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On August 13th, 2002, FAA-Whistleblower (->) Michael McCormick confirmed, that "for 11 agonizing minutes on Sept. 11, New York air-traffic controllers knew that a second hijacked plane was going to hit the World Trade Center but were helpless to do anything about it, aviation officials said". Source: nypost.com/news/nationalnews/54626.htm

Disturbingly, the FAA was warned various times during 2001 on an attack with planes, sent out their own warnings and knew about the arrestment of Moussaoui,HabibZacarias. The question remained, what exactly went "wrong" on Sep11th and why did Ben Sliney of the FAA give a stand-down order? (-> FAA warnings) (See StandDown -> Ben Sliney) Maria Schiavo on the FAA-September 11th- "incompetence": (Maria Schiavo is Esq. FAA/Airline Accountability, and lawyer for 32 passengers' families from all 9/11 hijacked planes. Former Inspector General, U.S. Dept. of Transportation '90-'96. Former Assistant U.S. Attorney; Author, "Flying Blind, Flying Safe") "...in the wake of September 11, 2001, when we heard the carriers and governments alike saying, "Oh, no one could have foreseen this. No one knew that this was coming. No one knew that there was any risk like this in the world," is absolutely false...." unansweredquestions.org/transcript.php (->) Dick Cheney confirmed in an interview with Tim Russert (Meet the Press) that "the Secret Service has an arrangement with the F.A.A. They had open lines after the World Trade Center was hit" However, all airlines claimed, they haven't been warned before Sep11th. New York Air National Guard Col. Robert Marr, commander of the Northeast Defense Sector in Rome, N.Y., told the British Broadcasting Corp. that he had unarmed jets flying training missions when it became clear the terrorists intended to crash airliners into buildings. "If you had to stop an aircraft, sometimes the only way to stop an aircraft is with your own aircraft if you don't have any weapons," Marr said in an interview on the BBC program, "Clear the Skies." "It was very possible that would have been asked to give their lives themselves to try to prevent further attacks if need be." Marr said that on the morning of the attacks at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, only 14 armed planes were available to defend the U.S. mainland. Only four of those planes were patrolling the Northeast..." Source: www.nydailynews.com/news/story/14924p-14169c.html

NOTE: In June 2002 Col. Robert Marr received the "Conspicuous Service Medal", the second highest military award presented by the State of New York. Source: state.ny.us/governor/press/year02/june8_02.htm

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