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Thread #68378   Message #1153098
Posted By: Bill D
02-Apr-04 - 04:50 PM
Thread Name: BS: A mutiny against Rumsfeld's terrorism
Subject: RE: BS: A mutiny against Rumsfeld's terrorism
*shrug*...there is this: I didn't do massive searches

"September 13, 2001

America Recovers

Journalist Witnesses Pentagon Crash

By John Dodge



USAToday.com Editor Joel Sucherman saw it all: an American Airlines jetliner fly left to right across his field of vision as he commuted to work Tuesday morning.

It was highly unusual. The large plane was 20 feet off the ground and a mere 50 to 75 yards from his windshield. Two seconds later and before he could see if the landing gear was down or any of the horror-struck faces inside, the plane slammed into the west wall of the Pentagon 100 yards away.

"My first thought was he's not going to make it across the river to [Reagan] National Airport. But whoever was flying the plane made no attempt to change direction," Sucherman said. "It was coming in at a high rate of speed, but not at a steep angle--almost like a heat-seeking missile was locked onto its target and staying dead on course."

Other rush hour commuters, glued to their radios for the latest updates coming from the World Trade Center, got out of their cars in shock. Sucherman estimates it was between 9:30 and 9:40 a.m. At this point, he knew the collision was deliberate."