Still Wondering Where NORAD Was On 9/11
Friday, May 20, 2005 - 09:46 AM

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The Day – New London, CT -- May 20, 2005

We had another off-course plane in Washington, D.C., on May 11. Two United States Air Force jets were in the air within minutes and escorted the plane down. That is exactly the way the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) was set up to protect America from malicious or terrorist planes.

On Sept. 11, 2001, American Airlines Flight 11 left Logan International Airport and went off course at 8:15 a.m. and failed to follow instructions at 8:20 a.m.

At 8:45 a.m., it crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center. That's 25 minutes. American Airlines Flight 77 left Dulles Airport, Washington, just 10 minutes from Andrews Air Force Base, at 8:10 a.m. It disappeared from radar at 8:56 a.m. when the hijackers turned off the transponder. It was out of touch and off course for 46 minutes, flying to the Ohio border and back before crashing into the Pentagon at 9:40 a.m.

At 8:56 a.m., when Flight 77 went off radar, flight 11 had already crashed into the north tower of the WTC. At 9:06 a.m., United Airlines Flight 175 was the third plane to crash. It hit the south tower of the WTC.
Sequentially, this is 80 minutes of lost and off-course plane traffic.

As a result, more than 3,000 people were killed and a motive for war was announced. On Sept. 11, 2001, not one NORAD jet was dispatched until it was too late. This was the work of a few senior officials and was never investigated. This timeline and much more detailed information can be found at www.public-action.com/911/norad send.html.

I urge Americans to ask their elected officials where NORAD was on September 11, 2001, and also demand an independent investigation into the whereabouts of NORAD that day.

Douglas Bassett
Windham