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Debunking 9/11 Myths:

About United Flight 93

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FACT: Experts on the scene tell PM that a fan
from one of the engines was recovered in a
catchment basin, downhill from the crash site.
Jeff Reinbold, the National Park Service
representative responsible for the Flight 93
National Memorial, confirms the direction and
distance from the crash site to the basin: just
over 300 yards south, which means the fan
landed in the direction the jet was traveling. "It's
not unusual for an engine to move or tumble
across the ground," says Michael K. Hynes, an
airline accident expert who investigated the
crash of TWA Flight 800 out of New York City stations: "It [Flight 93] was taken out by the Remembering 9/11:
in 1996. "When you have very high velocities, North Dakota Air Guard. I know the pilot who
500 mph or more," Hynes says, "you are talking fired those two missiles to take down 93." Reflections from Two
about 700 to 800 ft. per second. For something LetsRoll911.org, citing de Grand-Pre, identifies
to hit the ground with that kind of energy, it the pilot: "Major Rick Gibney fired two Well-Known People
would only take a few seconds to bounce up and Sidewinder missiles at the aircraft and destroyed
travel 300 yards." Numerous crash analysts it in midflight at precisely 0958."
contacted by PM concur. ~ * ~
FACT: Saying he was reluctant to fuel debate by
Indian Lake responding to unsubstantiated charges, Gibney
(a lieutenant colonel, not a major) declined to "Make use of every moment"
comment. According to Air National Guard
Claim: "Residents and workers at businesses
spokesman Master Sgt. David Somdahl, Gibney In one year we went through a gamut of
outside Shanksville, Somerset County, reported
flew an F-16 that morning--but nowhere near emotions: shock, numbness, denial,
discovering clothing, books, papers and what
Shanksville. He took off from Fargo, N.D., and
appeared to be human remains," states a vulnerability, helpfulness, reaching out,
flew to Bozeman, Mont., to pick up Ed Jacoby anxiety, and anger. Now the time has come
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article dated Sept. 13,
Jr., the director of the New York State for a deeper understanding. Shared suffering
2001. "Others reported what appeared to be
Emergency Management Office. Gibney then gives birth to compassion. Out of
crash debris floating in Indian Lake, nearly 6
miles from the immediate crash scene." flew Jacoby from Montana to Albany, N.Y., so compassion, love will be born and when love
Jacoby could coordinate 17,000 rescue workers is born there is healing. For me and my
Commenting on reports that Indian Lake
engaged in the state's response to 9/11. Jacoby family personally, September 11 was a
residents collected debris, Think AndAsk.com
confirms the day's events. "I was in Big Sky for reminder that life is fleeting, impermanent,
speculates: "On Sept. 10, 2001, a strong cold
an emergency managers meeting. Someone and uncertain. Therefore, we must make use
front pushed through the area, and behind it—
called to say an F-16 was landing in Bozeman.
winds blew northerly. Since Flight 93 crashed of every moment and nurture it with
From there we flew to Albany." Jacoby is affection, tenderness, beauty, creativity, and
west-southwest of Indian Lake, it was
outraged by the claim that Gibney shot down laughter. We have since started a daily prayer,
impossible for debris to fly perpendicular to
Flight 93. "I summarily dismiss that because Lt. which is: "Today I will nurture every
wind direction. ... The FBI lied." And the
significance of widespread debris? Theorists Col. Gibney was with me at that time. It disgusts relationship with love, compassion,
me to see this because the public is being misled. forgiveness, and understanding."
claim the plane was breaking up before it
More than anything else it disgusts me because
crashed. TheForbiddenKnowledge.com states
it brings up fears. It brings up hopes—it brings —Deepak Chopra, M.D., founder of the
bluntly: "Without a doubt, Flight 93 was shot
up all sorts of feelings, not only to the victims' Chopra Center for Wellbeing and author
down."
families but to all the individuals throughout the
country, and the world for that matter. I get
FACT: Wallace Miller, Somerset County ~*~
angry at the misinformation out there." []
coroner, tells PM no body parts were found in
Indian Lake. Human remains were confined to a
70-acre area directly surrounding the crash site. "We are all safe or none of us
Paper and tiny scraps of sheetmetal, however, are"
did land in the lake. "Very light debris will fly
into the air, because of the concussion," says I've tried to learn more about the world. I've
former National Transportation Safety Board thought more about social and economic
investigator Matthew McCormick. Indian Lake justice and how to achieve a true, lasting
is less than 1.5 miles southeast of the impact peace. I am more aware than ever that we are
crater—not 6 miles—easily within range of all in this together and that the only real
debris blasted skyward by the heat of the solutions to any problem involve kindness. It
explosion from the crash. And the wind that day is hard for me to separate September 11 from
was northwesterly, at 9 to 12 mph, which means my recent learning experiences with refugees
it was blowing from the northwest—toward from all over the world. Both have taught me
Indian Lake. the same lessons — that we are a small,
interconnected world; that we are all safe or
F-16 Pilot none of us are; that we are all well cared for
or all at risk.
Claim: In February 2004, retired Army Col.
Donn de Grand-Pre said on "The Alex Jones —Mary Pipher, clinical psychologist and
Show," a radio talk show broadcast on 42 author