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Quote of the Day

“”Hey, get out of here” — Pilot of United Airlines Flight 93

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“Beware any cockpit intrusion—Two a/c [aircraft] hit World Trade Center.” — United Airlines flight dispatcher Ed Ballinger, in a text message to all of his flights

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“Give me a first-tier ground stop!” — FAA Manager Ben Sliney. This order closes all airspace within the authority of New York Center

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“A second plane has hit the second tower. America is under attack.” — White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card to President George W. Bush

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“It’s getting bad, Dad. A stewardess was stabbed. They seem to have knives and Mace. They said they have a bomb. It’s getting very bad on the plane. Passengers are throwing up and getting sick. The plane is making jerky movements. I don’t think the pilot is flying the plane. I think we are going down. I think they intend to go to Chicago or someplace and fly into a building. Don’t worry, Dad. If it happens, it’ll be very fast. My God, my God.” — Peter Hanson, Passenger, United Airlines Flight 175

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“The building is secure, please return to your desks.” — Public Address announcement, South Tower of World Trade Center

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“I think they’ve taken over the cockpit—an attendant has been stabbed—and someone else up front may have been killed. The plane is making strange moves. Call United Airlines—tell them it’s Flight 175, Boston to LA.” — Peter Hanson, United Airlines Flight 175

Quote of the Day

This just in. You are looking at obviously a very disturbing live shot there. That is the World Trade Center, and we have unconfirmed reports this morning that a plane has crashed into one of the towers of the World Trade Center. CNN Center right now is just beginning to work on this story, obviously calling our sources and trying to figure out exactly what happened, but clearly something relatively devastating happening this morning there on the south end of the island of Manhattan. That is once again, a picture of one of the towers of the World Trade Center. — Carol Lin, CNN

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Pat Carroll: WCBS news time, 8:48, it’s traffic and weather together sponsored by Henry Miller’s Theatre. Tom Kaminski, Chopper 880.
Tom Kaminski: Alright uh, Pat, we are just currently getting a look…at the World Trade Center, We have something that has happened here at the World Trade Center. We noticed flame and an awful lot of smoke from one of the towers of the World Trade Center. We are just coming up on this scene, this is easily three-quarters of the way up…we are…this is…whatever has occurred has just occurred, uh, within minutes and, uh, we are trying to determine exactly what that is. But currently we have a lot of smoke at the top of the towers of the World Trade Center, we will keep you posted.

— WCBS AM Traffic Reporter Tom Kaminski

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Battalion 1 Chief: “Battalion 1 to Manhattan.”

Manhattan Dispatch: “Battalion 1, k.”

Battalion 1 Chief: “We just had a plane crash into the upper floor of the World Trade Center. Transmit a 2nd Alarm and start re-located companies into the area.”

Manhattan Dispatch: “10-4 [message received], Battalion 1.”

— New York City Fire Department Battalion 1 Chief Joseph Pfeiffer