONFIRMATION OF A BLOWUP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT
:52 X WELL THEY SAID THEY SENT A C-l 30 OVER THERE AND HE SAID
YES. HE WAS IN THE GROUND
14:15 :01 O ON THE GROUND, SAFE
:03 X NOPE. BLEW UP. HEY I NEED THE TANKER FREQUENCY
:04 O SIR WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT RK3HT NOW
:05 X OKAY
:12 0 I'VE GOT MY MISSION CREW COMMANDER LISTENrNG RJGHTNOW
SIR. SAY IT AGAIN
: 14 X OKAY I HAVE A TANKER OVER PETUXANT, NOTTINGHAM AREA. A
DC 10. JUST FLYING AROUND AND HE NEEDS A TANKER FREQUENCY
FOR REFUEL NEVERMIND WE GOT IT, DISREGARD
.23 0 DISREGARD, OKAY. SIERRA WHISKEY
CALL TERMINATED
DRM 2, Dat 2. Channel 15
12:41:28 "AST" MCC BE ADVISED 53 IS DOWN, WE'RE RECALLING IT

NOW, ABOUT 15 MIN. TO GET IT BACK WE HOPE
12:42:09 "AST" WHAT DID HE SAY

: 10 "AST" WHAT BASE. 1241Z BATTLE STATIONS OTIS
:23 O OPEN LINE, SURV, SGT RICHMOND
:27 X UH. STEVE <O YES> UH. 1 CANT HEAR YOU <O YES> X UH.
THIS IS PATTY. I JUST CALLED THE SITE JAY 53, THEY SAID IT WAS
TOTALLY, UTTERLY IMPOSSIBLE. <X IMPOSS1BLE> YUP
:39 O THEY CAN'T START PUTTING IT BACK TOGETHER 42 X NOPE

:42 O OKAY. THANK YOU
:43 X OKAY
CALL TERMINATED
:47 "AST" MCC, I'VE JUST BEEN TOLD IT'S TOTALLY. UTTERLY
IMPOSSIBLE TO RECALL 53
12:43:09 "BACKGROUND" 52 IS GOOD 55 IS GOOD
:19 "AST" WHAT DOES 56 LOOK LIKE. DO YOU HAVE THE SETTINGS FOR

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HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT
:22 X YEAH. HE'S DOWN <HE'S DOWN>
:25 X YES
:27 O WHEN DID HE LAND, WE DIDN'T GET <X HE DID NOT LAND> OH,
HE'S DOWN <X YEAH SOMEWHERE UP NORTHEAST OF CAMP
DAV1D>
O NORTHEAST OF CAMP DAVID
X YEAH. THAT'S THE LAST REPORT, THEY. THEY. DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY WHERE
:40 "1D1" NORTHEAST OF CAMP DAVID
:50 O SIR. NO CONFIRMATION OF A BLOWUP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT
:52 X WELL THEY SAID THEY SENT A C-l 30 OVER THERE AND HE SAID
YES. HE WAS IN THE GROUND
14:15 :01 O ON THE GROUND. SAFE
:03 X NOPE. BLEW UP. HEY I NEED THE TANKER FREQUENCY
:04 O SIR WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT RK3HT NOW
:05 X OKAY
:12 O I'VE GOT MY MISSION CREW COMMANDER LISTENING RIGHT NOW
SIR. SAY IT AGAIN
: 14 X OKAY I HAVE A TANKER OVER PETUXANT, NOTTINGHAM AREA, A
DC 10. JUST FLYING AROUND AND HE NEEDS A TANKER FREQUENCY
FOR REFUEL NEVERMIND WE GOT IT, DISREGARD
:23 O DISREGARD, OKAY. SIERRA WHISKEY
CALL TERMINATED
DRM2.Dat2. Channel 15 UjWl lo^Q ^ -A5^7 " ^ ^-^c '.. fel y.,"•-.jfc
12:41:28 "AST" MCC BE ADVISED 53 IS DOWN, WE'RE RECALLING IT

NOW, ABOUT 15 MIN. TO GET IT BACK WE HOPE
12:42:09 "AST' WHAT DID HE SAY

: 10 "AST" WHAT BASE, 1241Z BATTLE STATIONS OTIS / ^;
:23 O OPEN LINE, SURV. SGT RICHMOND
:27 X UH. STEVE <O YES> UH. 1 CANT HEAR YOU <O YES> X UH.
THIS IS PATTY. 1 JUST CALLED THE SITE JAY 53, THEY SAID IT WAS
TOTALLY. UTTERLY IMPOSSIBLE. <X IMPOSSIBLE> YUP
:39 O THEY CAN'T START PUTTING IT BACK TOGETHER 42 X NOPE

:42 O OKAY, THANK YOU
:43 X OKAY
CALL TERMINATED
:47 "AST" MCC, I'VE JUST BEEN TOLD IT'S TOTALLY. UTTERLY
IMPOSSIBLE TO RECALL 53
12:43:09 "BACKGROUND" 52 IS GOOD 55 IS GOOD
: 19 "AST" WHAT DOES 56 LOOK LIKE. DO YOU HAVE THE SETTINGS FOR

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56
12:44:15 "AST" WHAT WAS THE CODE 1443 OR. WAS THAT THE TIME
:44 "AST" I'LL JUST SHIFT ONE OF THESE GUYS DOWN. THE EXERCISE
WILL JUST HAVE TO BE KJNDA ON A HOLD
12:45:10 "AST" IS IT THAT REFERENCE POINT
:48 "AST" OK 11. PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT I'M SENDING YOU
:49 "BACKGROUND" OK STANDBY. SEND IT
:52 "AST" OK SEE THAT ARROW. 1 BELIVE THAT'S HIS LAST KNOWN
POSITION. I WANT YOU TO TAG UP ANYTHING AROUND THAT
POSITION <"BACKGROUND" OKAY> IN A STANDARD 25 MILE.
THING. AND YOU GOT THAT AREA TILL WE FIND HIM
12:46:02 "BACKGROUND" COPY. ROGER THAT I'M ON IT
:40 "AST" OKAY. MCC. MCC. IS THAT KKKK HIS POSITION
12:46:45 "AST" OKAY. WE'RE WORKING ON A 25 MILE BOX AROUND THAT.
HITTING EVERYTHING UP. ALSO I NEED SCRAMBLE TIME
12:46:52 "AST" I NEED SCRAMBLE TIME. THAT IS AST
12:47:03 "BACKGROUND" AST, ELEVEN

