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playback purposes by SSgt James D Tollack, 305 OSS, McGuire AFB, who was performing the
transcription, when the computer equipment failure occurred.
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11 September 2001 1227Z-1417Z
Northeast Air Defense Sector, Rome, NY
:39 X NO IDEA, HE'S HEADING TOWARDS KENNEDY, IT LOOKS
LIKE HIS SPEED IS
DECREASING, UMM, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE, NOBODY
REALLY
:47 O ARE YOU THE CONTROLLING AGENCY <X BOSTON
CENTER> OR IS NEW YORK
:51 X NO, NO, RIGHT NOW WE ARE BUT HE'S HEADING RIGHT FOR
NEW YORK CENTER, UMM, (GARBLED)
:53 O AND IS THERE ANY MILITARY ASSISTANCE REQUESTED
:55 X OH YES, WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO GET SOME FIS'S TO
UH <O YES DO YOU WANT F15S OUT> YEAH F15S OUT OF OTIS
I THINK
12:40:00 O BUT YOU DO HAVE UH, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MODES OR
CODES ON HIM
:06 X UMM, NOPE, RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE,
JUST UH, ANY MODE C
:15 O IS HE INBOUND TO JFK
:16 X WE, WE DON'T KNOW AT ALL
:19 O YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS AT ALL
:20 X HE'S BEING HIJACKED, THE PILOTS HAVING A HARD TIME
TALKING TO THE, I MEAN, WE DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW
WHERE HE'S GOING
:25 X HE'S HEADING TOWARD KENNEDY, HE'S UH, LIKE I SAID,
HE'S LIKE THIRTY FIVE MILES NORTH OF KENNEDY NOW AT
367 KNOTS <O OKAY> I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE HE'S GOING
WHATSOEVER
:30 O IF YOU COULD PLEASE GIVE US A CALL, LET US KNOW UH,
ANY INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE GREAT
:34 X OKAY, I GUESS RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON, I
GUESS THERE HAS BEEN SOME THREATS IN THE COCKPIT,THE
PROBLEM <O THERE'S BEEN
SOME WHAT, I'M SORRY> UH, UH, WE'LL CALL YOU RIGHT
BACK AS SOON AS WE KNOW SOME MORE INFORMATION
:48 O THANK YOU
:48 X ALRIGHT
CALL TERMINATED
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 "ID1" LETS BRING IT UP AND FIND A, A PRIMARY
:35 "ID1" WHILE WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE FOR A SEARCH TARGET,
AFTER ALL THEY HAVE HIS PRIMARY, I DON'T SEE
:46 "ID1" 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
:22 X ALRIGHT
CALL TERMINATED
CALL TERMINATED
13:15 :15 O HUNTRESS ID (GARBLED) CAN I 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 I 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 ESTIMATE> 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
r
:07 "ID1" WOW, NEVER MIND, I GUESS I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE
: 13 "BACKGROUND" WOW
:24 "ID 1" OH MY GOD
:37 "BACKGROUND" HOW MANY SOB AAL 11, NO WE DON'T
