Analysis from a JHU CS Prof

Wed Sep 12 11:33:09 UTC 2001

> It takes quite a bit more than you would expect.  Something that you
> neglect to remember is that the plane that struck the Pentagon was
> initially headed directly towards the Whitehouse, then executed a
> high-speed, high-bank turn around DC, lined up on the Pentagon and managed
> to nose into it at mid-level.
I hadn't seen *any* footage at that point - I am in the UK and my normal
working day doesn't include TV sets (and of course streaming video reached
saturation and vanished long before we even knew anything was happening over
here) - and come to think of it, I *still* haven't seen any footage of the
pentagon attack. UK coverage seems limited to the second plane strike,
collapse, talking heads, rinse & repeat.....