# World Trade Center Plane Crash **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 11, 2001, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-plane-crash/80850 "2001-09-11T13:03:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-plane-crash/80850/181 "2001-09-11T14:38:01Z")
well ive stopped crying long enough to say this… i guess my friend is right. he always said that we should just turn the entirety of the palestine into a smooth sheet of atomic glass, because the terrorists would do something really big if not stopped… i’m crying again. i think i should start a memorial thread to vix… ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-plane-crash/80850/182 "2001-09-11T14:39:52Z")
feel free to use whatever language you want. they say there may be another plane down in Pennsylvania dear god, I agree, they wont live out the year, let’s hope ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-plane-crash/80850/183 "2001-09-11T14:39:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BunnyGirl \* > Show them that when they mess with the bull, they get the horn. They don’t just get the horn. They get the whole fucking FARM. All of it. Including the goddamn nazi groundhogs and Scylla with his shotgun. I am just about as anti-death as a person can get. These fuckers do not deserve the next breath they take, any of them. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-plane-crash/80850/184 "2001-09-11T14:40:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pcubed \* > > To show you what a geek I am, my first reation to this was remembering Delenn’s “kill them all” speech that triggered the Earth-Minbari war on Babylon 5. > > It shames my liberal heart to say this, but I agree. Kill them all. No mercy, no jail time. It’s time to play hardball. \*\* I’m so totally with you. They’ve even locked down Tinker AFB in OKC. All our airports are being evacuated. They’re saying a large plane has crashed in western Penn. ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-plane-crash/80850/185 "2001-09-11T14:41:28Z")
Remember, terrorist does not necessarily mean middle eastern. Remember Oklahoma City. This is nightmarish. ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-plane-crash/80850/186 "2001-09-11T14:41:41Z")
My prayers for everyone in New York. My prayers for the world. Nothing like this has ever happened before. Only thing similar was the planned Algerian hijack and crash in Paris of an Air France plane in 1994. The French forces stormed the plane and shot the terrorists while the plane was on the tarmac. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-plane-crash/80850/187 "2001-09-11T14:41:42Z")
I never thought I’d hear Peter Jennings all choked up… Thousands have died, I’m sure. At the same time, I’m hearing about the wonderful job being done by emergency services in New York. I don’t know if my blessing is any good, but… **GOD BLESS YOU ALL!** ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-plane-crash/80850/188 "2001-09-11T14:42:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by saepiroth \* > \*\*i think i should start a memorial thread to vix… \*\* Easy there, saepiroth. I’m worried about her, too. But they got an awful lot of people out of those building alive, and there are more still there. There’s no way she can post, of course. But I still have high hopes that she’s OK. ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-plane-crash/80850/189 "2001-09-11T14:42:45Z")
We don’t know that anything has happened to vix and we sure as hell won’t know for awhile. There’s no sense in it just yet. I remain hopeful. ---
**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-plane-crash/80850/190 "2001-09-11T14:42:53Z")
This is surreal. I can’t believe it. And I can’t get the news. All the airports closing? All flights cancelled? Two buildings down? And I’m sitting here talking to someone about a stupid password? My home phone line is busy and I need to talk to someone! ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-plane-crash/80850/191 "2001-09-11T14:43:08Z")
Please keep posting, everyone. I’m stuck at work. I can’t get through to any news sites. There’s no tv, no radio, and no speakers for streaming media. You’re pretty much my only news sources. I can’t believe this is happening. It’s like a movie, but I’m sitting here shaking and feeling sick to my stomach. I just can’t imagine…all that loss of life. What’s going to happen now? ---
**Author:** ![that\_darn\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@that\_darn\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that_darn_cat)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-plane-crash/80850/192 "2001-09-11T14:44:29Z")
That’s near us. Pray for our freinds in Pittsburgh. Luck to all. TDC ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-plane-crash/80850/193 "2001-09-11T14:44:48Z")
Part of the Pentagon has collapsed, according to ABC. ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-plane-crash/80850/194 "2001-09-11T14:44:55Z")
