General who ordered 9-11 National Guard Fighter Jets Dead in Metro Crash

[RamboLiberal]

Among the nine fatalities in yesterday's deadly subway train collision in Washington D.C. was a retired Air Force general who headed the National Guard in the nation's capital and gave the order to scramble fighter jets during the 9-11 terror attack.

At a news conference at the crash site this afternoon, Washington DC Mayor Adrian Fenty confirmed that Maj. Gen. David F. Wherley Jr. was among those killed in the crash. Also killed in the crash was his wife, Ann. Both were 62 years of age.

Prior to becoming the head of the DC Army and Air National Guard Wherley commanded the 113th Fighter Wing, based at Andrews AFB in Maryland. That Air National Guard unit provides the planes and personnel that regularly fly combat missions protecting Washington.

It was this unit that scrambled jets over Washington during the 9-11 terror attacks and received orders to shoot down any suspicious aircraft that threatened the capital.

After commanding the 113th Fighter Wing, Wherley assumed command of the DC Army and Air National Guard in July, 2003. He retired from that post about a year ago. He had been promoted to the rank of Major General in October, 2005.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2009/06/retired-general-among-metro-deaths-in-dc.html

Wonder if any DU :tinfoilhat: show up on this one.

[MadMaddie]

1. Damn shame! Our infrastructure is falling apart before our

eyes and there is not a true urgency to start replacing bridges, roads, trains, levy's, electrical grid, piping.....

[malaise]

2. Oops

Dead men tell no tales

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5908589

[RandomThoughts]

3. I would have to know the entirety of his career before commenting.

This article highlights one decision he made, and in doing that associates that one decision out of perspective.

However, with most US air cover shut down on 9/11 it was good that he got some fighters in the air on that day. However there still are far to many unanswered questions about 9/11 to be able to speak on it, without simply saying, something else was going on.

[DinahMoeHum]

4. There's a tinfoil hatter who started a thread. . .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5909321

Methinks his hat is on too tight.