12:47:03 "AST" GO AHEAD. ELEVEN
12:47:05 "BACKGROUND" DO WE KNOW LAST KNOWN HEADING
12:47:07 "AST NO. WE DON'T KNOW. ALL WE KNOW IS THAT'S HIS LAST
KNOWN POSITION. FROM WHAT THEY'RE TELLING ME, WE'RE
LOOKING FOR A PRIMARY TARGET <"BACKGROUND" COPY>
12:47:25 "AST" WE'RE GETTING AN UPDATE NOW. STANDBY
12:47:33 "AST' UMM. AST IS OFF FOR A SECOND
12:48:15 "AST'1 JUST HEARD A TWELVE FOUR SIX SCRAMBLE. SCRAMBLE
OTIS
12:48:23 "AST ICC. OTIS HAS BEEN SCRAMBLED. 46
12:49:15 "AST' OKAY GUYS KEEP AN EYE ON THE TRACK COUNT AND
ELEVEN. WE'RE LOOKING FOR A SEARCH TARG. OKAY
12:49:37 "AST" I GOTTA GET WITH ID AN SEE IF 1 CAN GET THAT LAST
POSITION
1249:53 "AST WHO ARE YOU TRYING TO CALL ^BACKGROUND" NEW
YORK> CENTER. WHY DON'T YOU USE JUST HIT FA
12:49:55 "AST YOU DON'T HAVE THE NINE NUMBERS BACK THERE, 8706
12:49:58 "BACKGROUND" NONE OF THOSE WORK <""BACKGROUND" NOPE>
12:49:00 "AST THAT'S THE ARTS C. THATS NOT SC. WHY DO WE HAVE THE
ARTS C PHONE NUMBERS. NOW THAT MAKES NO SENSE
12:49:23 "AST DO YOU GOT THE SC'S BACK THERE
12:50:40 "AST' WHAT DO YOU NEED NEW YORK CENTER FOR
12:57:55 "AST A1RBORN. 52
12:58:04 "AST JFK (GARBLED) 20 SOUTH (GARBLED) JFK
12:58:09 "AST NOW WE'RE DECIDING. THEIR SAYING THAT A CIVILIAN
AIRCRAFT HAS HIT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. BUT THEY
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HAVEN'T CONFIRMED IT'S AMERICAN ELEVEN YET
12:58:16 "BACKGROUND" COPY
12:58:17 "AST" BUT WE'RE PUTTING 2 AND 2 TOGETHER BACK HERE
12:58:27 "AST. ICS,
12:58:27 "AST'GO AHEAD
12:58:28 "1CS" 1 HEARD SOMEBODY YELL OUT A1RBORN, BUT I'M NOT SEEING
ANYTHING TOLD OUT TO US YET
12:58:37 "AST" UMM. THERE THEY ARE. PAPPA ALPHA 45
12:58:40 "ICS" PAPPA ALPHA 45. GOT IT, THANK YOU
12:58:44 "AST" THEIR HEADED SOUTH, DOWN THE COAST
12:58:49 "BACKGROUND" THEIR HEADED TO (GARBLED)
12:58:50 "AST" OKAY. THEIR OUT NOW, SHOULD BE COMING
12:58:54 "AST' UMM. AS LONG AS THEIR NOT TO A Z POINT
12:58:59 "AST" UMM. YOU GOT IT
12:59:16 "AST" AST OUT
13:00:00 "BACKGROUND" DID THEY CONFIRM YET, THAT'S THE ONE TO HIT
THE TRADE CENTER
13:00:05 "AST" BE PREPARED, OUR THREATCONS, OUR FORCE PROTECTS TO
START GOING
13:00:08 "BACKGROUND" THEY SHOULD HAVE ALREADY, SHOULDN'T THEY
13:00:10 "AST" UMM. JUST BE READY, BE PREPARED
13:00:38 "AST" ALRJGHT GUYS. WHO WANTED TO KNOW AIRCRAFT TYPE
13:00:40 "BACKGROUND" YOU DON'T KNOW
13:00:41 "AST" 1 THOUGHT SOMEONE ASKED ME THAT
13:00:43 "AST" IT'S A 767, THE GUY WHO'S BEING HIJACKED
13:00:54 "AST" I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEEN CONFIRMED IF IT WAS HIM WHO
HIT THE TRADE CENTER ^'BACKGROUND" HOPE NOT>
13:00:56 "BACKGROUND" DO WE GOT CNN ON
] 3:00:56 "AST" THAT'S A GOOD POINT
13:01:22 "AST" CNN IS ON THE FLOOR IN THE SE
13:03:05 "AST" WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS
13:03:07 "AST" OKAY GUYS LISTEN UP. POSSIBLY WE HAVE A SECOND
HIJACKING
13:03:20 "BACKGROUND" COPY
13:03:36 "BACKGROUND" OUT OF THE SAME AIRPORT
13:04:16 "AST" HAVE THEY CONFIRMED IT'S AMERICAN ELEVEN YET
13:04:21 "AST" HAVE WE CONFIRMED IT'S A HUGE AIRCRAFT THAT HIT THE
TRADE CENTER
13:04:27 "AST' THEIR BUSY OVER THERE, I'M NOT GONNA ACT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THEM OVER THERE RJGHT NOW
13:04:30 "AST" OKAY. 11. 6. 12 <"BACKGROUND" GARBLED> YEAH STANDBY
UH. WE HAVE A POSSIBLE SECOND HIJACK, UH, TALKING ABOUT A
UNITED FLIGHT. WE'RE GOING FOR MORE INFORMATION
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13:04:46 "AST' UNITED 175. DID YOU THAT DQM
13:04:53 "BACKGROUND" LOOKING FOR A SQUAWK AND I DON'T SEE IT
13:04:58 "BACKGROUND" WE HAVE SMART TERRORISTS TODAY. THEIR NOT
GIVING THEM A CHANCE TO SQUAWK
13:05:09 "AST" LOOKS LIKE THEIR DIVERTING AWAY FROM BOSTON AND JFK
RIGHT NOW
13:05:57 "AST" 1 DON'T CARE IF IT TAKES THEM 45 MINUTES TO GET IT UP.
ESPECIALLY AFTER TALKING TO BOSTON
13:05:59 "AST" MCC. WE TALKED TO NORTH (GARBLED) DIRECTLY THEY
SAID AT LEAST A HALF HOUR. WE SAID WE DON'T CARE. HOW
LONG IT TAKES. GET IT BACK UP
3 3:07:32 "AST" YOU GOT IT KEVIN. 1 GOTTA FIND SOME MORE INFORMATION
13:09:19 O NORTHEAST AIR DEFENSE SGT FOSTER
13:09:22 X UH. KEVIN <O GO>
13:09:24 X 53 UH COME BACK. UH. 1 GUESS THEY GOT A CALL FROM FAA. BUT
HE SAID HE'S NOT. HE'S NOT GUARANTEEING ANYTHING. LET HIM
KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE <O COPY>
13:09 29 X OKAY.
13:09 29 O YUP
CALL TERMINATED
13:09 52 "AST" WHAT THE HECK MODE IS THIS
13:10 07 "AST OKAY WE GOT JAY 53 BACK AT THIS TIME
13:10 09 "BACKGROUND" LET'S CHECK IT ON HERE. FIRST
13:10. 11 "AST" GO AHEAD<"BACKGROUND" GOT 1T>
13:10 13 "AST'NOTHING
13:10 21 "AST" PATTY JUST CALLED AND SAID IT WAS BACK
13:10 35 "AST" I'LL PLUG IN OVER HERE AN CALL
13:10 38 X MAINTENANCE CONTROL SGT CRANE
13:10 :40 O OH I'M SORRY. WE'VE GOT SOMETHING GOING ON. WE'RE
TALKING IN HERE. STANDBY JUST ONE SECOND PLEASE.
(GARBLED). WE'RE NOT GETTING DATA ON 53 IN HERE
13:10 :43 X OKAY. LET ME CHECK <O OKAY>
CALL TERMINATED
13:111:03 "AST' NOTHING YET. 1 TURNED IT ON BUT
13:11 "AST" SHE SHOULD BE CHECKING WITH THE CENTER
13:11 :44 "AST" YOUR TAKING BOSTON. GET RIGHT INTO WITHIN 50 MILES
OF BOSTON. YOUR GONNA HAVE THAT AREA ONLY
13:11 :57 "AST' YOU'VE GOT THE WHOLE AREA. WE'RE PUTTING SOMEONE
ON BOSTON AND SOMEBODY ON NEW YORK
13:12 :04 "AST" JUST SET UP THAT ODC RIGHT THERE, JUST FOR A SEC., JUST
GET IT READY FOR THEM
13:12 :09 "AST' NEW YORK AREA, YOU DO THE NEW YORK AREA
13:12 : 14 "AST' SIX YOU GOT BOSTON
13:12 : 16 "AST" 1 WANT EVERYTHING HIT UP
•3:12 :25 "AST" YEAH 50 MILES. HIT UP EVERYTHING
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Nonheast Air Defense Sector, Rome. NY
13:12 :44 "AST" TELL THEM TO TURN TO CNN
13:13 :26 "AST" COULD BE 1 TURNED IT ON, 53 IS COMING BACK
13:14 :22 "AST" AS THE TRACKS LOSE DATA. DROP THEM OUT
13:14 :41 "AST" LET'S KEEP AN EYE ON THAT TRACK COUNT
13:15 :23 O SURVEILLANCE. SGT RICHMOND
13:15 :24 X YOU SHOULD SEE DATA OUT OF 53
13:15 :27 0 UMM, YES IT DO
13:15 :28 X THE MDS IS GOING TO BE REALLY LOW, BUT THAT'S THE BEST
THEY CAN DO RJGHTNOW
13:15 O THAT'S ALRJGHT. SO LONG AS I GOT SOMETHING
13:15 XOKAY
13:15 33 O THANKS
CALL TERMINATED
13:15 :37 "AST" MCC. 51.1 GOT SEARCH AND BECON BACK AT 53. IT'S GONNA
HAVE LOW MDS. BUT THAT'S THE BEST THEY CAN DO FOR ME
13:16:10 "AST" THAT'S YOUR FIGHTERS RIGHT THERE. AND THEY GOT
TANKERS GOING OUT THERE NOW, 1 THINK AND MANE AND MANE
85 IS A TANKER
13:16:27 I'M BEING TOLD THAT THEY HAVE THE 2ND AIRCRAFT ACTUALLY
ON TAPE, FLYING INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
13:16: 51 "AST' MCC, OTIS. IS EVERYONE ON BATTLE STATIONS. OTIS
13:16:58 "BACKGROUND" YEAH THEY'RE A1RBONE <"AST" YEAH, HOW BOUT
THE OTHER AIRCRAFT
13:17: 02 "BACKGROUND" WE HAVEN'T LAUNCHED THEM YET
13:17: 30 "AST" THEY GOT KCIO'S AND 135'S GOING OUT ALSO
13:17: 32 "AST" LET'S CALL. NO. I'M GONNA LEAVE CENTER ALONE RIGHT
NOW
13:18:22 "AST" IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE PUSHING THE FIGHTERS INTO NEW
YORK
13:18 :46 "BACKGROUND" THAT KKKK IS THAT THE
13:18 :47 "AST" THAT IS THE ORIGINAL POINT THAT THEY GAVE US
13:18 :52 "BACKGROUND" OKAY. I'M HITTING UP ALL AROUND THAT
13:18 :53 "AST" NO. NO, 1 WANT NEW YORK, AND LONG ISLAND. AND
ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. OKAY
13:18 :57 "BACKGROUND" GOT IT
13:18 :57 "AST" KEEP AN EYE ON THE TRACK COUNTS
13:19 :21 "AST" ALSO GUYS. AS THE TRACKS FADE. TRY TO DROP THEM
13:19 :23 COPY, THAT
13:19 :50 "AST" OKAY. ICC. MY TANKER WILL BE GOING INTO 107, AS SOON AS
WE KNOW WHO HE IS. I'LL LET YOU KNOW
13:20:08 "AST' I'M HEARING NOW THAT THE FIGHTERS IN 105 WILL BE
HEADED HOME
13:20 "BACKGROUND" THEIR ALREADY OVER NEW YORK
13:20 "AST" NO, NO. NO. THERE IS 6 15'S IN 105 OUT OF OTIS, PLAYING IN
105. THERE GOING TO BE HEADED HOME

