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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 18, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba A2 Winnipeg free press Friday june 18, 2004 deaths Allan Zoulena Margaret in 93. Bidochka Nee sow Amary widow of Harry. Crowston Ted. Degen Ted Philip 87, husband of Isabelle. Gagnon Paul m. Gibson Nee Milne Helen wife of Bill. Hallock Jamesina Mina. Harasym James. Harmel Nee Loschiavo Yolanda Lani. Harris Nee Abi Gosi Pauline 68. Johnson Emil Leo. Johnson Keith 54. To Tscheschke Michael mike92. Ledochowski Pearl 89. Lotocki Nee Dziedzic Patricia petronella93. Major Robert 69. Mcwilliams Denise 59. Morgan Nee Thorstensson Margaret Vald Ina of Vallejo calif., wife of William Bill. september 11 continued from Page a1 we have a hijacked aircraft heading towards new York and we need you Guys to we need someone to scramble some f-16s or something up there help us out said an Faa controller in Boston. Is this real world or exercise asked an official at the Northeast air defence sector. No this is not an exercise not a test came the reply. Bush a motorcade had just pulled up to the Emma e. Booker elementary school in Sarasota fla., when he was told the Trade Centre had been hit by a plane. Pilot error the president thought As he ducked into a classroom to read to second graders. In Washington Cheney had just sat Down for a meeting when an aide told him to turn on the to because a plane had struck the twin towers. Cheney wondered How the hell a plane could hit the world Trade As he watched United airlines flight 175 with 65 passengers slammed into the South Tower. It was 9 03 . Two minutes after the second plane hit in new York White House chief of staff Andrew card leaned Over and whispered into Bush sear that America is under believing he should project strength and Calm Bush remained seated for another five to seven minutes. He watched As cellphones and beepers on the reporters covering his trip began to ring. Looking Stern Bush huddled privately with aides and then delivered a Short statement. On the Short ride to air Force one he Learned that the Pentagon was hit by a third hijacked plane american airlines flight 77. Bush asked the secret service if his family was Safe. At 9 45 . He called Cheney. Sounds like we have a minor War Rattray Peter George Price. Zborowski Dorothea dora80, wife of Walter. Zitzelsberge Anna. . Classified death notices b10. lotteries pick 3 winning number yesterday was 054. Lotto 6/49 winning numbers wednesday were 4, 22, 30, 39, 46, 47. Bonus number was 49. The Jackpot of $4,000,000 was won by 2 tickets each Worth $2,000,000. There were no winners in the 5 out of 6 Bonus number category for $354,340.80. 121 winners in the 5 out of 6 category win $2,419.10 each. 6,468 winners in the 4 out of 6 category win $85.70 each. 127,417 winners in the 3 out of 6 category win $10 each. 90,847 winners in the 2 out of 6 plus Bonus number win $5 each. 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The idea was to get the president in the air As fast As possible and then decide what to do. Cheney was by this time in a Confer ence room in a secure Bunker under the White House with top aides and his wife Lynne. Fighter jets were scrambled Over Washington and new York. In a phone Call with Cheney Bush gave the jets approval to shoot Down the hijacked planes if pilots refused to alter course. At about the same time the Faa told the secret service that a fourth plane had been hijacked and was flying toward Washington. Sometime Between 10 10 and 10 15 . Cheney was told that the flight ? United airlines flight 93 with 40 aboard ? was 130 Kilometres outside of Washington. He was asked for authority to engage. Without missing a beat Cheney said yes. White House Deputy chief of staff Joshua Bolten suggested that Cheney Call the president a second time to con firm the order to shoot Down a Commer Cial Jet carrying hijackers and innocent passengers. Cheney and Bush had a two minute conversation. Bush approved the order from air Force one. The secret service did not immediately learn that flight 93 had crashed in Rural Pennsylvania at 10 03 . After passengers stormed the cockpit. When Cheney did learn the plane had disappeared from radar he mistakenly believed it had been shot Down by . Fighter jets. In fact the fighter pilots in the sky had never been Given the shoot Down order that Cheney believed he had issued. Repeatedly Between 10 14 and 10 19 . Advertising classified Mon Fri 697-7100 obituaries 7 Days 697-7384 display 697-7122 . Editorial newsroom 697-7230 newsroom fax 697-7412 photo desk 697-7304 sports desk 697-7285 entertainment 697-7234 business news 697-7235 Reader feedback 697-7293 City desk letters to the editor . Photo reprints to order reprints 697-7063. To subscribe Call ? 697-7001 outside Winnipeg 1-800-542-8900 Joanne Kelly right who lost her son in world Trade Center attack weeps during 9/11 hearing yesterday. . A lieutenant colonel at the White House relayed to the National military command Center that fighter pilots were cleared to destroy the hostile com Mercial aircraft. The order was passed Down the Chain of command at Norad. At 10 31 . Gen. Larry Arnold instructed his staff to broadcast an Alert Over the Norad Chat log. At the Northeast air defence sector in upstate new York the order caused con fusion. The Mission commander and the weapons director said they did not relay the message to the pilots Over Washington and new York because they were unsure How the pilots would or should respond. Just after the Pentagon had been hit defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld went to the parking lot to help with res Cue efforts. At 10 39 . He talked to Cheney. The vice president told him about the shoot Down order. And its my understanding that they be already taken a couple of air Craft out Cheney said. We can to con firm Rumsfeld responded. We re president up Canadian newspapers limited partnership Rudy Redekop 697-7362. Directors publisher Murdoch Davis editor Nicholas Hirst 697-7362 697-7295 director of sales and marketing Laurie Finley 697-7164 director of finance Dan Koshowski 697-7425 director of operations and technology Glenn Williams 697-7045 Canada Post sales agreement no. 0563595 recycled newsprint is used in the production of this newspaper. Please Recycle. Told that one aircraft is Down but we do not have a Pilot report that they did in fact the pilots who were in the air did to have orders to shoot and did not know of the threat from commercial air liners. I a thinking cruise missile threat from the sea said the Lead f-16 Pilot. You know you look Down and you see the Pentagon burning and i thought the bastards snuck one by us. You could to see any air planes and no one told us by 10 45 . A second set of fighter jets part of the 113th Wing of the District of Columbia air National guard was circling Washington. These jets had orders to take Down commercial planes threatening the White House or the Capi Tol building. Those orders were relayed from a secret service agent who had a phone in each ear. On one line was the White House. On the other was the guards commander Gen. David Wherley who was told of Cheney a order to destroy the planes. It remains an open question whether flight 93 would have been intercepted had it not crashed first in Pennsylvania. The hijacked plane would have arrived before that second set of jets was scrambled. Officials from Norad maintain they would have shot it Down regardless. We Are not so sure the commission report said. Yesterday Bush disputed the assertion that Al Aida terrorists weren to collaborating with Iraq a key finding of the sept. 11 commission that also discovered . Officials were totally unprepared for suicide hijackings on that terrible Day. The commissions final report is due july 26, the same Day democrats begin the National convention that will officially nominate John Kerry As Bush a rival in the nov. 2 race. ? Knight Ridder newspapers Canadian press ;