Where Were You...

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by justplugit

That morning around 7:30 i was walking up the stairs to take a shower
and had a sudden urge to pray for my son-in-law,
a 767 pilot leaving Kennedy at 8:00 AM that morning nonstop to LA.
While i pray for my family and friends every night, that's about it.

My wife had the TV on and as we watched the fire and smoke my daughter called
crying not knowing if Tim would be one of the planes involved..
I told my wife how i had the urge to pray as i went up stairs and she looked at me in amazement
as she had the same feeling and had prayed at the same time.

We didn't know he was safe until 11:30 when he called to say he had asked for
permission to land in ST. Louis as soon as the tower controllers had warned about
what was happening. He had to stay there for 6 days with his plane until he
could fly it home.

There is no doubt in my mind that the terrorists had looked at his flight
as a possible plane as it had the same MO as the others,
767, nonstop to the coast with a full tank, and leaving at 8:00 AM.

I don't want to freak you out, and I want to stress that this has never been officially confirmed, but there were pretty strong rumors floating about NYC in the weeks after 9/11 that a hijacking attempt was intercepted at JFK that morning. Rumor had it that the would-be hijackers were somehow challenged at security, and fled out onto the airport taxiways, and disappeared.

[nightfighter]

It was thought that a total of seventeen planes were actually targeted. And there is still a 737 that is not accounted for.....

[justplugit]

Originally Posted by Mike P

I don't want to freak you out, and I want to stress that this has never been officially confirmed, but there were pretty strong rumors floating about NYC in the weeks after 9/11 that a hijacking attempt was intercepted at JFK that morning. Rumor had it that the would-be hijackers were somehow challenged at security, and fled out onto the airport taxiways, and disappeared.

Thanks Mike, i never heard the rumor about JFK, but not ever having this kind of feeling to pray and having my wife have the same feeling about 1/2 hour before take off was incredible to both of us. He's always flying, that strong feeling never felt before, that day and that time?????

I don't pretend to have an answer, but i have always felt that they had targeted
his flight because it was the exact plane and flight time as the others.
If there were would-be hijackers that were foiled, it would go a long way in lifting
the mystery for us.

Thanks for shedding some light.

[BigBo]

Home from work recovering from hernia surgery. My daughter had just came over to the house to do some laundry and I was laying on the couch with my then 11 month old grandson. We watched in horror and I couldn't help but wonder what the future would be like for my grandson growing up in a world of global terrorism.