[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_note d_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_live s_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_c ivilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_ be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilo t_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available ._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_Hou se_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_be cause_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fi ghters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliat ory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_ [[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_note d_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_live s_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_c 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t_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available ._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_Hou se_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_be cause_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fi ghters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliat ory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_ [[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_note d_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_live s_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_c ivilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_ be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilo t_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available ._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_Hou se_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_be cause_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fi ghters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliat ory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_ [[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_note d_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_live s_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_c ivilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_ be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilo t_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available ._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_Hou se_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_be cause_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fi ghters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliat ory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_ [[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_note d_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_live s_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_c ivilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_ be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilo t_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available ._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_Hou se_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_be cause_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fi ghters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliat ory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_ [[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_note d_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_live s_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_c 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t_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available ._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_Hou 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ghters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliat ory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_noted_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_ [[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_order_a_civilian_aircraft_shot_down."_[CNN,_10/26/99]_But_if_retaliatory_strikes_needed_to_the_authorized,_Bush_was_not_available._If_one_of_the_planes_had_to_be_shot_down_to_save_more_lives_on_the_ground,_Bush_was_not_available._Although_several_fighters_had_been_dispatched_to_defend_New_York_City,_the_pilot_of_one_of_the_planes_flying_to_catch_Flight_175_later_note d_that_it_wouldn't_have_mattered_if_he_caught_up_with_it,_because_only_Bush_could_order_a_shootdown,_and_Bush_could_not_be_reached_in_the_classroom._[Cape_Cod_Times,_8/21/02]]]]]]_[[[[Military_pilots_must_have_"permission_from_the_White_House_because_only_the_president_has_the_authority_to_o