Time Gist
9:20:32
6 Otis fighters going home
9:21:00^11
still airborne, report from
ZBW
Scoggins
9:21:28
Commotion in backgroundDRMChannel
2 2
7
1 15
9:21:38
Scoggins says he got the info from Washington Center 1 7
9:21
:46
AA1
1
still
up
there, hijack headed
for DC
1 1
5
9:21:39
He's headed toward... you hear that, still up there
9:22:
Oh God, They'd better call the President
9:22:30
Better get Lanley guys up
9:22:35
What
did I
ust say, scramble Langley9:22:38
9:22:56
9:22:58
9:23:02 9:23:13
9:24:00
9:24:04
9:24:17
9:24:18
Scramble Langley
Want
me to just put them over BWI?
2 2
1 3
1
15
1 152 132
In background, Powell initiates the scramble order call 2
In
background, N334AA 1
ID
Techs talk
to
Felzer
at
ZNY,
ZNY has no
info
on AA1
1
1
End of Scramble alert 2Scoggins calls again
re
AA1
1
2 4, scramble time 2 4 for
LFI,
two four
Hold
[the fighters] in BWI area9:24:31 Langley Command Post calls for heading and altitude [Quit]
9:24:36
Steven [Ovens] has NY TRACON on
1
1
2
1
13
13
4
7
13
73
17
3
1 4
9:25:14
ID/ZDC
re
AA11.
ZDC just got word from Boston or somewhere, lot of I
l
4
different
things
going
on
9:25:22
Scoggins alerts NEADS there may be 3 a/c
missing,
a 3d, no call sign yet
9:25:38
Barrett.ZNY, calls Richmond, much confusion, Richmond tells Mo Dooley heneeds someone, now, to confirm
AA1
1
still flying
9:26:00
Fragment of Steve Richmond conversation with Bruce Barrett ZNY
9:26:10J N334AA
background
9:26:28
Langley Command Post calls again to verify primary frequency
9:26:349:26:539:27:199:27:24
9:27:45
1 71
15
T 3
1 4
r—
it
3
Boston
now missing another aircraft 1Richmond tells Barrett, ZNY, not sure, can't confirmRichmond asks MCC if we have a position, answer no
ID
call to ZDC, Felzer transfers them to Lynn Becker
Put
them North of NCA, in an intercept position,
10
miles north9:28:28 Fox summarizes and gives instructions to get fighters up and put them in aparticular area
11112
415
15
7
1111
9:28:43
We're looking but we don't see any radar only [target]
1
} 15
9:28:28
In
background, Fox, N334AA
i 2 17
9:28:56
ID on
call
to
ZNY,
3
missing,
ZNY has no
info
on
AA1
1
; 1
9:28:58 Oh
my God that's the third one 19:29:31 Someone better
get the
President
1
9:29:33 Powell calls ZDC for Mode 3 on Quit 2
4
15
411
9:29:53
ID
tells
ZNY
that
ZDC is not
serious
and
needs
to
hear from
the
centers
1
4
9:29:58 Powell
is
told Mode
3 is
4650
out of
Langley
^
2
11
9:30:08Richmond
directs
SIM
switches
be
turned
off (we
don't know what this
is) I 1 15
9:30:15
Quit airborne
2 119:30:26
Three fighters out of Langley
1
11
9:30:28
9:30:359:30:50
I'd
have
the
President airborne, wherever
j
1
4
Quit
airborne
1 j
1 1
AA1
1
headed toward Washington, first Z point established 1 4
9:30:57;
Voice says, I'm watching Washington
9:31:18
9:31:21
9:31:53
9:32:03
9:32:18
9:32:149:32:339:32:52
9:32:539:32:589:33:32
ID
call
to
Scoggins
re
AA1
1
Told
3 a/c
missing, don't have
call
sign
on 3d,
Once
he's done
I
want
you to sit
[position]
8 and
watch Washington
1/2
way between
BWI
and ?Need another tracker looking at NCA area[division of labor] You've got NY, he's got WashingtonZDC,
Gary
Johnson initiates
call
to NEADS, gets rundown from StaciaQuit 25 is headed toward
W386....I
