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Aircraft that we actually asked to help identify american. >> united 175 also had left boston bound for l.a. the crew had no idea it, too, was about to be hijacked. terry biggio and mike mccormick were focussing on the american airlines flight 11 full of fuel and headed south. >> you cant assume that the aircraft was going to do anything in new york. possibly it was going to continue south and go south to washington. >> otis air force base, cape cod, national guard fighter pilot tim duffy is abo...

>> this guy doesnt look like an arab terrorist. nobody does. >> i said three words. should i have said something else? what is more to the point than beware of cockpit intrusion. >> they are the people who awoke september 11th living ordinary lives. >> i was in my office sitting in that chair. >> reporter: suddenly thrust into one of the most horrific days in this nations history. >> they said we have some planes. we clearly had a hijack in process. >> they said be prepared to shoot do...

like an arab terrorist. nobody does. >> i said three words. should i have said something else? what is more to the point than be wear of cockpit intrusion. >> they are the people who aswoek september 11th living ordinary lives. >> i was in my office sitting in that chair. >> reporter: suddenly thrust into one of the most horrific days in this nations history. >> they said we have some planes. we clearly had a hijack in process. >> they said be prepared to shoot down the next hijack tra...

>> 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 ...

>> 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...