Sept. 11, 2001. Like Pearl Harbour and the Kennedy assassination
before it, if you were alive that day you remember where you were.
Our guest today remembers where he was as well. He was at the centre
of the US command control in a sealed bunker below the White House.
Beside sat Secretary of State Dr. Condoleezza Rice and directly
behind him stood Vice President Dick Cheney. Lt. Col. Darling takes
us step by step, blow by blow throughout
all the shattering events that unfolded that day. The sheer volume
of information flooding the bunker; how they discerned what was a
real threat and had to be dealt with immediately; the real world
order to scramble two F-15s to down Flight 93 heading on a collision
course with the White House and the leaders of the free world. This
is a story that non of us have had access to before. This is
real history by a man in a command seat on the most horrible day in
recent history. This is living history; it doesn't get anymore real
than this...
Original air date: September 9, 2011
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