:45 "ID 1" WASHINGTON GONNA HAVE TO UH, THIS IS SCARY
13:28 :23 "ID 1" HOW DO YOU DIAL LONG DISTANCE
:24 "BACKGROUND" DIAL THIS FOR HER, THIS NUMBER RIGHT HERE
THEN
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
* X RECEIVER CAN NOT BE HEARD AT ALL
: 19 YEAH, AMERICAN 11, IS NOT THE AIRCRAFT THAT CRASHED IT IS
STILL AIRBORN, 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 I DON'T KNOW, BUT SOMEONE BETTER GET THE PRESIDENT THIS
IS NOT GOOl
:46 "BACKGROUND" SOMEONE BETTER GET LOOKING FOR THIS GUY
:50 O UH, YEAH, WE JUST WENT UP, BUT I NOT GONNA SAY TO MUCH
RIGHT NOW, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP, UM, BUT DO
YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION WHERE AMERICAN 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 RIGHT 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
:30 "BACKGROUND" WE DO, WE GOT TO GET IT OUT OF LANGLEY, THEY
SCRAMBLED
:33 "BACKGROUND" THEY GOT HIM
:34 "IDI" BOSTON IS CALLING WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW
:35 "BACKGROUND" I DON'T KNOW IF THEY GOT HIM YET, BUT
LANGLEY SCRAMBLED
:49 "BACKGROUND" WHAT'S UP
:50 "IDI" 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
: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 "ID1" IS THIS DSN
:40 "BACKGROUND" READY <DIALING>
:49 "ID1" I'M CALLING THEM
13:36 :01 "ID 1" IS DSN 94 OR 96
13:16 : 1 9 "BACKGROUND" WE HAVE AN AIRCRAFT 6 MILES EAST
:20 X INDIANOPOLIS CENTER <"BACKGROUND, HUNTRESS SIDE" 6
MILES EAST OF THE WHITEHOUSE>
:22 X HELLO _
:22 O INDIANOPOLIS CENTER, HUNTRESS ID CALLING, AMERICAN 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
••J^BXYES _
_ :38 O COULD I HAVE THAT PLEASE <X YEAH>
:43 X UH, YANKEE ROMEO KILO 080 AT 010
$m O AND, IS THERE A LAT. LON. SIR _
:53 XUH, I DON'T HAVE A LAT. LON. RIGHT HERE BUT UH <O WE'RE NOT
SURE WHERE THAT IS> 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 _
: 1 0 O I 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 AIRCRAFT>
:30 X I'M SORRY _
•30 O OFF HENDERSON SIR
X YEAH, HE WAS ABOUT 35 WEST OF HENDERSON HNN
:36 O OKAY, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT IS, CAN YOU, CAN YOU GET
ME A LAT. LON.
:42 X YEAH, JUST A MOMENT
:52 "AST" OK SEE THAT ARROW, IBELIVE 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
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
13:00:56 "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 RIGHT 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
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" I 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
SATO AT LEAST A HALF HOUR, WE SAID WE DON'T CARE, HOW
LONG IT TAKES, GET IT BACK UP
