The people in the seat of power within the USA frequently ignore issues that are the concern of the civilian. The ceremonies that are held with children at their center are important for those that lost mothers and fathers. However, others are misplaced as a reason for patriotic rhetoric that serves the politics of fear. The honor of the civilians lost in these attacks was lost long before the attacks occurred.
7:59 am – American Airlines Flight 11, (click here) a Boeing 767 with 92 people aboard, takes off from Boston’s Logan International Airport en route to Los Angeles.
8:14 am – United Airlines Flight 175, a Boeing 767 with 65 people aboard, takes off from Boston; it is also headed to Los Angeles.
8:19 am – Flight attendants aboard Flight 11 alert ground personnel that the plane has been hijacked; American Airlines notifies the FBI.
8:20 am – American Airlines Flight 77 takes off from Dulles International Airport outside of Washington, D.C. The Boeing 757 is headed to Los Angeles with 64 people aboard.
8:24 am – Hijacker Mohammed Atta makes the first of two accidental transmissions from Flight 11 to ground control (apparently in an attempt to communicate with the plane’s cabin)....