**Vix** , I’m praying for you! (((((Vix))))) Anyone with any info on her, please check in! ---
**Author:** ![SterlingNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SterlingNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SterlingNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-plane-crash/80850/195 "2001-09-11T14:45:14Z")
There is something going on at Dulles Airport, but I can’t find out what it is. The scariest thing is that there isn’t a lot of information out there to be comforted with! Holy double fuckity-fuck! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-plane-crash/80850/196 "2001-09-11T14:45:16Z")
What the hell is wrong with you people! You don’t know what happened to vix or where she is. Jesus, don’t start having memorials for people you don’t know are dead. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-plane-crash/80850/197 "2001-09-11T14:46:04Z")
Guys, I’m lost for words right now… have been watching the events occur on the TV’s in the company restaurant. I hope everyone’s OK. My thoughts are with you. I’ll check back in later, take care. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-plane-crash/80850/198 "2001-09-11T14:47:25Z")
I am at work in a telco central office, 4 blocks east of the White House. Traffic is grid-locked. I just want to go home. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-plane-crash/80850/199 "2001-09-11T14:48:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\ ***Moderator’s Notes:** > I see several instances of people wishing swift and terrible vengeance on the as yet unknown assailants. While I certainly sympathize, I’d like to suggest that these comments are not productive. In fact, in the heat and confusion of this moment, those comments may be misunderstood by other members. My advice is that we all refrain from expressions of temper. Displays of such are inappropriate to the solmenity of this horrific act. Thank you. \*\* Thank you, UncleBeer. Everyone, he’s right. This is a tragedy above all others in modern history. We need to focus on the people whose lives have been forever altered by this travesty. Calmer heads will prevail. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-plane-crash/80850/200 "2001-09-11T14:48:53Z")
terrorists appear to be attacking the united states. all flights to the us are being diverted to canada. every airport in the united states has been closed for at least seven hours. The Pentagon is monitoring another possible hijacked plane. Sources fear it could be headed toward the Pentagon, which has already been attacked this morning after a small plane slammed into it. a f-16 is flying to the west of the pentagon to intercept. a 747 crashed in pennsylvania at 10-40 eastern time. the tragedy started when two planes crashed into the world trade centre in new york city just before and after 9 o’clock eastern time. one hour later the top half of the south tower of the world trade centre collapsed. at 10-30 eastern the top half of the north tower collapsed. 50-thousand people worked in the world trade centre. at 9:45 eastern time this morning fire broke out on the west side of the pentagon. witnesses say a u-s military helicopter circled the pentagon – then crashed into the army side of the building. part of the building has collapsed. there is also a fire at the state department. – and a car bomb exploded outside at 10-30 eastern time. the white house-- the capitol-- the treasury-- the pentagon were all evacuated by 10 a-m eastern time. live shot the first passenger plane flew directly into the north side of the 110-storey building at 8:45 eastern time. the plane is completely embedded in the building-- and very little of it has fallen to the ground. amazingly-- less than 20 minutes later-- a \*second \* passenger plane – which witnesses say is a d-c 3 with no markings–flew into the other tower --about 20 floors below the first crash site. cnn says one plane was an american boeing 767 from boston. the fbi is investigating reports of a plane hijacking that happened before the crashes. u-s president george bush has talked to vice president cheney and the governor of new york. he will convene a national security council meeting as soon as he gets back to washington d-c. bush has ordered government agencies to investigate these apparent terrorist attacks. cheney was assigned earlier this year to create plans to deal with domestic terrorism of exactly this kind. all airports near new york have been closed. there are two approaches to airports in the area that come within about two kilometres of the world trade center. the weather in new york is clear-- and it would be impossible to accidently fly into the trade centre. there is still no word on injuries or fatalities in the disasters. people have been able to get out of the buildings. thousands of pieces of what appeared to be office paper are drifting over brooklyn-- about five kilometres from the trade centre. the towers were attacked by bombers on february 26 1993. that attack killed six people and injured more than one-thousand. the new york stock exchange indefinitely suspended trading. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-plane-crash/80850.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-trade-center-plane-crash/80850.md?page=11)