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“It’s extremely rare that we don’t get the recorders back. I can’t recall another domestic case in which we did not recover the recorders.”
-Ted Lopatklowicz, spokesman for the NTSB

Ted Lopatklowicz, spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board, “It’s extremely rare that we don’t get the recorders back. I can’t recall another domestic case in which we did not recover the recorders.”

“At one point I was assigned to take Federal Agents around the site to search for the black boxes from the planes. There were a total of four. We found three.”
-Nicholas DeMasi, “Behind the Scenes: Ground Zero”

It turns out that Ted’s right. Nicholas DeMasi, a firefighter who helped the recovery efforts, claims in the book, “Behind the Scenes: Ground Zero,” “At one point I was assigned to take Federal Agents around the site to search for the black boxes from the planes. There were a total of four black boxes. We found three.”

I guess it all comes down to who you’re rather believe.

FBI Director Robert Mueller said Flight 77’s data recorder provided altitude, speed, heading, and other information, but the voice recorder contained nothing useful.

FAMILIES SAY FLIGHT 93 TAPES PROVE HEROISM, by Phil Hirschkorn and David Mattingly

As for Flight 93, it was the only flight where the cockpit voice recorder was recovered. It was played for family members in April, 2002, but not before signing an agreement that they wouldn’t talk about it. They couldn’t even take notes.

THREE-MINUTE DISCREPANCY IN TAPE, by William Bunch

And for some reason, the last three minutes of the tape was unaccounted for.

Why would the 9/11 commission tell us that Flight 11 and 175’s recorders were not found? Why would Robert Mueller tell us that there is nothing interesting on Flight 77’s. What’s on the last three minutes of Flight 93’s cockpit voice recorder? These are vital questions that need to be answered.

It’s interesting to note that according to the FAA, both N591UA and N612UA, Flights 93 and 175, are still listed as valid aircraft. But Flights 11 and 77 are listed as destroyed.

Not to mention that if you look at the Bureau of Transportation’s statistics, you’ll find that Flights 11 and 77 were not even scheduled to fly on September 11.

“They’re going to kill us, we’re going to die.”
-Marion Britton, Flight 93

“The plane has been hijacked. There is a bomb on board. Call the FBI.”
-Tom Burnett, Flight 93

“It’s bad news. I need you to be happy.”
-Jeremy Glick, Flight 93

“There’s a little problem on the plane, just a little problem …”
-Lauren Grandcolas, Flight 93

“My will is in my safe, my safe is in my closet, and this is the combination …”
-Linda Gronland, Flight 93

“It’s getting very bad on the plane … the plane is making jerky movements …”
-Peter Hanson, Flight 175

“It hurts me that it’s going to be so much harder for you all than it is for me …”
-Honor Wainlo, Flight 93

“I wouldn’t joke like that. I love you. Tell the boys I love them.”
-CeeCee Lyles, Flight 93

“Ted, what can I do? What can I tell the pilot?”
-Barbara Olson, Flight 77

“We’ve been hijacked. He has an Islamic look …”
-Sandy Bradshaw, Flight 93

“They might come back here. I might have to go.”
-Brian David Sweeney, Flight 175

Next, what about the cell phone calls? For starters, the calls themselves are extremely peculiar. Most of them are only a couple of sentences long before the callers end the conversation, only to call back later.

Flight Attendant Betty Ong allegedly placed a call from Flight 11. According to the 9/11 Commission, although the conversation lasted 23 minutes, only 4-1/2 minutes was recorded.

MALE VOICE: What is your name?

BETTY ONG: Okay, my name is Betty Ong. I’m number 3 on Flight 11.

MALE VOICE: Okay.

BETTY ONG: And the cockpit is not answering their phone. And there’s somebody stabbed in business class. And there’s … we can’t breathe in business class. Somebody’s got mace or something.  Okay. Our number 1 got stabbed. Our purser is stabbed. Nobody knows who stabbed who, and we can’t even get up to business class right now cause nobody can breathe. Our number 1 is stabbed right now. And our number 5 – our first class galley flight attendant and our purser has been stabbed. And we can’t get into the cockpit, the door won’t open.

Does Miss Ong sound like a woman on a hijacked plane who is seeing people murdered right in front of her? Why is no one in the background screaming?

Flight attendant Madeline Sweeney allegedly talked to her ground manager Michael Woodward for 25 minutes. She describes four hijackers. The FBI said there were five. She said the hijackers were all in rows 9 and 10, the FAA says they were all in row 8.

THE LAST MOMENTS OF FLIGHT 11, by BBC

Near the end, she allegedly screams, “I see water and buildings. Oh my God! Oh my God!” Madeline Sweeney was a flight attendant out of Boston for 12 years. I believe she would have said something like, “I think we’re going to hit Manhattan.”

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