9/11 Commission Report

[jerseydevil]

I was just wondering if anyone else has gotten the 9/11 Commission Report

I purchased it at Barnes and Nobles the day it was released and initially skimmed through it. I am now reading it.

It is in narrative form - not legalese. So it's easy to read and very interesting. You can also download it - but I wanted the book.

This thread is to discuss what is in the 9/11 Commission report.

One thing I was surprised by are the number of phone calls which came from the hi-jacked planes. I knew there were several calls - but when they are laid out in the book - it shows just how many there were.

This is a call from Peter Hanson to his father Lee Hanson. Peter was on flight 175...

It's getting bad, Dad -- A stewardess was stabbed -- They seem to have knives and mace -- They said they have a bomb -- It's getting very bad on the plane -- Passengers are throwing up and getting sick -- The plane is making jerky movements -- I don't think the pilot is flying the plane -- I think we are going down -- I think they intend to go to Chicago or someplace and fly into a building -- Don't worry, Dad -- If it happens, it'll be very fast -- My God, My God.

Lee Hanson heard a woman scream when the call abruptly ended, turned on the tv and saw his son's plane fly into the south tower. This is the plane that flew right over my house as it made it's turn to attack the Twin Towers.

[BeardofPants]

Christ, it's reading things like that, that make your hair stand on end.

[Tessar]

Ugh . No way I'm buying a book like that. That's awful .

[jerseydevil]

Originally Posted by Tessar

Ugh . No way I'm buying a book like that. That's awful .

But it happened - whether it's aweful or not. The book is mostly about how the intelligence worked and so forth. I think only the first chapter deals with the planes and only the first 11 pages or so deal with what was happening on the planes.

It is extremely interesting and if you want to know what happened on that day, what led up to that day -things concerning Bin Ladin, world terrorism and the responses of America - it is a VERY informative and important book to read.

[Nerdanel]

i'd read it if i could get it.

[jerseydevil]

Originally Posted by Nerdanel

i'd read it if i could get it.

CNN has the full report which you can download for free - 9/11 commission full report. It's broken up into downloadable chapters. Although the report is over 600 pages - the narative part is only 428 pages.