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13:20:41 "BACKGROUND" OH OKAY
13:20:57 "AST" OKAY LISTEN UP 6. 8 WHOEVER'S ON MY LOOP, AMERICAN 11
IS STILL UP THERE. HE'S STILL A HIJACK AND HE'S HEADED FOR
WASHINGTON
13:22:08 "BACKGROUND" WHAT'S HIS TRACK NUMBER
13:22:22 "AST" OKAY WHERE'S NCA. OKAY THERE THEY ARE, ALRIGHT
13:22:47 "AST" BETTER GET LANGLEY GOING GUYS, WHAT DID I JUST SAY
13:22:52 "AST" SCRAMBLING LANGLEY
13:23:46 "AST" I'LL GET YOU SCRAMBLE TIME FOR LANGLEY AS SOON AS
1 KNOW IT
13:24:33 "AST" SCRAMBLE TIME 24. 24 LF1, 1324, DID YOU GET THAT
13:25:28 "AST" TURN THE SYSTEM OFF. RESTART IT, OR FIND SOMEONE ELSE,
WHATEVER
13:25:52 O SURVEILLANCE SGT RICHMOND
13:25:53 X YES THIS IS NEW YORK CENTER BRUCE BARRETT, I'M THE
OPERATIONS MANAGER. IN CHARGE, I WAS GIVEN THIS NUMBER TO
CALL <O OKAY> REFERENCE AMERICAN <O OKAY, GO AHEAD>
THAT HE MIGHT BE STILL FLYING
13:26:05 O ALRIGHT <X ALRIGHT. I'M ASKING>
13:26:07 O OH. ALRIGHT. IS HE STILL FLYING, HOLD ON I GOT MY <X WHO
ARE YOU ASKING. ME. OR SOMEONE ELSE>
13:26:11 O STANDBY
13:26:11 "AST' (GARBLED), 1 GOT NEW YORK CENTER
13:26:16 O NEW YORK CENTER. WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW
13:26:21 X WELL, WE GOT TOLD TO CALL THIS NUMBER, AND THERE WAS AN
UNCONFIRMED REPORT THAT AMERICAN 11 WAS STILL IN
THE AIR
1326:25 0 OKAY. HOLD ON
13:26:39 "AST" I NEED SOMEBODY NOW. I GOT NEW YORK CENTER ON THE
LINE, TELLING ME THEY WERE TOLD TO CALL THIS NUMBER, TO
CONFIRM THAT AMERICAN 11 WAS STILL FLYING
13:26:52 O SIR. RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT SURE. WE CAN'T CONFIRM IT'S STILL
FLYING OR NOT
13:26:59 X OKAY. IF YOU GET ANY INFORMATION YOU WILL BE IN CONTACT
WITH THE ATC FACILITIES TO ENSURE THEY GET THAT
INFORMATION
13:27:04 O YES
13:27:04 X THANK YOl VERY MUCH
CALL TERMINATED
13:27:34 "AST" MCC
13:27:57 "AST" MCC
13:28:04 "AST" I JUST Yv ANTED TO SEE IF THEY GAVE A POSITION, NO,
ALRIGHT
13:28:10 "BACKGROUND" WHAT DO YA GOT STEVE
13:28:12 "AST". OH. I GOT EVERYBODY. EVERYWHERE
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I GOT, HE'S GOT BOSTON
13:28:14 "BACKGROUND" YOU GUYS ALL UP ON THE LOOK <"AST" YEAH>
HE'S GOT BOSTON. HE'S GOT. WELL, THERE WAS A GUY
THERE THAT HAD NEW YORK CENTER, NEW YORK, AND NOW I'M
WATCHING THE WASHINGTON AREA
13:28:27 "BACKGROUND" AST, ICC
13:28:27 "AST" GO AHEAD
13:28:28 "ICC" I'M GOING TO NEED SOMEONE OUT HERE ON THEGCCS, I GOT
THE TMD NOT RESPONDING
13:28:34 "AST" ROGER, WORK WHATEVER YOU CAN WITH IT, I'LL SEND
SOMEONE. I'LL CALL "SOMEONE
13:28:35 "AST" I GOT HIM ON THE AIR PICTURE TOTAL
13:28:40 "AST" MARK, YOU GOT THE NEW YORK AREA
13:28:41 "BACKGROUND" 1 GOT THE NEW YORK YEAH,
13:28:43 "AST" OKAY HE'S GOT NEW YORK, HE'S GOT BOSTON, AND I GOT
WASHINGTON AREA
13:28:50 "BACKGROUND" ARE YOU WATCHING FOR RADAR ONLY
13:28:56 "AST" WE'RE LOOKING BUT WE'RE NOT SEEING ANY RADAR ONLY
13:29:22 "BACKGROUND" OH MY GOD IS THAT A 3™ EXPLOSION
13:29:24 "AST' I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ON OUR FORCE CON, OUR
FORCE PROTECTION INCREASING
13:29:38 "AST" MOVE 12 FORWARD I GUESS
13:30:08 "AST" ARE YOU USING 10 <"BACKGROUND" 12 IS SURVEILLANCE>
13:30:13 "AST" OKAY YOU MOVE TO TEN, YOU SLIDE THERE, PICTURE DOWN,
MARK TAKE THE AIR PICTURE, TILL HE GETS TO MOVE
13:30:30 "AST' YOU GOT YOUR SIM SWITCHES DOWN
13:30:45 "AST" OKAY I GOT 6 AND 10 WITH ME, DO YOU NEED A SECOND
TRACKER
13:30:52 "AST" YOU GONNA TAKE THOSE TWO, TEN AND ELEVEN
13:31:02 "AST" ONCE HE'S DONE 1 WANT ONE OF YOU DOWN HERE ON THIS
SCOPE
13:31:13 "AST" 1 GOT WASHINGTON
13:31:15 "AST" WE WILL, ONCE I GET ANOTHER TRACKER. I NEED ANOTHER
TRACKER
13:31:18 "AST" ID GET JENNINGS. 1 NEED JENNINGS IN HERE
13:31:32 "AST" 1 NEED YOU, ONCE HE'S DONE. ON 8 TO SIT OVER
WASHINGTON
13:31:40 "AST" WE GOT EVERYTHING
13:32:45 "AST" MCC, OKAY

