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Former WH Press Secretary. FOX News contributor. Yankees and Dolphins fan.

Sep 11, 2019, 6 tweets

September 11, 2001 7:59am American Airlines flight 11, with 92 people on board, takes off from Boston, MA for Los Angeles, CA.

8:14 United flight 175, with 65 people on board, takes off from Boston for Los Angeles.

8:15 I boarded my vehicle in the motorcade for the 20 minute ride to the Emma E. Booker Elementary School where President Bush was going to do an event to highlight the importance of reading. Earlier, POTUS went on a run. A reporter from bloomberg, Dick Keil, joined him.

8:19 Flight attendants aboard American flight 11 alert ground personnel that their plane has been hijacked.

8:20 American Airlines flight 77, with 64 people on board, takes off from Dulles Airport outside Washington, DC for Los Angeles.

8:25 POTUS leaves his suite at the hotel to board the motorcade.

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