something to the effect that something is going to happen in this country and you are going to want to be a supporter of the defense and intelligence budgets because we are going to need them to deter and defend the american people. we were told that a plane hit the world trade center. i thought it was an accident. then of course when the second one hit, it was not. >> sean: we all knew right away. >> sure. we were under attack. i was in my office right next to the breakfast room. the building shook, literally. we had been hit, i didn't know if it was a bomb or an aircraft. but i raced down the hall to see if i could figure out what happened to the place, because no one was communiquing anything at that stage, people were still trying to figure it out. >> sean: how close to that? >> it is a five-sided building