Re: US military may have shot down United 93

["Andrew Hagen" <xah@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I attempted to heavily stress that this was merely a rumor. The rumor
now has been denied by the Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, to
the local Congressional Representative from Pennsylvania, John Murtha.

http://www.post-gazette.com/breaking/20010912somersetp3.asp

The American media continues to report that the crashed jet in Somerset
was a 757. The 747 story in The Independent of the UK seems to have had
little substance. It also was an interesting story, since a 747 is much
bigger than a 757.

I'm glad that both of those earlier reports were most likely false.

Andrew Hagen
xah@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

On Tue, 11 Sep 2001 16:34:10 -0500, Andrew Hagen wrote:

>This is completely a rumor.
>
>My sister who lives in Germany just told me over the phone that the
>foreign press has reported that US military jets were in the area of
>United Airlines Flight 93, the flight that was hijacked and crashed in
>western Pennsylvannia. The foreign press seems to be reporting that it
>was actually shot down by the US military jets.
>
>The American media has not reported on what caused the crash of Flight
>93, and has not speculated on air about the cause.
>
>According to The Independent (UK), the plane was not a 757 or 767, but
>a 747, much larger than the others.
>
>http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=93573
>
>If the US did shoot down that airliner, there is a good argument that
>it was necessary. Still, it would be an extremely important part of the
>unfolding story.
>
>Again, this is just a rumor so far.
>
>Andrew Hagen
>xah@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>