New book records harrowing stories of witnesses, officials in 9/11 attacks
The vice president gave permission to shoot down an identified hijacked commercial aircraft. "Having seen what had happened in NY and the Pentagon, you really didn’t have any choice," he explained.
Vice President Cheney with Condoleezza Rice, Karen Hughes and Mary Matalin in the President's Emergency Operations Center on September 11, 2001(photo credit: US NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
