[Vermont Lt]

Try speaking to an air traffic controller working in New England from that day. I know one. He changes the subject in about two seconds. They cannot talk about it. The only phrase I got out of the guy was, "it was creepy."

I have felt that we shot it down, and then the stories started coming out about the "heroes."

It makes no difference to me, I would have supported shooting it down rather than hitting in DC somewhere. I just think its silly to think we WOULDN'T shoot it down.

[fone]

I agree. We needed one for the heroes that day.

Reality is, I am damn glad that NORAD was working a drill that week. God only knows what would have happened had they not grounded all the flights that morning; which was done quickly as the brass was on duty for the exercise.

[PackerBoy]

I cannot believe that Bush would participate in a cover-up of this magnitude.

At the time the "official report" was made concernng the non-shoot-down of Flight 93, no one in power knew whether or not some farmer might have been videoatping his prize pig in a pen and suddenly swung his camera to catch the "shoot-down".

Also, there is no chance any air traffic control group could keep such a secret.

In short, there is no chance this was a shoot-down. No chance.