13:07:32 "AST" YOU GOT IT KEVIN, I GOTTA FIND SOME MORE INFORMATION
13:09:19 O NORTHEAST AIR DEFENSE SGT FOSTER
13:09:22 X UH, KEVIN <O GQ>
13:09:24 X 53 UH COME BACK, UH, I GUESS THEY GOT A CALL FROM FAA, BUT
FIE SAID HE'S NOT, HE'S NOT GUARANTEEING ANYTHING, LET HIM
OW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE <O COPY>
13:09 XOKAY,
13:09 OYUP
CALL TERMINATED ^^^^^^^^^^
13:09 :52 "AST" WHAT THE HECK MODE IS THIS
13:1 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 IT>
14:11:22 "AST" MCC, THE 103*° 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, 103*°, CONNECTICUT
14:11:46 "BACKGROUND" ANY AWACS AIRBORNE
14:11:56 "AST" I DON'T KNOW, THEY WERE LOOKING FOR TINKERS NUMBER,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT
14:12:00 "AST" MCC, ANY E 3'S, NO, OKAY
14:12:03
13:04:53 X WE'RE SCHEDULED FOR W105, SIR, UH, WITH SOME F15'S,
MADDOG FLIGHT A DRAGON FLIGHT, AND A JEEP FLIGHT
13:05:15 O PANTA 45 COULD YOU, UH, ASK CENTER FOR VECTORS INTO
105 AND THEN HOLD IN 105
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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
13:44:08 O QUIT 25, HUNTRESS, I HAVE YOU LOUD AND CLEAR, PUSH 234
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 CAN'T EVEN GET A IN SHIP MISSION ED
<"BACKGROUND" DON'T WORRY TO MUCH ABOUT IT>
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
"SD2" SD THERE TO LOW, I CAN'T TALK TO HIM
14:10:08 "SD2" THERE TO LOW I CAN'T TALK TO THEM <"BACKGROUND"
NEGATIVE CLEARANCE TO FIRE> OKAY, I TOLD THEM
MISSION WAS ID, AND THAT WAS IT
14:10:22 "BACKGROUND" THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DIVERT
BUT, THEY ARE NOT CLEAR TO FIRE
14:10:23 "SD2" I UNDERSTAND, I HAVE NO COMMS, THERE VERY LOW
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
CALL TERMINATED
12:38:43 "MCC" DO I HAVE AN MCC COMING IN
12:47:17 "MCC" TRUE, AND PROBABLY RIGHT NOW, AND WITH WHAT'S
GOING ON IN THE COCKPIT, IS PROBABLY CRAZY SO
12:47:23 "MCC" THAT WILL SIMMER DOWN, AND WE'LL PROBABLY GET
SOME BETTER INFORMATION, I HAVE SCRAMBLED OTIS, AND
ALREADY, AS PER YOUR DIRECTION, WE'RE SENDING THEM
IN THAT GENERALglRbCllUN. WE^RE SEND THEM RIGHT TO
THAT Z POINT, AND THEN WE CAN MANEUVER THEM, UH, AS
DEEMED UH, RIGHT
12:47:45 WE'LL WORK WITH, MAKE SURE WEAPONS WORKS WITH THEM
THOUGH
12:47:55 "MCC" WE'RE HITTIN UP A 25 MILE, JUST GETTING WHAT WE CAN
GET OUT OF HER
12:48:10 "BACKGROUND" ID 46 SCRAMBLE
12:48:29 "MCC" O (GARBLED) GO
12:48:29 X OKAY SIR THIS IS SGT (GARBLED) AT CONR <O YEAH> UH, THE
GENERAL WOULD LIKE UH, DO YOU HAVE RADAR COVERAGE
ON THIS GUY
12:48:38 O WE'RE PICKING HIM UP, WE THINK WE'VE PICKED HIM UP RIGHT
CALL TERMINATED
12:49:14 "MCC" THAT WAS CONR
