# 3rd plane to White House

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3rd-plane-to-white-house/81127>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 12, 2001, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3rd-plane-to-white-house/81127 "2001-09-12T18:47:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![TexasSpur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a6a055/32.png) [@TexasSpur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexasSpur)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3rd-plane-to-white-house/81127/1 "2001-09-12T18:47:53Z")

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ABC News just reported that the plane that hit the Pentagon was intended for the White House.

Also, reported that Air Force 1 was a target.

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**Author:** ![TexasSpur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a6a055/32.png) [@TexasSpur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexasSpur)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3rd-plane-to-white-house/81127/2 "2001-09-12T18:49:56Z")

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Ari Fleisher is the one who reported this to ABC News.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3rd-plane-to-white-house/81127/3 "2001-09-12T20:29:33Z")

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Other than maybe the Capitol, I can’t imagine a symbolic target I’d less like to see desecrated. Hard to find a bright spot in this whole mess but maybe that is one small thing to give thanks for. Regardless of what the intended target was, every passenger on the plane that crashed into Pennsylvania is my hero for what was an apparent attempt to wrestle control back from the hijackers. I feel for everyone on all four flights and the despair they must have felt near the end is incomprehensable. God bless and keep them all.

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3rd-plane-to-white-house/81127/4 "2001-09-12T23:35:18Z")

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I can think of one, **lieu** …the Statue of Liberty. That would’ve been less loss of life, but I can see it causing even more outrage.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3rd-plane-to-white-house/81127/5 "2001-09-12T23:51:44Z")

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Not a matter of opinion, or a poll.  
I’m moving this to MPSIMS.