AN AIRCRAFT HAS STRUCK THE PENTAGON.
Traveling at a high rate of speed close to the ground, the plane slammed into the building’s west side, starting a violent fire.
President Bush is at Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida, reading “My Pet Goat” to schoolchildren. White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card rushes over and whispers in his ear: “a second plane has hit the tower. America is under attack.”
President Bush is seen to consider the statement for a second, and then continue reading the book.
This is just coming in: there appears to be a major fire on the upper floors of one of the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City.
Reports claim that a small plane, either a Cessna or a private jet, accidentally flew into the tower around the 80th floor, due to either an air traffic control communications error or a malfunction on the aircraft.
The dozens of victims are in our thoughts. We will continue to monitor rescue and repair surrounding this alarming accident.