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Nothing immediately jumps out at me as being terribly important, but it's interesting to see how it was initially reported as a "small plane" then became a "com
by stordoff 6y ago
Nothing immediately jumps out at me as being terribly important, but it's interesting to see how it was initially reported as a "small plane" then became a "commuter type plane" and "twin eng plane", alongside various vague references to an "explosion", or a "fire", and a few speculations that it was a bomb. I've never really thought about how confusing those first few minutes must have been (I was 11 at the time, and didn't see it until after the second plane had crashed, so it was fairly obvious what had happened).
The Guardian has an article here <https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/nov/25/wikileaks-publishes-messages-9-11> https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/nov/25/wikileaks-publ... summarising it (dated 25 Nov 2009), though I might include:
> 2001-09-11 08:47:46 Arch [0901509] B ALPHA Someone just told me there was an explosion at
> [...]
> 2001-09-11 08:47:48 Arch [0901509] B ALPHA wtc....BR
in their list of defining moments, as it seems to be the first reference to the events.