Two Dozen Years
...as I saw it...
In what has become and will remain a yearly tradition. As I saw it, that afternoon in the C5F AOR, morning in America..
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In what has become and will remain a yearly tradition. As I saw it, that afternoon in the C5F AOR, morning in America..
I was the captain at a major airline, at the helm of a flight from Atlanta to Minneapolis, when the attack started.
200 miles from MSP, about to join the arrival, Air Traffic Control said, “Executive Order, you are directed to land now, nearest suitable non-military airport.” I tried to talk ATC into letting us press on to MSP, as we would be descending soon. ATC replied, “Negative, I say again, Executive Order, land now, nearest suitable non-military airport. State intentions”…and I thus initiated the inaugural service of my airline into Des Moines, Iowa.
BTW, we had no idea what was going on. ATC wouldn’t say. I thought we were at nuclear war and they were clearing the skies for the launching of Titan II missiles. I was looking for mushroom clouds on the horizon. Did not know what was happening until on the ground in DSM.
A whole lot of people have forgotten and a whole lot of them are on the side of the terrorist and say we deserved it.
What I remember most is the jumpers and the horror they experienced, the bravery of that airliner passengers who tried to fight back.
What really burned in my memory was George Bush Jr's speech about Islam being the religion of peace, That is when I knew we were going to lose that war.
I regretted voting for the jug eared texas RINO.