Hurt. crews don t know how the sink roll formed. couple of lucky people. the best of the best american airlines is hiring hundreds of pilots over the next five years. casey seigel takes us inside the training center in fort worth texas with a young man who wants to fly for a very special reason. as a kid i wanted to be a police officer or pilot. for tom pilot was at the top of his list when he was growing up. it was already in his blood. i have been a part of the american airlines family for my entire life. his father proudly downed the aa uniform. until the morning our country was shaken to its core and tom s prosecutor had to give the inconceivable news. when she came to my school the only thing she could tell me was jesus called daddy home. his dad was the co pilot of american airlines flight 11 the first hijacked plane that hit
Of pilots working in here, including a very special 26-year-old. as a kid, they want to be a police officer, fireman or pilot. pilot was at the top of his list growing up. it was already in his blood. i ve been actually a part of the american airlines family for my entire life. his father, proudly dawned donned the uniform until the morning our country was shaken to its core and tom s mother had to give the inconceivable news. when she came to my school, the only thing she could tell me was that jesus called daddy home. his dad was the copilot of american airlines flight 11, the first hijacked plane to hit the world trade center. from that point forward, i decided that i want to follow in his footsteps and i want to be an american pilot. now he s walking in the same halls at the american flight
They train in these gigantic simulators you see behind me. on any given day they have dozens of pilots working and training inside them including one very special 26-year-old. as a kid you want to be a police officer, fireman or pilot. for tom pilot was at the top of his list growing up. it was part of his blood. i ve been part of the american airlines family my entire life. his father proudly donned the aa uniform until the morning our country was shaken to its core and tom s mother had to give the inconceivable news. she came to my school, the only thing she could tell me was that jesus called daddy home. his dad was copilot of american airlines flight 11, the first hijacked plane to hit the world trade center. from that point forward, i decided that i want to follow
just as military assistance was requested, controllers in boston finished reviewing the first transmission, the hijackers sent from flight 11. they, too, realized that the hijacker had more than one plane. at 9:02, a.m., new york terminal approach spotted and unidentified plane on their
the controller responsible for flight 175 was looking for the already-crashed american flight 11. he didn t notice that united 175 had now veered off course. within ten minutes of united 175 s hijacking, a third plane, american flight 77, traveling from dulles to los angeles, came under attack. steven push s wife, lisa raines, was on board. she was going on a business trip, a one-day business trip, to california. at 8:54, american 77 began deviating from its flight plan,
fighter pilots at otis air force base in massachusetts were ordered to battle stations, but they waited for neads to tell them where to go. while they stood by, american airlines flight 11 crashed into tower one of the world trade center at 8:46 a.m. i was in an elevator somewhere between the 78th and 101st floor when suddenly i felt a drop by the explosion and then felt it plummeting. the elevator burst into flame. i began to beat at the flames, burning my hands, arms and legs in the process. we have a breaking news story to tell you about. apparently a plane has just
There. reporter: i was walking to work. i looked up, there was this loud noise. the engines of the jetliner that was unusually loud. i looked up and said, man, he s really low. it turned out to be american airlines flight 11. we now know it was mohammed atta piloting the plane toward the world trade center. it seems as if not one day has gone by as we look live at this emotional and stirring ceremony that continues and has every year since the one after that. every morning it s a morning of tears and tributes for these people. a somber and solemn ceremony as they remember their loved ones, the feeling of loss tinged by
Just before 9:00 8:42. a plane crashed into the world trade center. about 3/4 of the way up. the smoke is billowing and about 18 or 20 minutes later, a second plane, a large plane we saw on tape hit the left hand power of the world trade center about halfway up. an enormous fireball and people trying to be evacuated. people were trying to get out of the first building. we have reports that there was one plane hijacked. american airlines flight 11 from boston to los angeles. that is apparently one of the planes used in this crash. there is a report on dubai television that in fact the group claiming responsibility at the democratic front, the liberation of palestine. this comes on a day when the
No alert comeing in. he is in afghanistan. it appears that this was a well-coordinated bombing or terrorist act because of the fact that two planes were used both substantial in size and they both hit the world trade center within 18 minutes of one another. a lot of planning went into this attack. let s go to jim miklaszewski. what can you tell us? to add to what andrea just said, senior officials here at the pentagon are saying they are getting information that the american airlines flight 11 after it left boston apparently was hijacked and was diverted apparently the early information was being diverted to jfk for some reason. obviously nobody knows who was
48% of you approve. 45% disapprove. so a slight plurality approve of the president s handling of terrorism. gretchen: live look now at ground zero. in less than two hours, family and friends will pay tribute to the thousands of lives lost 12 years ago today. eric shaun joins us live from lower manhattan. good morning, eric. good morning, gretchen. the first plane hit the world trade center, american airlines flight 11 flew directly over my head. it was really loud and really low and the plane was kind of banking like this when it made a turn to hit the north tower. even though that was 12 mornings ago, it sometimes seems as if not one day has passed. let s look at the awe inspiring and breath taking memorial, the twin tower cascading waterfalls. like in years past, this is the site of the somber remembrance.