12:49:27 "MCC" BUT IT'S, I DON'T THINK IT'S ANYTHING, WHAT ABOUT THAT
GUY, RIGHT THERE
12:49:46 "BACKGROUND" ARE THEY AIRBORNE
12:49:46 "MCC" YEAH AT 46
12:49:47 "BACKGROUND" DID SOMEBODY TELL CENTER
12:50:05 "MCC" SCRAMBLE AT 46 EXCUSE ME
12:50:06 "BACKGROUND" SCRAMBLE AT 46 OR AIRBORNE 46
12:50:08 "MCC" SD, MCC
12:50:12 "MCC" THAT WAS 46 SCRAMBLE TIME, SCRAMBLE TIME THANKS
12:50:14 "BACKGROUND" THEY SAID AMERICAN ELEVEN
12:50:27 "MCC" YES SIR, HOPE NOT YET, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO SEARCH,
WE THINK WE MIGHT HAVE HIM, UH, JUST EAST OF NEW
YORK, BUT ITS
12:50:34 "MCC" NOPE
12:50:41 "MCC" WE GOT A AMERICAN AIRLINES, IT'S A 767 AAL 11
12:50:49 "MCC" YEA AMERICAN AIRLINES ELEVEN
12:50:51 "MCC" AND WE JUST GOT A CALL FROM CONR, CAN YOU PUT IT
IN, WELL WE HAVEN'T FOUND HIM YET, AND I ALREADY
TOLD HIM THAT
12:51:11 "BACKGROUND" THE LAST I GOT FROM BOSTON WAS 15 EAST OF
JFK
12:51:13 "BACKGROUND" THAT LAST LAT. LON. WAS 4039, 7403 WEST AND
THEY'RE GONNA GIVE US 3 AND 5 MINUTE UPDATES
12:51:25 "BACKGROUND" COPY
12:51:40 "MCC" YOU KNOW WHAT, TELL THEM NOT TO TALK TO THEM, TO
TALK TO ME, NO JUST THEM TO CALL ME AT THE MCC
POSITION, 6311
12:51:57 "BACKGROUND" I DON'T HAVE ANYMORE INFORMATION FOR YOU
SIR, WE SCRAMBLED AT 46, NO, UH, OTIS
1307:47 "MCC" OKAY FOXY THIS WHAT, THIS IS WHAT IFORSEE WE NEED
TO DO, WE NEED TO TALK TO FAA, WE NEED TO TELL THEM,
IF
13:09:00 "MCC" OKAY ARE YOU LISTENING, WHAT I TOLD THE FD SO FAR
IS, WE NEED TO GET THOSE FIGHTERS OVER MANHATTAN,
BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY GUYS OUT OF
BOSTON COULD BE (GARBLED)
13:15:04 "MCC" HE'S GOT LOTS OF FUEL, FOXY'S ALREADY TALKING TO HIM, I GOT
13:16:07 "MCC" TUESDAY MORNING FULL, YES, WE'RE TALKING TWO HUNDRED
: 11 "MCC" WE'RE TALING BETWEEN ONE FIFTY AND ONE FIFTY, WE'RE
TALKING TWO HUNDRED, TWO HUNDRED PER AIRCRAFT
:29 "MCC" HEY, ICEMAN, <"BACKGROUND VOICE" YEAH> I'VE GOT A KC10,
I'M STICKING HIM IN WHISKEY ONE OH SEVEN, JUST IN CASE
13:17:51 "BACKGROUND VOICE" THE ONE OH SIXTH, THEY GOT TWO HELICOPTERS
ON STANDBY, FOR STAR (GARBLED) FOR THE FAA
13:18:57 "MCC" TALK TO THE GUYS FROM SUFFOLK (GARBLED) DOWN THERE
13:19:04 "MCC" YEAH UH, BOSTON CENTER, ER, BOSTON HAS THIS SHUT DOWN
BOSTON AIRPORT, AND ANYTHING THAT'S IN THE AIR, THEY'RE
DIVERTING OUT, AND FROM TALKING WITH MR. SCOGGINS THERE
FROM BOSTON CENTER, AH, HE JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF WE HAD
ANY AIRCRAFT, AND I TOLD HIM ABOUT THE AIRCRAFT IN THE
:49 "MCC" OKAY, WE PROBABLY WON'T NEED THEM BUT, JUST STATUS THEM
ANYWAY, THE MORE THE MERRIER _ Q
-M ,^C^
:55 "MCC" YES SIR, UH, THE FIFTEENS ARE, ZERO BY TWO BY TWO BY GUN
:23 "BACKGROUND VOICE" OTIS SOF HAS RECALLED ALL THEIR PLANES FOR