13:32:47 "AST" BACK HERE 1 HAVE BALTIMORE, WASHINGTON AND NEW
YORK CENTER AND NEW YORK AREA
13:32:52 "AST" THEY HAVE THE AIR PICTURE AND BOSTON UP FRONT
13:33:08 "AST" 6 AND 8. WE'RE LOOKING FOR SEARCH TARGETS
13:33:15 "AST" CHECK EVERYTHING. BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING FOR
r
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SEARCH
13:33 :28 "BACKGROUND" 1 GOT A SEARCH TRACK NE OF BOSTON
13:33 :30 "AST" YOU NEED TO BE ON THE 12 LOOP <"BACKGROUND" 12
LOOP> YEAH
13:33 :35 "BACKGROUND" ALL 1 KNOW IS UNITED AIRLINES IS ONE OF THEM.
THE OTHER IS AMERICAN AIRLINES 11 WHICH THEY SHOWED IT
AS CRASHED. BUT THEIR STILL SHOWING IT IN THE AIR. AND THE
3*° ONE WE DON'T KNOW. ID IS WORKING ON THE 3*° ONE NOW
13:33:48 "AST' OKAY LISTEN UP. LISTEN UP. 6 AND EIGHT. I WANT YOU TO
SING ME OUT SEARCH TARGETS TO ME. OKAY YOU GOT SEARCH
TARGETS. I WANT TO KNOW WHERE THERE AT
13:34:00 "AST" THAT'S BECAUSE THE HIJACKERS PROBABLY KNOW WHAT
THEIR DOING IN THE COCKPIT
13:34 :28 "AST" OKAY WE GOT THE THIRD A/C AMERICAN 77, BOSTON TO LAX
13:34 :45 "BACKGROUND" 1 GOT AN A/C THAT JUST WENT STRAIGHT SEARCH
<"AST WHERE>
13:34 :45 "AST' WHERE
13:34 :45 "BACKGROUND" UH. JUST DIRECTLY NORTH OF 52, WE'RE TALKTN
LIKE 6 MILES NORTH OF 52, AH BRAVO 030
13:34 :59 "AST" OKAY GIVE ME AN ARROW
13:35 :03 O SURVEILLANCE SGT RICHMOND
13:35 :06 X UH, WRONG NUMBER
CALL TERMINATED
13:35 :10 "AST" GOT IT. SEE HIM
13:35 .29 "AST' NO HE'S COMING BACK
13:35 :30 "BACKGROUND" DO YOU HAVE SOMEBODY ON THE WASHINGTON
AREA <"AST YES, I GOT HIM ON IT>
13:35 :40 "AST' MCC,
13:35 :57 "AST' MCC, 1 HAD A TRACK THAT WENT SEARCH OVER LONG
ISLAND. AND HE FADED OVER THE ISLAND
13:36 :11 "AST' WHAT DID HE TRACK, INTO HIS FADE POINT, SIX
13:36 :18 "AST' I'M AT SEVEN. SEVEN
13:36:29 "BACKGROUN D" WE GOT SOMETHING SEARCH ONLY OVER HERE

13:36:31 "AST' WHERt. LET ME GET TO IT. I'M NOT DOWN THERE
13:36:36 "BACKGROUND" 1 GOT NINE MILES SOUTH OF BALTIMORE.
WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL
13:36:39 "AST" OKAY iiJLD ON. I'M LOOKING. I'M LOOKING
13:36:41 "AST'GIVE Mi THE ARROW AGAIN. 1 LOST IT
13:36:52 "AST'MCC
13:37:03 "AST" MCC. GOT IT
13:37:12 "AST' ABOUT ^. 032. RIGHT NEXT TO THE NCA, HE'S SEARCH ONLY
13:37:16 "AST'SEEHIN,
13:37:28 "AST" YES Wli CiOT A RADAR SEARCH ONLY THERE
13:37:42 "AST' OKAY BkAVO 032, (GARBLED) OFF OF 50
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13:37:58 "AST' BRAVO 032, 089, 31 MILES SEARCH ONLY, GET RJD OF THAT
MAP
13:38:05 "BACKGROUND" 1 ALREADY DID
13-38:06 "AST' HE'S FADING
13-38:08 "AST" HE FADING, LET'S GET A Z POINT ON IT, 8
13:38:11 "AST'OFF THE LOOP
13-38-14 O SURVEILLANCE, SGT RICHMOND
13-38-15 X HEY SGT RICHMOND. THIS IS SGT SILMORE, SE AIR DEFENSE
SECTOR. AST <O YES> HEY, UH, 1 WAS JUST TRYING TO GIVE YA A
CALL 1 WAS WONDERING IF, I WAS WONDERING IF YA MiGHT
POSSIBLY LAT. TELL THE HIJACK AIRCRAFT TO US
13-38 25 O WE, UH. WE HAVEN'T FOUND HIM YET, ONCE WE FIND, KNOW FOR
SURE. THEN WE'LL TELL HIM
13:38:29 X HEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH <O YUP>GOODBY
CALL TERMINATED
13-38-35 "AST' THE GUY HAS FADED
13-38-49 "AST" DID YOU GET THAT GUY EXTRAPOLATED
13-38-54 "AST' HE'S BOUNCIN, WHOEVER HAS THAT GUY OFF OF
WASHINGTON, EXTRAPOLATE THAT GUY
13-39:03 "AST" I GOT IT
13-39-10 "AST" I GOT IT, HE'S GONE
13:39:17 "BACKGROUND" MCC, WE GOT ALL THE RADAR SITES ON THE
WHOLE COAST (GARBLED)
13-39-22 "AST' I DON'T KNOW, IT WAS A SEARCH TARGET, THEN IT FADED
13:39^31 "AST" THIS GUY A SEARCH TARGET COMING IN, I SEE IT GOT IT I SEE
HIM
13-39-48 "AST' OKAY HE'S FADED, HE'S GONE
13-39:48 "BACKGROUND" FADED OUT, A Z POINT, NO
13-39-50 "AST" NO DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT
13:39:56 "BACKGROUND" WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT A Z POINT
13-39-56 "AST'NO
13:40 54 "BACKGROUND" WHAT DO YA WANT ME TO DO WITH EVERYONE
ELSE. SEND THEM TO THE BREAK ROOM
13-40-56 "AST' WHOEVER IS HERE, IS WHOEVER IS HERE, I HAVEN'T SEEN
ANYONE ELSE. BESIDES WHAT I GOT SITTIN HERE
13-41-04 "BACKGROUND" 1 TOLD THEM TO GET OUTTA HERE, NOISE
13-41 -20 "AST' JESUS WE GOT ANOTHER ONE
13-41 -22 "AST' OKAY, LISTEN UP, WE GOT ANOTHER ONE POSSIBLY
13-41-27 "BACKGROUND" IS LANGLEY AIRBORNE
13:41:27 "AST' YES LANGELY IS, WELL HOLD ON
13:41:35 "AST'MCC, MCC
13:41:45 "AST' DELTA 89 IS ANOTHER HIJACK
13:41:56 "AST" BRAVO WHAT
^ 13-4156 "BACKGROUND" BRAVO 089
13-42-09 "AST" THEY MADE HIM A SPECIAL GOOD I CAN FIND HIM EASIER
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11 September 2001 1227Z-1417Z
THAT WAY
13:42:15 "AST" THERE HE IS OKAY
13:42:31 "AST" MCC IS LANGLEY AIRBORNE
13:42:39 "AST' YES LANGLEY IS AIRBORNE
13:43:52 "AST" 6, 8 <"BACKGROUND" 6 ON > ROGER HE HAVE A REPORTED
AIRCRAFT NEAR THE PENTAGON
13:44:11 "AST" 1 GOT NO MORE SCOPES -GUYS. WE'RE DONE
13:44:18 "AST" WE NEED MORE SCOPES. WE'RE TAKING THE SIM CELL SCOPE
13:44:22 "BACKGROUND" WE YOU KNOW HE'S SQUAWKING
13:45:58 "AST' MCC. ANY FORCE CON CHANGE
13:46:21 "AST" FIGHTER 1 THINK. OR NO. IT WAS PROABLY THAT TARGET
THAT FADED INTO WASHINGTON, BRAVO 32 1 THINK
13:46:30 "AST" I DONT KNOW WHERE THE FIGHTERS ARE
13:46:50 "AST" OKAY. I GOT THE FIGHTERS OUT OF LANGLEY, THERE
COMING OUT TO YA NOW
13:47:56 "AST" MCC, AST. MCC, TRACK NORTH OF NEW YORK SEARCH ONLY,
ARROW SENT TO YOU. BRAVO 204
13:48:46 "AST" HE'S OUT WEST. SPECIAL 15 HEADED TOWARDS CHICAGO,
OVER DETROIT
1348:49 "BACKGROUND" I NEED A UTILITIES GUY. TO COME LOOK AT OUR
LONG ARM RADIO COMPUTER. RIGHT NOW IT JUST HUNG AND I
NEED <"AST" CALL THEM NOW. TELL THEM WE NEED IT
1MMEDIATELY>
13:49:11 "AST' MCC, MCC, DID YOU GET THE WORD, THAT NOW THE
PENTAGON HAS BEEN HIT
13:49:19 "BACKGROUND" SGT ANTHONY. I NEED A UTILITIES PERSON ON THE
OPS FLOOR. WEAPONS SECTION. ASAP, IMMEDIATELY
13:49:59 "AST' HEY, JUST DONT DROP NO Z POINTS
13:50:09 "AST' WE HAVE NY. AND WASHINGTON BACK HERE, SO WE'RE
WATCHING NY AND WASHINGTON. UP THERE THEY HAVE BOSTON
THE HIJACK HEADED WEST, AND THE AIR PICTURE
13:50:23 "BACKGROUND" OKAY. JUST ONE HIJACK RIGHT NOW
13:50:27 "AST' OK KILL THAT 1 Z POINT YOU JUST PUT IN
13:50:32 "AST'GO, I SEE THAT GUY HEADED NORTH. LET HIM RUN NORTH.
I WANT ANYTHING. YOU TELL ME. SING OUT ANYTHING
HEADED NY CITY, OKAY
13:50:47 "AST' THAT'S NOT HIM. WE HAVE FIGHTERS ON CAP OVER NEW
YORK CITY. AND WE GOT FIGHTERS RIGHT NOW HEADED FOR
WASHINGTON. TO GO ON CAP. TO BE IN POSITION
13:50:56 "AST' THEY'RI TRYING TO FIND SOMEONE TO GET ON WESTERN
GUY
13:51:09 "AST' THERli TRYING TO GET SOMEONE FROM SELFRIDGE UP, TO
GET SOMEONE l ROM SELFRIDGE AFTER. I GUESS DULUTH HAS NO
AIRCRAFT
13:51:14 "BACKGROUNP" TOLEDO
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11 September 2001 1227Z- 1417Z
13:51:14 "AST' I GUESS SOMEONE FROM TOLEDO UP
13:52:20 "AST" I NEED GTE OUT HERE NOT UTILITIES WE MADE A MISTAKE
13:52:33 "AST" LONG ARM RADIOS ARE DOWN
13:53:17 O SURVEILLANCE. SGT RICHMOND, HELLO, HELLO
13:53:19 X HELLO THIS IS SGT DEMARS AT THE 103™
13:53:20 O YES
13:53:20 X YEAH I GOT A CALL EARLIER THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT NEED US UP
13:53:22 O UMM, LET ME GIVE YOU TO MY MCC <X OKAY>
13:53:29 O I'M SENDING YOU TO 6311
13:53:30 X OKAY THANK YOU
14:02:04 "AST" ALL WE GOT RIGHT NOW, ALL WE GOT HARD IS THE GUY
GOING INTO CLEVELAND
14:02:09 "BACKGROUND" OKAY
14:02:10 "AST" ALL THE TARGETS ARE BEING TRACKED IS SEARCH ONLY
HEADED. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING
14:03:03 "AST" JUST. LET ME OFF FOR A SECOND
14:03:46 "BACKGROUND" DO YOU WANT ANOTHER CREW RECALLED
14:03:48 "AST' I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WILL DO SURVEILLANCE WISE, WE
DON'T' HAVE ANY SCOPES
14:04:03 "AST 1" KILL THE LIVE LINK WITH THE SE, I WANT THE MANNING
14:04:16 "BACKGROUND" CALL UP CHARLIE CREW SWING, THERE'S 5 PEOPLE
ON CHARLIE CREW SWING
14:04:21 "AST' MCC, CHARLIE CREW SWING, SURVEILLANCE, UH YES, YES
14:04:29 "AST' OKAY LONG ARM RADIOS, COMPUTER UP FRONT IS LOCKED
UP
14:04:40 O SURVEILLANCE SGT RICHMOND
14:04:41 X THIS IS PATTY <O YES> I JUST GOT A CALL FROM UM, UMM, ONE
OF YOUR GUYS SAYING THEY NEEDED HAVE QUICK ONE, OUT OF
JAY ZERO ONE. THAT IF WASN'T WORKING
14:04:48 O HOLD ON, WHICH HAVE QUICK ISN'T WORKING, 3 RIGHT
14:04:54 O UH. HAVE QUICK 3 OUT OF 01
14:04:56 X HUH, 3 OKAY. BIG DIFFERENCE
14:04:58 O OKAY, SORRY
CALL TERMINATED
14:05:15 "AST' DON'T TELL OUT ANY SEARCH TARGETS TILL YOU SHOW ME
14:05:25 "AST'
14:11:22 "AST' MCC, THI 103RD HAS IT'S RADAR UP AND TURNING, WE'RE
GIVEN A LINK BRIEF NOW. UMM CONNECTICUT RHODE
ISLAND
14:11:25 "BACKGROUND" CONNECTICUT
14:11:26 "AST" MCC, 101R:). CONNECTICUT
14:11:46 "BACKGROUND' ANY AWACS AIRBORNE
14:11:56 "AST' I DON'T KNOW, THEY WERE LOOKING FOR TINKERS NUMBER,

