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Our video teleconference. boston center has a suspected hijacked airplane. i have put the f-15s and the air national guard base on battle stations. i said scramble them well hold them out over the water until we get the permission, if necessary. a hijacked plane we know nothing about it, dont know where. [ sirens ] >> we just had a plane crash into the world trade center. >> we have a tragic alert right now. incredible plane crash into the world trade center here at the lower tip of manhattan wi...

>> i said three words. should i have said something else? what is more to the point than "beware of cockpit intrusion". >> is that america 11 trying to call? >> they are the people who awoke september 11th living ordinary lives. >> i was in my office sitting in that chair. >> suddenly thrust into one of the most horrific days in this nations history. >> they said, we have some planes. >> nobody move. if you try to make any moves, youll endanger yourself and the airplane. >> we clearly ...

worst fire season in history gets worse by the hour. this is the worst of the worst. southeast of austin, 30,000 acres consumed, hundreds of homes destroyed, zero containment. this fire started sunday, barely 48 hours ago, and already governor rick perry calls it as mean a fire as he has ever seen and hes seen a whole lot of wildfires this year. the texas forest service counts 294 consecutive days of wildfires somewhere in the state. you see the numbers here behind me. not coincidental...

Assassination attempt. the air strikes blue apart a library and an office. videos were reduced to ruin, rubble and exposed wire all over the ground. richard engel is live for us in benghazi. whats the thinking? was this an assassination attempt? >> good morning, chris. u.s. officials tell nbc news this was not an assassination attempt, that gadhafi personally was not the target of these air strikes, but it was an attempt to degrade the libyan regime command and control sfrukt. that the raid was ...

Within 20 hours, they had mobilized 400 individuals, men and women to go, and you know the f-15 fighter jet that crashed due to a malfunctioning, these marines were able to within three hours in the middle of the night able to rescue the pilot and the libyans rescued the weapons officer. i have a nephew that flies the f-15 and i know the bravery and courage to pilot those and i think the marines did an incredible job. >> no ubt about that. i think theres no doubt about the quality of the men and...

Force to go beyond a well-defined goal. >> hours later the coalition attack begins. french warplanes strike forces near benghazi in eastern libya. from the mediterranean sea, u.s. and british navys unleash more than 100 tomahawk cruise missiles, destroying more than 20 air defense stations along libyas northern coast. >> i want to stress, however, this is just the first phase of what will likely be a multi-phase operation. >> other targets are hit. reinforced air force hang ars and military inst...

That crashed after experiencing a mechanical failure. were around an hours drive east of benghazi. >> both crewmen ejected safely from the f-15. it took more than nine aircraft, a platoon of marines and a group of friendly libyan rebels to get them back into u.s. hands. by weeks end the u.s. role in air patrols had been handed off to allies. >> some 75% of the combat air patrol missions in support of the no-fly zone are now executed by partners. on sunday that figure was less than 10%. >> but it...

>> we saw libyan fighter jet taking off that was detected by a french aircraft and with standing rules of engagement, appropriately attacked that aircraft. >> reporter: this is the ship that sent rescue teams to pick up the downed f-15 pilot. these are the two marine osprey pilots who picked him up after he and his weapons officer ejected at 22,000 feet in the dead of night. it is the first time they have told their story. how did he describe the situation? >> he was understandably a little fraz...

Rescue of a u.s. air force pilot whose f-15 crashed in libya. youre looking at the wreckage there on screen. both the pilot and his backseat weapons officer ejected safely, but they were separated on the ground. libyan rebels helped the weapons officer get back into the hands of u.s. forces, but the marines launched an all-out mission to rescue the pilot. joining us to tell us about it, marine captain eric cole. he is aboard the uss ceer sarge in the mediterranean sea. he was one of the pilots w...

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