POSSIBLE USE
:25 "MCC" OKAY
:28 "BACKGROUND VOICE" HE HAD GUYS GOING OUT TO ONE OH FIVE, I HAVE
THE LIST
:34 "MCC" OTIS SOF HAS RECALLED ALL HIS PILOTS, UH, FOR POSSIBLE USE
SO WE HAVE MORE AIRCRAFT IF WE NEED THEM
1 3 :20:42 "MCC" UH, YEAH, WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR IS, PILOTS I GUESS
:43 "MCC" SO THEY RECALLED ALL THEIR PILOTS, IS THAT RIGHT
:48 "BACKGROUND VOICE" UH, NO, THEY HAD SIX AIRCRAFT THAT WERE
GOING OUT ON TRAINING MISSIONS
13:22:05 "MCC" OKAY, AMERICAN ELEVEN, THAT'S THE FIRST GUY, HE'S STILL /}
AIRBORNE, AND HE'S HEADING TOWARDS WASHINGTON, OKAY,
I THINK WE NEED TO SCRAMBLE LANGLEY RIGHT NOW, AND I'M J\)
GONNA TAKE THE FIGHTERS FROM OTIS AND CHASE THIS GUY r
DOWN IF I CAN FIND HIM
:27 "MCC" AMERICAN ELEVEN, THE ORIGINAL GUY, HE'S STILL AIRBORNE,
WE'RE STILL GETTING A
-&* R-^
:49 "BACKGROUND VOICE" COPY THAT
:50 "BACKGROUND VOICE" HOLD ON A SECOND <"BACKGROUND VOICE"
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET A CODE ON THIS GUY, WE DO HAVE A
TAIL NUMBER
:32 "MCC" OKAY, TILL THEN, WE'LL RUN IN ON THEM, OKAY, GOODBYE
:39 "MCC" THESE GUYS ARE SMART
:40 "BACKGROUND VOICE" YEAH THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THEY
WANTED
:46 "BACKGROUND VOICE" WELL WHAT THE HELL WAS THE PLANE THAT
CRASHED
:54 O ALSO WE HAVE THE PANTA 45, 46, ZERO BY TWO BY TWO BY GUN,
THREE TANKS
:47 "BACKGROUND VOICE" FO, FO SAYS FORGET THE TAIL CHASE, EVEN £-
THOUGH WE COULDN'T FIND EM ^
13:27:04 "MCC" OKAY FOXY, I WANT THOSE FIGHTERS FROM OTIS (GARBLED)
:04 "MCC" I WANT THEM UP CLOSER TO NEW YORK, THEIR, OVER NEW YORK
GREAT
: 15 X TEAM21 COPIES, UH, WE'LL JUST WAIT HERE TILL YOU TELL US
OTHERWISE . — ,
:20 O THAT'S AFFIRMATIVE TEAM21, ALSO THERE WILL BE TEAM23
ENTERING THE AIRSPACE IN A FEW MINUTES —
:30 "MCC" (GARBLED) UNITED ONE SEVEN FIVE, AMERICAN ONE ONE, WE'RE
GETTING INFORMATION NOW THAT, AMERICAN, THE FIRST ONE
WE, THAT HIT, MAY BE STILL AIRBORNE
:38 O TEAM21, THE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS YOUR OFFLOAD RIGHT NOW
:39 X HANG ON SIR, IT'LL PROBABLY BE A COUPLE OF MINUTES
:43 O COPY ALL SIR
:50 "BACKGROUND VOICE" DID YOU FIND A ONE SEX FOUR ONE
:52 "BACKGROUND VOICE" (GARBLED) WE'RE WORKING ON IT
:45 "BACKGROUND VOICE" THERE'S AALl INOT ACCOUNTED FOR, MAY STILL
BE AIRBORNE HEADED TOWARDS WASHINGTON, UNITED HIT THE
WORLD TRADE CENTER, AND THE THIRD THAT HIT THE WORLD
TRADE CENTER WE'RE NOT SURE ABOUT
:22 "BACKGROUND VOICE" WE NEED HIM TO GET DOWN INTO THREE EIGHTY
SIX
:30 "BACKGROUND VOICE" I'M SORRY YOU WERE STEPPED ON, SAY AGAIN
:35 "BACKGROUND VOICE" UH, WE WANT HIM IN THE THREE EIGHTY SIX
AREA
:38 "BACKGROUND VOICE" ALRIGHT
