Tuesday, August 13, 2002
At the FAA's command center, managers can think of only one way to stop them. Minutes after another jet smashes into the Pentagon at 9:38 a.m., the managers issue an unprecedented order to the nation's air traffic controllers:
Empty the skies.
Land every flight.
Fast.
By Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY
On Sept. 11, 2001, United Airlines Captain Jim Hosking received a message during a flight from Japan to LAX. The message read, "There has been a terrorist attack against United Airlines and American Airlines aircraft. We are advised there may be additional hijackings in progress. Shut down all access to the flight deck. Unable to elaborate further."
Chilling first hand accounts of other pilots in the sky on September 11, 2001. We will never forget.
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