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11 September 2001 1227Z-1417Z
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT
14:12:00 "AST MCC, ANY E 3'S, NO, OKAY
14:12:03 "BACKGROUND" SO WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR SUSPECT TARGETS
RIGHT NOW
DRM 2, Dat 2 Channel 24 - A1CC
13:04:22 O MAINE 85. MAINE 85. HUNTRESS ON AICC
13:04:24 X GO AHEAD SIR

13:04:34 O MAINE 85 STANDBY
13:04:46 O MAINE 85, HUNTRESS WONDERING. IF YOU COULD SUPPORT A
COUPLE OF F-15'S CURRENTLY ON AN ACTIVE AIR, I'D
LIKE TO PARK YA IN WHISKEY 105 FOR A WHILE
13:04:53 X WE'RE SCHEDULED FOR W105, SIR, UH, WITH SOME FIS'S,
MADDOG FLIGHT A DRAGON FLIGHT, AND A JEEP FLIGHT
13:04:57 O THIS WOULD BE A PANTA FLIGHT, CURRENTLY ON A ACTIVE

EMERGENCY FOR US
13:05:15 O PANTA 45 COULD YOU, UH, ASK CENTER FOR VECTORS INTO
105 AND THEN HOLD IN 105
13:05:34 O MAINE 85, HUNTRESS, COPY
13:05:37 X MAINE 85, WE COPY. THAT WILL BE NO PROBLEM, WE'RE UH,

WE'RE GONNA BE DESCENDING SHORTLY TO 240 AND
HEADING TO THE WESTERN PORTION OF 105 FOR OUR UH,
STANDARD REFUELING. WE'LL BE STANDING BY FROM
THERE
13:05:48 O COPY THANKS A LOT. WE HAVE PANTA 45 CURRENTLY IN THE

WESTERN PORTION OF 105. WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKJNO A
POSSIBLE HIJACK AND AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY DOWNTOWN
NEW YORK
13:06:03 X YES SIR ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP
13:07:23 O MAINE 85, HUNTRESS SAY MODE 3

13:07:27 X (GARBLED)
13:07:35 O MAINE 85, HUNTRESS. SAY AGAIN MODE 3
13:07:40 X MODE 3 IS UH. 5362
13:07:43 O COPY 5362
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1 DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT '
14:12:00 "AST" MCC, ANY E 3'S, NO, OKAY
14:12:03 "BACKGROUND" SO WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR SUSPECT TARGETS
RJGHT NOW
DRM 2, Dat 2 Channel 24 - A1CC
13:04:22 0 MAINE 85. MAINE 85. HUNTRESS ON AICC
13:04:24 X GO AHEAD SIR

13:04:34 0 MAINE 85 STANDBY
13:04:46 O MAINE 85, HUNTRESS WONDERING, IF YOU COULD SUPPORT A
COUPLE OF F-15'S CURRENTLY ON AN ACTIVE AIR, I'D
LIKE TO PARK YA IN WHISKEY 105 FOR A WHILE
13:04:53 X WE'RE SCHEDULED FOR W105, SIR, UH, WITH SOME F15'S,
MADDOG FLIGHT A DRAGON FLIGHT. AND A JEEP FLIGHT
13:04:57 O THIS WOULD BE A PANTA FLIGHT, CURRENTLY ON A ACTIVE

EMERGENCY FOR US
13:05:15 O PANTA 45 COULD YOU. UH, ASK CENTER FOR VECTORS INTO
105 AND THEN HOLD IN 105
13:05:34 O MAINE 85, HUNTRESS, COPY
13:05:37 X MAINE 85, WE COPY. THAT WILL BE NO PROBLEM, WE'RE UH,

WE'RE GONNA BE DESCENDING SHORTLY TO 240 AND
HEADING TO THE WESTERN PORTION OF 105 FOR OUR UH,
STANDARD REFUELING. WE'LL BE STANDING BY FROM
THERE
13:05:48 O COPY THANKS A LOT. WE HAVE PANTA 45 CURRENTLY IN THE

WESTERN PORTION OF 105. WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING A
POSSIBLE HIJACK AND AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY DOWNTOWN
NEW YORK
1 3:06:03 X YES SIR ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP
1 3:07:23 O MAINE 85, HUNTRESS SAY MODE 3

13:07:27 X (GARBLED)
1 3:07:35 O MAINE 85, HUNTRESS. SAY AGAIN MODE 3
13:07:40 X MODE 3 IS UH. 5362
13:07:43 O COPY 5362
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13:11:10 0 PANTO 45, WE'RE SHOWING MAINE 45 040 FOR 83
13:11:22 O PANTO 45 REMAIN CURRENT POSITION UNTIL FAA REQUESTS

ASSISTANCE
13:12:51 0 MAINE 85, HUNTRESS
13:13:03 0 MAINE 85. HUNTRESS

13:13:30 0 MAINE 85. HUNTRESS, CAN YOU COME UP ON 22.89 PLEASE
DRM 1. Dat 2 Channel 3 - SD2-TK
13:28:36 "BACKGROUND" OK, THE ORIGINAL HIJACK THAT STARTED ALL