:39 "BACKGROUND VOICE" ALRIGHT, (GARBLED) BRAVO
:22 "BACKGROUND VOICE" STAGING THEM, ROGER THAT, I'LL RELAY THAT
INFORMATION
13:32:11 "BACKGROUND VOICE" ROGER, I'M NOT TELLING THEM ANYTHING, I JUST
WANT AIRSPACE, AND THIS IS WHAT WE WANT AND
<"BACKGROUND VOICE" I KNOW>
:22 "BACKGROUND VOICE" OKAY, ONE SIX FOUR ONE CODE OKAY, I GOTTA
GET THE SYMBOLOGY TO THEM
13:33 :02 "BACKGROUND VOICE" RIGHT NOW QUIT 25 IS HEADED INTO 386 <BACK
TIME> I HAVE NO
13:34 :17 "BACKGROUND VOICE" O GIANT KILLER, HUNTRESS 92.4 REFERENCE W386
:40 X WELL YOU GOT QUIT 25 GOING EAST TO THE AIRSPACE NOW YOU WANT
HIM TO GO DIRECT BALTIMORE
:50 O JUST HAVE HIM CONTACT US ON 234 DECIMAL SIX, WE JUST NEED,
INSTEAD OF US TAKING HANDOFFS AND THEN HANDING HIM
BACK, JUST TELL CENTER WE NEED HIM OVER BALTIMORE
:23 X THE MILITARY AIRCRAFT THAT ARE IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW, WE
WERE WONDERING IF WE SHOULD JUST TELL THEM TO RTB
IF THEY'RE JUST ON TRAINING MISSIONS, OR WHAT YOU GUYS
SUGGEST
:37 O YES, WE DID SEND THE ONES HOME THAT WERE IN IO5 THAT WERE
ON THE TRAINING MISSION, WE DID SEND THEM HOME, WE
GOT PANTAS' THAT ARE OUT THERE FROM OTIS <X YEAH, YEAH,
I UNDERSTAND THAT>
13:36 :37 "MCC" OKAY FOXY, I GOT A AIRCRAFT 6 MILES EAST OF THE WHITE H'
HOUSE, GET YOUR FIGHTERS THERE
:23 X GO AHEAD
:26 O MA'AM WE ARE GOING AFIO RIGHT NOW WITH QUIT 25, THEY ARE
GOING DIRECT WASHINGTON
:29 X QUIT 25 IS AH, IS AH, WE'RE HANDING HIM OFF TO CENTER, RIGHT NOW
13:37 :46 "BACKGROUND VOICE" THAT'S THE RADAR ONLY GUY, RIGHT THERE
13:41 :45 "BACKGROUND VOICE" SGT (GARBLED) DID YOU KNOIW THAT BRAVO 03 3
YOUR GONNA <"BACKGROUND VOICE" NO I DIDN'T> OKAY BRAVO
032 IF YOU LOOK OVER WASHINGTON <"BACKGROUND VOICE"
BRAVO 33> NO, BRAVO 032 <"BACKGROUND VOICE" COPY> IS A
TRACK OF INTEREST THAT THEY WORRIED ABOUT, THAT WAS SIX
MILES OUT OF WASHINGTON, OKAY
13:42 :10 "BACKGROUND VOICE" THEY GOT THE WHITEHOUSE OR PENTAGON THAT
WHAT YOU NEED TO GUESS, RIGHT
13:43 :56 "BACKGROUND VOICE" OKAY ANOTHER AIRCRAFT SPOTTED NEAR THE
PENTAGON, ALSO DID YOU GET THE WORD, WE GOT A DELTA 89
SOUTH, SOUTHEAST OF TOLEDO (GARBLED)
:50 "MCC" I GOT THREE UP NOW, I GOT OTIS IN THE TURN, AND I'M TRYING
TO CONTACT SELFRIDGE, FOR A POSSIBLE HIJACK IN THE GREAT
LAKES AREA
: 15 "MCC" OKAY WE'RE TALKING TO THE GREAT LAKE AREAS, SEE IF WE CAN
GET SOMEBODY UP THERE, TALKING TO TOLEDO
13:46 :18 SELFRIDGE, AND DULUTH HAS NIGHT FLYING SO THERES NOBODY
THERE, RIGHT NOW AVAILABLE
:49 "MCC" YEAH, COLONEL MARR MAY HAVE TO TALK TO THE TOLEDO GUY
13:47 :36 "MCC" I MIGHT HAVE COL MARR COME DOWN AND TALK TO THIS GUY
:57 "MCC" WE'RE TRYING, TOLEDO GONNA CALL HE DIRECTLY, AND ASK
ON WHO'S AUTHORITY, I'LL HAVE COL MARR COME DOWN, AND
