Nobody knew anything after the first plane crashed nutball.
I happened to be passing by the living room and one of the morning news people (Maybe Couric) casually mentioned it as they moved onto their scheduled stories. Nobody thought anything of it.. and then they got footage of it, and even then, it just looked like a small plane had hit it. They ordered the people in the other tower to stick where they were. They had no idea it was terrorism.
At this point of the universe (Pre-9/11) there was no reason to believe it was anything other than an accident. You want the President sprinting towards the steps of Air Force One everytime there's an plane accident on the news?
They would have made him out to be a g-damn nutcase had he stirred all kinds of commotion up and it turned out to be nothing other than an accident.
The Democrats are devoutly, and despicably, depending on short memories in this election cycle. Spinning history, as usual.