THIS
OFF, IS AAL TWENTY-ONE. 767, N334AA, HE HAS NEVER BEEN
FOUND, HE IS NOT ONE OF THE AIRCRAFT THAT DID THAT,
THEY EXPECT THAT HE IS ON HIS WAY TO WASHINGTON,
RJGHT HERE, YOUR GONNA TAKE YOUR FIGHTERS UP, YOUR
GONNA <CAP ON THIS AREA, WE'RE GONNA HIT UP SOME
TRACKS.
SEE IF WE CAN FIND A LIKELY QUE,
13:28:53 "BACKGROUND" IF WE CAN FIND ONE, WE'RE GONNA INTERCEPT IT

AND GET A VISUAL ID <"BACKGROUND VOICE" OKAY
(GARBLED)> NO, BUT WHAT WE MIGHT DO IS WE GOT
ANOTHER (GARBLED) COMING UP, WE MAY BRING A SECOND
GUY UP AND (GARBLED)
13:29:29 "BACKGROUND" HEY STEVE, 43K FOR TEAM 21, OFFLOAD

13:29:54 "BACKGROUND" I GOTTA TEAM 21, I'M GETTING A TEAM 23
SHORTLY. I DON'T KNOW IF TEAM 21 IS A FLIGHT OF 2 OR NOT
13:31:33 O GIANT KILLER HUNTRESS (GARBLED) REFERENCE 386

O YES, UH, WE'RE GONNA BRING TEAM 24 INTO 386 CAN I GET THE
AIRSPACE AT THIS TIME O ALPHA THROUGH FOXTROT WOULD BE
FINE FOR NOW, 6 TO 50 CONCURRENT OR<GARBLED), THANKS
13:31:57 "BACKGROUND" I WANT YOU GUYS TO TAKE THESE GUYS, RJGHT

ABOUT THERE<"BACKGROUND" OKAY> AND LOCATE YOUR Z
TRACK ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN BW1 AND MCF "BACKGROUND"
W1LKO>
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13:33:42 "SD2" CALL GIANT KILLER. TELL THEM REFERENCE QUIT 25 WORK
WITH ATC. I WANT THEM DIRECT BALT, DIRECT BWI FOR
NOW. AND HAVE THEM COME UP ON. AH, 22. 23.46 IN HIS AUX
FREQUENCY TO TALK TO HUNTRESS
13:34:01 "PRESUMED BACKGROUND" O GIANT KILLER, HUNTRESS NINE TWO

FOUR. REFERENCE W386
13:34:16 "PRESUMED BACKGROUND" O GIANT KILLER, HUNTRESS 9 24

REFERENCE W386
13:34:19 X HUNTRESS. GIANT KILLER GO AHEAD

O YES SIR. IN REGARDS TO QUIT 25 <X YES SIR> I WOULD
LIKE YOU TO. AH, WORK WITH CENTER, WE NEED THEM
TOGO DIRECT BALTIMORE. WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL,
AND HAVE THEM, UH. BRING UP HUNTRESS ON THE
AUX1LLARY FREQUENCY 234 DECIMAL 6
X WELL YOU GOT QUIT 25 MOVING EAST OF THE AIRSPACE,
NOW YA WANT TOGO TO BALTIMORE <O YES SIR, WE'RE
NOT GONNA TAKE HIM IN W386> OKAY ONCE HE GOES TO
BALTIMORE. WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO DO
13:34:46 O JUST HAVE HIM CONTACT US ON AUXILLARY FREQ. 234 DECIMAL

6 WE JUST NEED, INSTEAD OF TAKING HANDOFFS TO US,
AND US HANDING THEM BACK. JUST TELL CENTER, THEY
GOTTA GO TO BALTIMORE
13:34:58 X ROGER THAT STANDBY. WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU

13:34:01 O ROGER, PAPPA TANGO
13:34:02 "SD2" WHAT DO YA MEAN WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU, JUST DO IT
13:34:12 "SD2" ALRIGHT HAWK WHAT DO WE GOT
13:34:13 "BACKGROUND" WE GOT QUIT 25. THAT WE'RE NOT CONTROLLING,
BUT HE'LL COME UP ON OUT. AUX <"SD2" THAT'S OKAY> WE GOT
TEAM 23 GOING TO W386 WE GOT TEAM 21 IN W107 <"SD2" OKAY>
13:35:27 "SD2" ALRIGHT TEAM 21 IS HERE, 23 IS THERE
13:35:29 "BACKGROUND" WE DONT HAVE AN OFFLOAD ON 23 YET RIGHT '
13:35:38 O TEAM 21. HUNTRESS

13:35:50 O TEAM 21. HUNTRESS
13:35:54 X HUNTRESS, TEAM 21 GO AHEAD

0 TEAM 21. HUNTRESS, CURRENTLY I'VE GOT TEAM 23 BRA,
ONE ZERO ZERO FOR FORTY MILES, ANGELS 26, TRACKING
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SOUTH. GOING INTO 386, NOW COPY X TEAM 21 COPIES,
WE'LL STAY AT 230 AND LOOK FOR TRAFFIC O COPY ALL,
AND REMAIN IN WHISKEY 107
13:36:23 "BACKGROUND" WE WANT CENTER TO MAINTAIN PRIMARY
CONTROL, WE JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO THEM ON
AUXILLARY 234 DECIMAL 6
13:36:30 "SD2" GOOD JOB HAWK
13:36:35 "BACKGROUND" UH, YES MA'AM, FOR NOW YES, WE NEED THAT
EXPEDITED IF WE CAN GET THAT, PAPPA TANGO
13:37:12 "PRESUMED BACKGROUND" WE'RE GOING DIRECT DC WITH MY
GUYS, OKAY. OKAY, OKAY
13:37:15 O QUIT 25, HUNTRESS
13:37:25 X HUNTRESS QUIT 25. UH, LOOKING FOR CONFIRMATION OF
HOLDING, AH, 090 AT 6 DME, 230 OFF OF LANGLEY
13:37:36 O QUIT 25 SQUAWK <GARBLED) SEVEN, SEVEN, SEVEN, SEVEN
DIRECT 330, STANDBY
X QUIT 25, TEAM 21, COPY SQUAWK
13:37:53 "SD2" SNAP HIM 330, I'M TRY TO FIND THOSE
X THAT'S AH, THE CODE WE GOT FOR TEAM 21
13:37:58 O NEGATIVE NOT FOR TEAM 21, QUIT 25 HUNTRESS
13:37:02 X TEAM 21 WE ARE RELAYING TO QUIT 25, THEY CAN'T HEAR YA
13:37:08 HUNTRESS COPIES ALL RELAY HEADING 330, SQUAWK QUAD SEVEN,
STANDBY
13:38:13 "SD2" THERE IT IS, QUICK GIVE ME A BRA
13:38:22 "SD2" DIDN'T WORK, EXTRAPOLATED
13:38:28 "SD2" I GAVE HIM THE RIGHT HEADING, EVERYTHING COOL
13:38:51 "SD2" HE'S RELAYING SO WE'RE OKAY
13:38:52 "BACKGROUND" X TEAM 23 HEAVY 2346 BACKGROUND" X TWO>
13:38:58 "BACKGROUND" X TEAM 23 HEAVY, FLIGHT OF 2, IN THE BLOCK
TWENY FIVE TO TWENTY SEVEN, CURRENTLY HEADING
230 (GARBLED)
13:39:09 O QUIT 25 HUNTRESS
13:39:09 X QUIT 25 GO AHEAD
13:39:12 O QUIT 25 RADAR CONTACT, CONFIRM SQUAWKING QUAD SEVENS
13:39:17 X WE'RE ON QUAD SEVENS NOW FOR QUIT 25
13:39:19 O QUIT 25 VECTORS 330. MAX SUBSONIC. THE MISSION IS TO UH,
STANDBY
13:39:45 "SD2" I NEED A GOOD ALTITUDE FROM CENTER, OKAY
13:42:54 "BACKGROUND" O ALL PLAYERS 235 POINT 9, 235 POINT 9 ALL

TEAMS
13:43:59 X HUNTRESS QUIT 25 ON 235 DECIMAL 9. HOW DO YOU HEAR
13:44:08 O QUIT 25, HUNTRESS. 1 HAVE YOU LOUD AND CLEAR, PUSH 234
FOR OFFICIAL USEONLY 45
NCT0000093
11 September 2001 1227Z-1417Z
DECIMAL SIX
13:44:14 X QUIT 25 GO 234 DECIMAL 6
13:44:18 "SD2" (DIFFERENT VOICE)" YOU SHOULD HAVE TEAM 21 AND TEAM
23. AND I CANT EVEN GET A IN SHIP MISSION ID
<"BACKGROUND" DONT WORRY TO MUCH ABOUT IT>
13:44:28 O TEAM 23 HUNTRESS ON 2359 HOW COPY