have no idea why[positions[ 6, 8, look for search, definitely looking for searchWhen you talk to them send them direct BaltimoreThy're paired, right there [Quit to the Z point]
11
15
4
7j
15
2 17
1] 15
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11121
[positions] 6, 8 get search targets, call out to me [Richmond] 1
9:33:33
Request to Ian Sanderson for
Culbertson
to come up and use his STU III 1
9:33:45
hijackers know what they are doing in the cockpit 19:33:48
9:33:56
9:33:579:34:11
9:34:16
ZDC, Johnson, tells NEADS that AA77 is also lost in Indy space 1
In
background, AA77That's why we look for search targets,
that's
why we train, buddiesTo Giant Killer, need Quit
direct
BWI, not take them in W386background, 3d aircraft, AA77, Boston to LAX
9:34:28
I've got a track, went straight search, North of 52 [Boston area] B030
9:34:45
9:35:009:36:039:36:039:36:129:36:24
9:36:289:36:389:36:489:36:48
Tell Center [ZDC] they have to go to Baltimore
Got
it, I see him, North of Long Island
15
4
11
15
17
11151115
4
1;
11
~
1
11
11
ID
call to Indy Center for last known position of AA77 1Simultaneously,
in
background, ...6
miles E of
White House
1
I've got a search only, down there 1
a/c 6
miles East
of
White House
I 1
I'm looking, I'm looking
Monster
Mash...SE of White House
Fox,
straight in, run them
9:36:53
Got it [Richmond], B032 right next to NCA, search only
9:36:58
AFIO
9:37:02
See him? Right next to NCA9:37:10
9:37:21
9:37:32
9:37:349:37:41
To Giant Killer, going AFIO, expedite it, GK is talking to CenterTurning into NCAB032,
tell
out off of 50 [Plains radar]
Radar
only
B032
9:37:42
B032 089, 31
miles,
search only, get rid of that map
9:37:52
Fading, let's get a Z point
9:37:52
No altitude, I got
him,
just lost track, get a Z point
:38:17
9:38:20
9:38:42
9:38:58
Where's Langley, Langley, Where are the fightersGuy has faded
Extrapolate
that guyI've
got
it...
he's
gone
9:38:58
I don't care how many windows you break
9:39:13 It was
search, search only,
it
faded,
its
gone
1
15
11
151511
15
44
15
11L 15
1 11
5
1 11
1 151
11
1 151 11
iL
5
1i
15
1
11
1 11
11
111
11
11
9:39:13
Indy passes coordinates
of
AA77 last known position
at
1256Z, headed west
] 1at
270, speed unknown
15
151111
15
15
1511
15
/
9:39:40 What are they doing? Giant Killer sent them to W386. GOD DAMMIT
_J
11
9:40:52
Delta, Delta what
U
1
1
9:40:57 Delta
1
989
alert received
1
4
9:41:08
Quit is squawking 7777, received from Quit
9:41:289:41:339:41:389:42:03
9:42:32
9:42:569:43:439:44:20
9:44:42
9:44:54
9:44:529:45:37
9:47:57
9:48:019:51:11
9:53:58
B089 is Delta 1989, Special 15
D89
is
another hijackQuit establish a CAP over WashingtonThere
he is OK
ID
call to Indy alerting them to
D1989
Special
5
B089
1
11
1
15
1 11
1 15
1 4
1
15
a/c
spotted near Pentagon 1 1
By
my count that s fourFour, possibly five
1
1
Trying
to
contact
Selfridge,
3 a/c up [Langley]
Otis
in a
turn
1
ID
call
to ZOB, TMO Dukelin, re D1989, transferred to female voiceTalking to Toledo right now, talked to both [Toledo and Selfridge], Duluth, nofighters, Selfridge is coming downToledo questions under whose authority NEADS is acting
111
In process of trying to get [additional] a/c up right now 1
Aircraft
available at
Alpina
re Alpina, 3d a/c is a threat to Chicago, Alpina out of gas, could be airborne in15-20 minutes with guns
1
1515
4
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