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Events of September 11, 2001. 8:48 a.m. American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 en route from Boston's Logan Airport to Los Angeles International with 92 people onboard, slams into the north tower, 1 World Trade Center. 9:05 a.m. Approximately 18 minutes later, United Airlines Flight 175, also a Boeing 767 enroute from Boston to Los Angeles with 65 people onboard, hits the south tower, 2 World Trade Center. 9:21 a.m. New York City Port Authority closes all bridges and tunnels in New York City. 9:24 a.m. President Bush calls the crashes "an apparent terrorist attack on our country." 9:32...

Elizabeth was traveling to New York by train last month to tell David’s story to FBI investigators preparing for the trial against Zacarias Moussaoui, the so-called “20th hijacker.” If Moussaoui is convicted, the government plans to introduce the stories of 30 victims at the sentencing portion of the trial. While there will always be unanswered questions about how David Kovalcin died, his 38-year-old widow is left to tell the story of how he lived.It’s a goal that has seemed at best daunting and at worst impossible in the long year since her husband perished when terrorists flew American Airlines Flight...

PATERSON, N.J., Jul 31, 2002 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- A man who authorities said sold fake identification to two of the Sept. 11 hijackers apparently left on a flight to Egypt hours before authorities raided his home and businesses Wednesday, officials said. Mohamad El Atriss operated businesses in Paterson and Elizabeth where he sold the IDs, said Passaic County Sheriff Jerry Speziale. Authorities raided his home and business Wednesday afternoon and were told Atriss had took a flight from Newark to Egypt earlier that morning, Speziale said. Atriss sold a fake identification card to Khalid Almihdhar, who was...

WorldNetDaily: Hijacker shot passenger on Flight 11: FAA memo                                 WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 27 2002                   Page 1 News   Page 2 News   LocalNetDaily   Commentary   Classified Ads   Live Chat -->   Letters   People Search   TalkNetDaily   SportsNetDaily   Health   Weather   TV Guide   Movies   Business   Stocks   ShopNetDaily     DAY OF INFAMY 2001 Hijacker shot passengeron Flight 11: FAA memo 'One bullet fired,' killing 9B occupant, but agency claims report was in error Posted: February 27, 20025:35 p.m. Eastern By Paul Sperry © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com ...

"Two truths are told, as happy prologues to the swelling act of the imperial theme."– Macbeth. Act 1, Scene 3. The day after the tragedies of 9-11, I told my radio audience that I really wanted to believe the official government story of the epic tragedy we suffered as a country. I wanted to … but history and logic made it difficult. My reluctance to accept what is being fed us is based on more than mere cynicism or curmudgeoness. It has become almost axiomatic that our government lies to us – even when they probably don't have to ...

Family of Fallen Grange Member Wants Memorial Donations To Be Used To Preserve Farmland John Ogonowski was the pilot of American Airlines Flight #11 on September 11, 2001 when terrorists hijacked the flight soon after it left Boston’s Logan Airport and crashed the airplane into the first World Trade Center building in New York City, killing all aboard the aircraft. John Ogonowski was also a farmer and a longtime member of Dracut Grange #216 in Dracut, Massachusetts. Brother Ogonowski’s death has not only caused a tremendous amount of pain and anguish in the community of Dragut but also for Grange ...

WASHINGTON -- In another tragic irony of Sept. 11, three of the five Islamic hijackers aboard American Airlines Flight 11 were seated next to an elite Israeli commando. And it may just have gotten that Jewish passenger killed before all the others. In fact, his friends and associates are now sure of it, after reading a secret government memo naming Israeli-American Daniel C. Lewin as a gunshot victim on the flight. WorldNetDaily published the Federal Aviation Administration memo in an exclusive article Wednesday. The FAA, while confirming the document is authentic, claims the report of Lewin's shooting, written several ...

DAY OF INFAMY 2001 Hijacking ringleaderwas 'sweating bullets' Atta's scramble to catch Boston flight casts doubt on notion of flawless plan By Paul Sperry © 2001 WorldNetDaily.com The suspected ringleader of last week's terrorist assault came close to missing his American Airlines flight out of Boston and showed up at the gate perspiring, says an American Airlines employee at Logan International Airport. The gate agent who checked in Mohamed Atta and gave him his boarding pass told the FBI that she remembers him showing up for Flight 11 late, his face covered with sweat, the source says. "The girl that checked ...

'We Have Some Planes,' Hijacker Told Controller By MATTHEW L. WALD with KEVIN SACK ASHINGTON, Oct. 15 — American Airlines Flight 11 had fallen mysteriously silent. The air traffic controller called over and over for a response. None came. Then he heard an unidentified voice from the cockpit: "We have some planes. Just stay quiet and you'll be OK. We are returning to the airport." The controller, confused, asked, "Who's trying to call me?" No response. Then he heard the voice again: "Nobody move please, we are going back to the airport. Don't try to make any stupid moves." ...