WE'LL DO THIS WHOLE HOMELAND DEFENSE THING
:20 O I, I, APPRECIATE IT, I GOT BUCO FOLKS HERE, OKAY, OKAY THANKS
CALL TERMINATED
13:49 :24 "BACKGROUND VOICE" DO YOU GOT ANYONE TO GO AFTER THAT DELTA
FLIGHT "MCC" WE'RE TRYING, TOLEDO
13:50 :10 "MCC" JAMIE, JAMIE, FIND OUT WHATS GOING ON WITH MY TOLEDO GUYS
:44 "MCC" WELL THAT WAS IT, GIANT KILLER SENT THEM OUT TO 386, YEAH
:59 "BACKGROUND VOICE" WELL IT'S ON THERE, THE PENTAGON HAS BEEN
HIT,
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT INFORMATION CAME FROM, I PUT
UNCONFIRMED
13:51 :37 "MCC" TALK TO ME ABOUT MY LANGLEY GUYS, I WANT THEM OVER
NCA NOW
13:52 :24 "BACKGROUND VOICE" CLEVELAND'S ASKING HOW LONG FOR THEM OUT
OF TOLEDO
:41 "MCC" YES, THEIR AIR TO MUD, BUT THEIR ALSO AIR TO AIR THEIR F16'S
STANDARD, CHARLIES
:47 "MCC" TELL THEM WE'RE ALSO TALKING TO SELFRIDGE, I'LL GET
SOMETHING OUT OF THAT AREA
:05 "MCC" BRAVO CAB WANTS SD TO PICKUP THE LINE, HE WANTS EVERYONE
ON THE LINE
13:55 :25 "BACKGROUND VOICE" THEIR AIRBORN, THEIR GOING AIRBORN RIGHT
NOW
:25 O HEY HI YA DOING THIS IS MAJ NASYPANY, LET ME*TALK TO YOUR MCC
:46 O HEY I NEED YOU GUYS TO UH, MAKE SURE YOUR READY, UH, THIS
COULD BE LIKE A WORLDWIDE, OR CONUS THING
:56 O WHAT DO YOU GUYS HAVE UP FOR FIGHTERS, HAVE YOU BEEN
TALKING TO FARGO AT ALL
:58 X UH, YES WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO A BUNCH OF FOLKS RIGHT NOW ALL
WE HAVE IS OUR STANDARD 4 AIRCRAFT
13:59 :03 O OKAY, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IF I COULD, IS POSSIBLY STEAL SOME
AIRCRAFT OUT OF FARGO, IF NEED BE
:26 OOKAY
CALL TERMINATED
:41 "MCC" YEAH, WHAT I JUST DID IS 11 CALLED UP THE WATCH, AND HAD
THEM BRING UP FARGO, UH, BRING UP 2 BIRDS FROM FARGO,
LOADED, OKAY
:48 "MCC" WELL HERE'S THE DEAL, ONE OUT OF SELFRIDGE, TWO OUT OF
(GARBLED) THEY, THEY DID A QUICK TURN, THEY GOT NO
WEAPONS, THEY JUST DID A STRAFING RUN UP TO THE RANGE,
THEY BLEW ALL THEIR LOAD
14:00 :03 "MCC" I KNOW, BUT WE GOT TWO THOUGH, THEY'RE JUST LOITERING,
AND WE'RE GOING TO SEND THEM DOWN TO DO SOME
INVESTIGATION
: 10 "MCC" TWO FROM SELFRIDGE ARE AIRBORN ALREADY, I GOT TWO MORE
FROM TOLEDO
: 13 "MCC" THAT SPECIAL TRACKS OVER THE, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, THE
LAKE RIGHT NOW, SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH IT, IF FT IS
IT
:22 "MCC" WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO, I GOT TO GIVE MY GUYS DIRECTION
:38 "MCC'ALPINA
14:01 :16 "BACKGROUND VOICE" JUST TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP, WE'RE GONNA
HAVE NO RADIOS OVER CHICAGO, NOT EVEN CLOSE
: 18 "MCC" THEN GIVE THEM TO FAA, AND HAVE THEM PASS INSTRUCTIONS
:20 "MCC" OKAY, WE'RE GETTING TWO FROM ALPINA, WITH GUNS
