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MR. RUSSERT: More and more, Mr. Vice President, we’re
finding out, it appears, that the fourth plane that crashed in
Pennsylvania crashed because of some real heroism by Americans. Jeremy
Glick had received a — called his wife to say he’d been hijacked. She
informed him that two planes had struck the World Trade Center. And he
said, “I think we have to do something.”
VICE PRES. CHENEY: It’s true. I
think the Washington part of the attack was significantly interfered with.
I’m speculating. Some of this is informed speculation; some of it’s
based on some evidence. But clearly, we know the plane that crashed
outside Pittsburgh was headed for Washington. We know it was part of the
scheme. Mr. Glick and others — Mr. Burnett — were very courageous when
they made that decision, knowing that they were doomed.
MR. RUSSERT: And you’ve told his
wife that, haven’t you?
VICE PRES. CHENEY: I called Mrs.
Glick yesterday, as a matter of fact. Haven’t been able to reach Mrs.
Burnett yet, but I’m going to call her, too. And I’m sure there were
probably others on the aircraft who helped, but what they did was to foil,
I think, the attack on Washington. My guess is, speculation, that target
probably would have been the Capitol building. It’s big; it’s easy to
hit. I think one of the reasons that the White House did not get hit, I
think it turned out to be tougher to see than they had anticipated. When
you come in from the west, as American 77 did, unless you get up altitude
a ways, you can’t see the White House because the Executive Office
Building is there.
MR. RUSSERT: And Treasury on the
other side.
VICE PRES. CHENEY: Treasury on the
other side. And I’m speculating that the lack of ability to be able to
acquire it visually may, in fact, have led them to go back.
MR. RUSSERT: Gave it up as a
target...
VICE PRES. CHENEY: Yeah.
MR. RUSSERT: ...and went to the
Pentagon, which is clearly visible?
VICE PRES. CHENEY: And went to the
Pentagon instead. And speculation on my part. We’ll never know for sure.
But without question, the attack would have been much worse if it hadn’t
been for the courageous acts of those individuals on United 93. |
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