My daughter was in daycare 1 mi from the Pentagon at the time of impact. I rushed back to get her and drove right past the E ring of the Pentagon facing Washington Blvd. There was no plane wreckage, only a gaping hole and smoldering debris.
The bigger question would be, why did no one see a jet flying in low? I know no one who saw/heard a low flying plane which would have been required to create a hole like that. Even at a decline of 45 degrees, people would have seen or heard a jet moving at 300-400 mph plane. Moreover, that area is surrounded by CCTV on a variety of buildings which would have caught something, even w/ 2020 NTSC cameras (425-525 lines res @ 10 fps).
A cruise missile, or other missile which can fly high and dive low and fast and far smaller than a jet, and quieter, would be easy to miss. The SLAM-ER is a high subsonic missile, moving at 530 mph.
Yeah, I had dropped her off and went back home about 6 mi away when my business partner called me to tell me to turn on the TV. He was on his way to NYC for a meeting and stopped at a rest area on the Turnpike. I tuned in just in time to see the second plane hit. Then the Pentagon started being reported as being hit. I grabbed my rifle and sidearm, jumped back in and raced back across Alexandria to Arlington, shocked to find Rt 27 was even open with slower moving traffic going by. Got to her about 90-120 minutes after the impact. It still seems surreal. Then I drove by the gaping hole for almost 2 more years following the attack taking her back and forth. Each time (wrongfully) seething against Muslims and OBL. Little did I know then it was our own government...
My daughter was in daycare 1 mi from the Pentagon at the time of impact. I rushed back to get her and drove right past the E ring of the Pentagon facing Washington Blvd. There was no plane wreckage, only a gaping hole and smoldering debris.
The bigger question would be, why did no one see a jet flying in low? I know no one who saw/heard a low flying plane which would have been required to create a hole like that. Even at a decline of 45 degrees, people would have seen or heard a jet moving at 300-400 mph plane. Moreover, that area is surrounded by CCTV on a variety of buildings which would have caught something, even w/ 2020 NTSC cameras (425-525 lines res @ 10 fps).
A cruise missile, or other missile which can fly high and dive low and fast and far smaller than a jet, and quieter, would be easy to miss. The SLAM-ER is a high subsonic missile, moving at 530 mph.
Read the Wiki account...total BS.
Geesh, that must have been terrifying for you. Glad she was okay.
Yeah, I had dropped her off and went back home about 6 mi away when my business partner called me to tell me to turn on the TV. He was on his way to NYC for a meeting and stopped at a rest area on the Turnpike. I tuned in just in time to see the second plane hit. Then the Pentagon started being reported as being hit. I grabbed my rifle and sidearm, jumped back in and raced back across Alexandria to Arlington, shocked to find Rt 27 was even open with slower moving traffic going by. Got to her about 90-120 minutes after the impact. It still seems surreal. Then I drove by the gaping hole for almost 2 more years following the attack taking her back and forth. Each time (wrongfully) seething against Muslims and OBL. Little did I know then it was our own government...
Sounds like she was too young to know, thankfully. Yes, there are plenty of people who have to be held accountable for the lies.
She was 4 at the time.