Reply #45: The hijackers...

[skypilot]

...could have had lots of reasons for doing what they did and the reasons they never told us those reasons is because they are dead. Anyway, I hardly think that anyone missed the point the hijackers made: they hate America and what it stands for, in their minds, and they wanted to show us that we could be hit, and hit hard. I'm sure their reasons were even more complicated than that but, like I said, they took those reasons to the grave with them.

I'm still not convinced about this C130 thing, especially since the link you provided is now defunct and what the hell does O'Brien mean by "East Coast haze"? It was sunny and clear in the Northeastern part of the U.S. that day. It wasn't hot or humid enough to be hazy and besides I think Los Angeles, on the WEST Coast is known more for being hazy. I live on the East Coast and I'm not familiar with this famous "East Coast haze" that O'Brien mentions.

Finally, I don't think anyone has ever said that hitting lamps pole is evidence of skill. The point is that it would take alot of skill (or luck) to descend to such a low altitude while flying at high speed and NOT lose control of the aircraft and crash into the ground. I hardly think that men on a SUICIDE mission gave a damn about hitting a few lamp poles while en route to the main target--the Pentagon. Your harping about lamp poles adds nothing to this discussion. The poles were in front of them, the hijackers knocked them down. So what? Do you think they would have gone out of their way to avoid a few poles if they had been more "skilled"? These guys weren't that considerate, to say the very least. Your "point" is as vague as ever.