13:44:41 "SD2" THIS IS RIDICULOUS. CAN 1 MASTER CLEAR
13:45:37 "SD2" WHATS ATLANTIC CITY. ECHO LIMA'S -^BACKGROUND" UH

YEAH> ARE THEY SET ON THE LIVE SIDE
13:45:43 "SD2" NEVER MIND I'LL USE LANGELY'S FLIGHT {GARBLED)
13:45:46 "BACKGROUND" O QUIT 25 SNAP POINT. 3825 N 07702 WEST, HOW
COPY
13:46:08 O TEAM 23 HUNTRESS COPY ALL RECOMMEND LEFT HAND TURN,

YOUR ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF 386
13:46:27 "SD2" I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ON THIS SCOPE. HANG ON
13:46:30 "BACKGROUND" DO WE HAVE ANOTHER STICK PERSON THAT CAN
SET UP SCOPES
13:46:31 "SD2" 1 CAN DO IT. HERE YOU CAN SIT, I CAN'T EVEN COMMIT
13:50:03 "BACKGROUND" O TEAM 21 AND 23 STANDBY CHANGING CONSOLES

13:50:09 "SD2" O TEAM 21 TEAM 23 IN ORDER HOW COPY
13:50:11 X LOUD AND CLEAR
13:50:24 O QUIT 25 THE CAP POINT IS BRA. 290, 35 MILES
13:50:29 "BACKGROUND" QUIT 25 GOING TO NCA
13:50:46 X HUNTRESS QUIT 25. UH. DO YOU WANT US TO. UH, SET UP IN THE
CAP, LEFT LEGS
13:50:55 O QUIT 25 THE MISSION IS TO CAP. BRA. 290. 31 STANDBY FURTHER, 1
WE LOSE COMM.S CONTACT BALTIMORE. CORRECTION, UH,
CENTER
X OKAY YOU JUST WANT US TO PROCEED DIRECT THE CAP POINT,
IF WE LOSE COMM. WE'LL CONTACT BALTIMORE CENTER.
WE'RE TALKIN TO THEM NOW
13:51:15 "BALTIMORE" OKAY THEY'RE TALKIN TO CENTER TOO,GOOD
13:51:16 O COPY THAT
13:52:08 "BACKGROUND" FAA IS KEEPING ALL THE TRAFFIC OUT OF HERE,

OKAY
13:52:26 "BACKGROUND" OKAY. YUP. WE'RE GOING NCA
13:52:42 "BACKGROUND" CAN I HAVE A BRA AGAIN. THEY'RE TALKIN TO US
AND TO THEM. THEY'RE PROBABLY GETTING REROUTED
AROUND AIR TRAFFIC. I'M GONNA CALL AND FIND OUT
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11 September 2001 1227Z-H17Z
13:52:51 O QUIT 25 CAP POINT, BRA 312, 18 MILES
13:53:00 X OKAY WE'RE SHOWING THE CAP POINT 250, 20 MILES
13:53:03 O QUIT 25 THAT'S INCORRECT, THE CAP IS 312, 20 MILES
13:53:12 X ALRJGHT THEN WE'RE GONNA COME RIGHT TO 312
13:53:16 O QUIT 25 CONTINUE YOUR RIGHT TURN TO 330
13:53:23 X HUNTRESS QUIT 25
13:53:41 O QUIT 25 HUNTRESS, I'M JUST GONNA REITERATE YOU WERE
ON THE (GARBLED) CONTROL, YOU ARE TO TAKE ALL
DIRECTION FROM HUNTRESS
13:53:50 X OKAY HUNTRESS WE COPY THAT, BUT THE CAP POINT YOU GAVE
US, WE'RE ALL SHOWING 230 FOR 12
13:54:02 O HUNTRESS COPIES. YOUR CAP POINT IS CURRENTLY BRA 350,

18 MILES
13:54:07 X OKAY DO YOU HAVE A LAT. LON. FOR THAT
13:54:15 O AFFIRMATIVE LAT LON. 3852N 07702 W
13:54:24 X 8 52, 702
13:54:30 O READ BACK CORRECT
13:54:53 "BACKGROUND" WHERE ARE THEY GOING
13:54:54 "SD2" THEIR TURNING, THEIR TURNING, EVERYTHINGS COOL
13:54:04 "BACKGROUND" IT'S SO NOISY, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT
14:03:18 "SD2" 1 WANNA HAVE POSITIVE CONTROL ON WHO IS WHO

14:03:22 "BACKGROUND" ASK THE FIGHTERS IF THEY SEE ANY SMOKE
COMING FROM THE AREA
14:03:24 "SD1" OKAY
14:03:40 X HUNTRESS, QUIT 25 GO AHEAD
14:03:43 O QUIT 25 HUNTRESS, DO YOU SEE ANY SMOKE FROM THE AREA OF
THE
PENTAGON
14:03:50 X UH. STAND BY
14:03:53 "SD2" 1 DON'T THINK THEIR MODE 2'S ARE RK5HT BUT THEY'RE ALL
SQUAWKING QUAD SEVENS THOUGH
14:04:05 "BACKGROUND" WAIT. WAIT, WAIT, THEIR MODE 2'S ARE ALL
SQUAWKING, 1525. HERE COMES ONE OF OUR BIRDS
14:04:10 "SD2" THAT'S PROBABLY 25 THEN
14:04:12 "BACKGROUND" 1525 COME UP OVER HERE THOUGH
14:04:14 "SD2" OKAY HERE'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO THEN. OKAY,QUIT 25 IS
THE LEADER, WE GOT 26 AND WE GOT 27, 5426 AND 5427

14 #4:44 X HUNTRESS,-QUIT 25 THAT'S, THAT'S AFFIRMATIVE THERE'S
SMOKE COMING FROM THE PENTAGON

NCT0000095
11 September 2001 1227Z-1417Z
14:04:52 O HUNTRESS COPIES ALL. QUIT 25 CONTINUE SQUAWKING QUAD
SEVENS. I WANT 26 TO SQUAWK 5426 AND 27 TO SQUAWK 5427
14:04:12 X SAY THOSE SQUAWKS AGAIN
14:04:14 0 QUIT 26 SQUAWK 5426 AND QUIT 27 TO SQUAWK 5427
14:04:25 X QUIT 26. 5426, 27. 5427
14:04:27 O READ BACK CORRECT. AND QUIT 25 WILL REMAIN WITH THE
QUAD SEVENS
14:04:30 X COPY
14:06:28 "SD2" WE GOT 2 '/2 HOURS OF PLAY TIME
14:07:16 X HUNTRESS CONTROL. QUIT 25

14:07:17 O QUIT 25 HUNTRESS GO AHEAD
14:07:23 X BALTIMORE IS SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT AN AIRCRAFT OVER
THE WHITE HOUSE, ANY WORRIES
14:07:27 O NEGATIVE, STANDBY
14:07:29 "SD2" DID YOU COPY THAT SD, CENTER SAID THERE IS AN AIRCRAFT
OVER THE WHITE HOUSE, ANY WORDS "SD2" BY CENTER
14:07:45 0 QUIT 25 HUNTRESS
14:07:49 O QUIT 25, MISSION IS INTERCEPT AIRCRAFT OVER WHITE HOUSE,
USE FAA FOR GUIDANCE
14:07:59 "BACKGROUND" DIVERT AIRCRAFT AWAY FROM WHITE HOUSE,
INTERCEPT AND DIVERT
14:08:02 O QUIT 25 HOW COPY
14:08:05 X COPY
14:08:11 O QUIT 25 DIVERT THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
14:08:12 X QUIT 25 DIVERT THE AIRCRAFT
14:08:22 O QUIT 25 WHEN ABLE I NEED TYPE OF AIRCRAFT
14:08:34 "SD2V I NEED A Z POINT FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
14:08:43 "SD2" <CAN I GET A Z POINT FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
14:09:06 X HUNTRESS, QUIT 25

