Random question: I had forgotten how far apart in time the three attacks were. Watching the news this morning, reports indicated fighters were scrambled after the first attack. Any sense as to why they were not patrolling and possible set to intercept the rest of the planes?

Johnny Bear said:

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After the shock and horror of that day I'll never forget in the immediate days and weeks that followed how united and resolute the country was. American flags everywhere. Church attendance soared. Republicans and Democrats were united like I've never seen before or since. GWB was a great unifying POTUS during this time period as well. It was amazing. Too bad we couldn't maintain it.

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I agree. The most united I've ever seen the country. GWB did a great job early on.

Sadly, it fell apart. The Iraq debacle didn't help.

Harrison Bergeron said:

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Random question: I had forgotten how far apart in time the three attacks were. Watching the news this morning, reports indicated fighters were scrambled after the first attack. Any sense as to why they were not patrolling and possible set to intercept the rest of the planes?

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The three successful attacks happened in the space of about 45 minutes. The first two within 16 minutes.

I'm sure fighters were looking, but many planes were still in the air and the hijackers turned off the transponders. It would have been like looking for needles in a haystack.

I often wondered if Flight 93 was actually shot down, but I haven't seen any evidence for that.

Danielsjackson114 said:

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Ban Mandan from the ceremony

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This is hateful prejudice. You're blaming all Muslims for what happened, when the great majority of Muslims in the world condemned it.

At least he's showing up. Our esteemed "Best President Ever" isn't showing up because he won't get to speak.

The decent presidents are there: Bush, Clinton, Obama, and Biden.