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Generation whose knowledge of this event is historic. how do you attempt to describe what changed in this world as a result of 9/11? >> that was really the goal of this book. so much is written, great narrative about that day. but 18 years on what i felt we needed to remember was what that day was like to live. as you were saying, what the fear, the chaos, the trauma, the confusion of that day is what we lose when we sort of look back and think of 9/11 simply as a series of facts. you know? 3,000 americans dead. four planes. twin towers, pentagon, shanksville and you begin to lose the confusio...

Everybo soucy. you've heard that this has happened before. what's your analysis? could it happen again? could it happen here in the united states? >> well, yeah, actually it could and it has. if you think back to just chicago a few short months ago when there was a fire down in the lower section of the control center, this is the concern, is that if there is a single point of failure and it's supposed to be designed not to do that, if there's a single point of failure because everything is integrated, that single point of failure has impacts that are far-reaching, as you mentioned before. it's...

Considerable investigation about this. but when you think about the fact that both pilots were probably doing exactly what they were cleared to do, and the clearance was not adequate, then you have to begin to question who is really at fault here. this huge airplane can only be flown at certain airports because it is so incredibly large by comparison with most commercial airplanes. and the ability of the air france pilot to actually see his wing tip is impossible, can't see it from the cockpit. i understand that that airplane is so large that they have to have a camera so the crew can see the ...

That both pilots were cleared. is it typical to have such a supersized jet on the same runway as a small commuter regional jet? >> well, i don't believe they were on the same runway. i believe that the air france airplane was on an approved area, taxi way, runway, whatever, and the other airplane was in a parking area more or less, not right into the parking gate, but close to it waiting for their gate to be made available. so i don't think they were on the same surface in terms of a runway or taxi way. i think they were just very close and adjacent to each other. >> i guess i was saying on th...