'Seconds From Disaster: 9/11'

When I watched the documentary, “Seconds from Disaster: 9/11” I learned so much about these horrific attacks on America, and I felt a wave of emotions pass over me. On the day of September 11, 2001, I learned that Operation Vigilant Guardian was scheduled to take place. This operation was to simulate an attack coming in from the nation’s borders as an air defence exercise to make sure America was prepared for war. In the early morning hours, 5 men checked in at Boston Logan Airport for American Airlines flight 11 to Los Angeles, CA from Boston, MA. 3 of the men were actually selected for extra scrutiny during security, yet all 5 men passed through security with no incidents whatsoever.
After the half-full plane took off, the men got into the
Although this had been done, Ben Sliney and his co-workers still hadn’t put together that the American Airlines flight 11 crashed into the north tower, it was thought that it was still in the air and had lost connection. Therefore, the air force sent out two planes into the skies to search for this flight. At 9:32 a.m., American flight 77 was now off its route as well, and was heading towards Washington, D.C. Minutes later, the flight crashed into the Pentagon. After this disaster, Sliney immediately began a new order to all flights; all flights had to land at the nearest airport, regardless of their
In January 2000, two suspected Al-Qaeda activists moved to California. But, a lack of communication between intelligence agencies means that the FBI do not even know that they are in America. 14 days before 9/11, the FBI begins a man-hunt, but by then it was too little and too late. 2 hours before the attacks, 19 hijackers across the east coast of America were able to check in for their flights. A few of them were selected for extra scrutiny, but all were allowed to board, with weapons easily hidden. 32 minutes before the attack, on American Airlines flight 11, hijackers used their weapons to control the plane. 9 minutes from the disaster, the only meaningful response to the hijack was from a Boston Air Traffic controller, who immediately bypasses noble protocols and contacts the military directly. 3 minutes from the event, authorities were struggling to find American Airlines flight 11, Betty Ong was struggling to pass information to those on the ground, yet that all went nowhere. Only seconds from disaster, air force colonel Bob Marr scrambles to send two F-15 fighter jets, but it was too late. Due to the National Command Center not responding in time, four hijacked planes were crashed and killed