14:09:08 O 25, HUNTRESS
14:09:10 X DO YOU HAVE A FREQ. FOR BALTIMORE, WE'RE TALKING TO
WASHINGTON
14:09:18 O UNDERSTAND YOUR TALKING TO WASHINGTON I DO NOT HAVE A
FREQ. FOR BALTIMORE CAN YOU KEEP US IN THE AUX.
14:09:22 X YOU GUYS ARE ACTUALLY TALKING TO QUIT 26, QUIT 25 IS
TALKING TO WASHINGTON
14:09:29 O HUNTRESS COPIES ALL. WE'RE STANDING BY A TYPE, IF YOU CAN
GET IT FOR USE
14:09:39 O QUICK 26 HOW FAR IS THE SUSPECT AIRCRAFT
14:09:42 X STANDBY
14:09:47 X ABOUT 15 MILES HUNTRESS
14:09:49 0 HUNTRESS COPIES 22 MILES
14:09:53 X FIFTEEN MILES HUNTRESS
NCT0000096
11 September 2001 1227Z- 1417Z
14:09:56 0 15 MILES, ONE FIVE
14:10:03 "SD2" NOISE LEVEL PLEASE
14:10:09 O QUIT 26 WHEN ABLE SAY ALTITUDE OF AIRCRAFT
14:10:18 "SD2" DID WE GET A Z TRACK FOR THE WHITE HOUSE ACKGROUND"
THEY'RE WORKING ON IT
14:10:23 "SD2" WHAT'S THIS BRAVO 005
14:10:36 "SD2" WHATEVER IT IS IT'S PROBABLY VERY VERY LOW, IT'S
PROBABLY A HELICOPTER
14:10:54 O QUIT 26 STATUS
U ^ "SD2" SD THERE TO LOW, 1 CANT TALK TO HIM
14:10:08 ^ "SD2" THERE TO LOW I CAN'T TALK TO THEM ^'BACKGROUND"
NEGATIVE CLEARANCE TO FIRE> OKAY, 1 TOLD THEM
MISSION WAS ID, AND THAT WAS IT
14:10:22 V l "BACKGROUND" THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DIVERT
BUT. THEY ARE NOT CLEAR TO FIRE
14:10:23 1 "SD2" 1 UNDERSTAND, I HAVE NO COMMS, THERE VERY LOW
14:11:30 O QUIT 26, HUNTRESS, I NEED ONE AIRCRAFT TO STAY HIGH SO I

CAN RADIO RELAY
14:11:35 O QUIT 26. 2 AIRCRAFT ARE UP, 25 IS DOWN LOOKIN
14:11:40 O HUNTRESS COPIES, REITERATE MISSION IS ID TYPE AND
(GARBLED) DIVERT IF NECESSARY
14:11:47 X QUIT 26 COPIES
14:11:57 "SD2" CAN WE GET THE NOISE LEVEL DOWN, WE CAN'T HEAR THOSE
GUYS
14:12:26 X HUNTRESS CONTROL, QUIT 26

14:12:27 O QUIT 26 GO AHEAD
14:12:29 X BALTIMORE, ER, WASHINGTON IS CALLING THE AIRCRAFT AT 240
14:12:39 "BACKGROUND" 240,1 DON'T EVEN HAVE ANYTHING AT 240
14:12:46 O OKAY WELL WE'RE LOOKING CLEAN AT 240, WE SHOW QUIT 26 AT
25 THOUSAND AND 27 AT 23 THOUSAND
14:12:54 X ALRIGHT. RIGHT NOW QUIT 26 IS AT 240, SQUAWKJN 5426
14:13:08 O HUNTRESS COPIES, HUNTRESS IS CLEAN FOR AN UNKNOWN

AIRCRAFT AT 240
14:13:14 X QUIT 25
14:13:21 "SD2" YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROBABLY SAW, THEY PROBABLY
SAW ONE OF OUR GUYS <"BACKGROUND" THEY PROBABLY
SAW A HELICOPTER>
14:13:33 O 26, HUNTRESS
14:13:36 X OKAY, WE GOT THE PROBLEM FIGURED OUT, WASHINGTON
DIDN'T HAVE 25, ER, 26 OR 27'S SQUAWK

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14:13:46 O OKAY UNDERSTAND. WASHINGTON KNOWS ABOUT YOUR
SQUAWKS
14:13:49 X THEY DO NOW, THEY DIDN'T EARLIER
14:13:53 O HUNTRESS COPIES ALL, RESUME CAP
14:13:56 "SD2" IT WAS ARE GUYS THAT THEY SAW. IT WAS OURS THAT
CENTER SAW
14:13:59 "BACKGROUND" YEAH NEW YORK DID THAT EARLIER TOO

14:15:08 X YOU SAW A TARGET. IN OUR VICINITY AT 25 THOUS. SQUAWKING
7701
14:15:10 O STANDBY. SEARCHING
14:15:11 X SHOULD BE OVER, QUIT 26
14:15:29 "SD2" QUIT 26. QUIT 26, THERE'S NOTHING OVER QUIT 26, WHOA,
WAIT A MINUTE, THERE'S A DOT THERE
14:15:41 O QUIT 25, I'M SEARCHING OVER QUIT 26, STAND BY
14:15:46 X AND UH, HUNTRESS. THAT MIGHT BE QUIT 27, UH, HE'S RIGHT
ABOVE. MIGHT BE GETTING INTERM1TTANT, MIXING
SQUAWK NUMBERS
14:16:48 O QUIT 25. HUNTRESS SHOWS QUIT 26 AND 27 JUST NWOF YOU
ABOUT 4 MILES
14:16:50 X QUIT 25 THAT CHECKS
DRM 2, Dat 2 Channel 2 MCC-OP
12:38:09 "MCC" MAJOR\AS YPAN Y YOUR NEEDED IN OPS ROOM, MAJ

NASYPANV YOUR NEEDED PRONTO. TO OPS ROOM
12:38:15 O NORTHEAST AIR^DEFENSE. (GARBLED) CAN 1 HELP YOU
12:38:17 X YES SGT KELLY FROM OTIS. HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY
12:38:18 O YEAH. GOOD AHEAI
12:38:20 X I'M GETTING REPORTSvFROM M/TRACON, THERE MIGHT BE A
HIJACK <O UH. HUHVI'M HEARING THE SAME THING, WE'RE
WORKING IT RIGHT NOW/OKAY <O THANKS>
CALL TERMINATED
12:38:43 "MCC" DO I HAVE AN MCC COMING IN
12:38:52 (MONITORING CHANN. 4V

12:40:27 "MCC" OKAY WHERE *S/IE, NO GIVE M^ A TRACK NUMBER, HIT HIM
UP ON SOMETHI1
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DRM 2, Dat 2. Channel 15

12:41:28 "AST" MCC BE ADVISED 53 IS DOWN, WE'RE RECALLING IT

12:42:09 "AST" WHAT DID HE SAY

:39 O THEY CAN'T START PUTTING IT BACK TOGETHER 42 X NOPE

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12:42:09 "AST' WHAT DID HE SAY

:39 O THEY CAN'T START PUTTING IT BACK TOGETHER 42 X NOPE

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12:46:52 "AST" I NEED SCRAMBLE TIME. THAT IS AST

12:47:03 "BACKGROUND" AST, ELEVEN

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13:32:45 "AST" MCC, OKAY

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13:36:29 "BACKGROUN D" WE GOT SOMETHING SEARCH ONLY OVER HERE

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DRM 2, Dat 2 Channel 24 - A1CC

13:04:22 O MAINE 85. MAINE 85. HUNTRESS ON AICC

13:04:24 X GO AHEAD SIR

13:04:57 O THIS WOULD BE A PANTA FLIGHT, CURRENTLY ON A ACTIVE

13:05:37 X MAINE 85, WE COPY. THAT WILL BE NO PROBLEM, WE'RE UH,

13:05:48 O COPY THANKS A LOT. WE HAVE PANTA 45 CURRENTLY IN THE

13:06:03 X YES SIR ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP

13:07:23 O MAINE 85, HUNTRESS SAY MODE 3

13:07:43 O COPY 5362

DRM 2, Dat 2 Channel 24 - A1CC

13:04:22 0 MAINE 85. MAINE 85. HUNTRESS ON AICC

13:04:24 X GO AHEAD SIR

13:04:57 O THIS WOULD BE A PANTA FLIGHT, CURRENTLY ON A ACTIVE

13:05:37 X MAINE 85, WE COPY. THAT WILL BE NO PROBLEM, WE'RE UH,

13:05:48 O COPY THANKS A LOT. WE HAVE PANTA 45 CURRENTLY IN THE

1 3:06:03 X YES SIR ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP

1 3:07:23 O MAINE 85, HUNTRESS SAY MODE 3

13:07:43 O COPY 5362

13:11:10 0 PANTO 45, WE'RE SHOWING MAINE 45 040 FOR 83

13:11:22 O PANTO 45 REMAIN CURRENT POSITION UNTIL FAA REQUESTS

13:13:03 0 MAINE 85. HUNTRESS

DRM 1. Dat 2 Channel 3 - SD2-TK

13:28:36 "BACKGROUND" OK, THE ORIGINAL HIJACK THAT STARTED ALL

13:28:53 "BACKGROUND" IF WE CAN FIND ONE, WE'RE GONNA INTERCEPT IT

13:29:29 "BACKGROUND" HEY STEVE, 43K FOR TEAM 21, OFFLOAD

13:31:33 O GIANT KILLER HUNTRESS (GARBLED) REFERENCE 386