:30 "MCC" WE'RE WORKING THAT, RIGHT NOW, WE' RE, WE'RE GETTING IT
RIGHT NOW
14:02 :00 "MCC" I NEED TO KNOW, BECAUSE I CAN UTILIZE MY ALPINA GUYS UP
THERE
:09 "MCC" I COULD USE THEM OVER THERE, GIVE THEM CHICAGO AREA
:46 "MCC" OKAY, GET MORE UP HERE THEN, DO THE NORTHERN BORDER
THING
: 15 "MCC" OKAY, BUT DID THE PENTAGON GET WHACKED, DID THEY GET HIT
14:04 :09 "MCC" I NEED CALL SIGNS, I NEED CALL SIGNS FOR THE SELFIDGE, ALPINA
AND THE TOLEDO BIRDS
:59 "MCC" WE MIGHT GET AN E-3 OVER CHICAGO, WE MIGHT GET AN E-3, FOR
YOUR ICC'S I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET AN E-3 OVER CHICAGO,
CAUSE I GOT NO RADAR AND NO RADIOS OVER THERE, OVER THAT
AIRSPACE, SO, WORK EM
14:05 :11 "MCC" YOU KNOW WHAT, CALL THEM, CALL TINKER RIGHT NOW, CALL
COMMAND POST, IF NEED BE I'LL TALK TO THE GUYS, AN E-3
:26 "BACKGROUND" SIR, THIS COMES FROM THE BATTLE CAB, THEIR GONNA
FUNNEL ALL INFORMATION TO YOU, THROUGH ME
14:05 :32 "BACKGROUND" THIS IS WHAT YOU GOT, YOUR GETTING STING 11, AND
JAMIE ALREADY KNOW THIS <"MCC" YEA> THAT'S TOLEDO,
14:06 :10 "MCC" I GOT TWO TO COME UP ON STATUS AT FARGO, AND TWO AT SIOUX
CITY
14:07 :05 "MCC" GIVE ME THE CALL SIGN, GIVE ME THE WHOLE NINE YARDS
:21 "BACKGROUND" UNITED 93, HE'S GOT A BOMB, HE'S GOING WHERE TO
WHERE
:50 "MCC" OKAY WE GOT, DID YOU HEAR THAT, THAT AIRCRAFT OVER
THE WHITE HOUSE, WHATS THE WORD, INTERCEPT
:50 "BACKGROUND VOICE" THAT WAS THE GUY WITH THE BOMB ON BOARD
:51"MCC"GOTIT
:34 O AND THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF, WHERE'S THAT GUY, THE OTHER
SPECIAL, HE TURN OVER THE LAKE, NO THE OTHER LAKE, ERIE,
LAKE ERIE, YEAH RIGHT THERE
:53 XOKAY
:56 X UH, NOT YET, IT LOOKS LIKE THE ONE OVER CLEVELAND HAS TURNED
14:13 :05 O THE GUY DOWN AT YORK PENN., HE'S HEADING NORTH, NORTH WEST
: 13 O YEAH, AND THE CALL SIGN, UH, FOR THE GUY IN YORK IS, UH, UNITED
NINETY THREE
:22 X MODE 3
:30 O YEAH UH, SORRY, OKAY AND I GOT THIS OTHER GUY OUT WEST, HE
JUST
FADED OVER CLEVELAND, DELTA 89, MODE 3,1 KNOW IT'S NOT
GONNA HELP YA, BUT IF HE'S TALKING TO CENTER, THEY MIGHT
HELP YOU, THIRTEEN OH FOUR <X OKAY>
:51 X OKAY WHEN WE GOT OUR GUYS AIRBORNE, THEY'RE GONNA CONTACT
YOU ON 260 POINT 9, UH, I GOT TWO JETS RIGHT NOW, DO YOU
NEED
MORE THAN TWO
:03 O OKAY, THANK YOU SIR, AND IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO COLONEL MARR,
HE'S UP AT 6403 SIR
:11 X OKAY I
*CALL TERMINATED
•21 "MCC" OKAY I NEED THIS POINT, HEY, SAM, I NEED THIS POINT PLOTTED
:02 "BACKGROUND" ALSO THEY SAID THEY HAVE TWO MORE ON IMMEDIATE,
THEIR WAITING FOR CINC NORAD TO REQUEST LAUNCHES
:46 OYEAH
14:17 :11 "MCC" QUIT, HE'S RIGHT OVER THE NCA AREA, LETS PICK IT UP
:33 "MCC'LANGLEY
* CALL TERMINATED