source: CNN
Newly released text messages reportedly from the morning of September 11, 2001, show panicked family members trying to contact loved ones and officials frantically trying to grasp what was happening.
More than half a million messages, released by whistleblower site Wikileaks, reveal the panic, horror and pain of what happened that morning in the words of those who experienced it.
The first indication of a problem comes at 8:50 a.m., five minutes aft.er the first plane hit the World Trade Center.
Another text message references “a bomb detonation” in the World Trade Center and asks recipients of the message to report back assessments of their areas.
At 8:53 a.m. a message from the New York Police Department’s operations division mobilizes officers toward the World Trade Center, telling them to meet at Church and Vessey streets.
At 9:03 a.m. the second plane hit the World Trade Center.
“It’s a deliberate attack … a second plane just few into the second tower,” a message said 52 seconds later.
At 10:32 a.m. a Secret Service message said “ANONYMOUS CALL TO JOC REPORTING ANGEL IS TARGET” — referring to a call to the Joint Operation’s Center refering a threat made against Air Force One, which used a code name of Angel.
A message from FEMA at 12:37 p.m. notes “we have no mission statements yet.”
Posted text found here.
A message from the Secret Service’s New York field office sent conflicting messages about where agents should report.
The messages also frantically pass along reports of more attacks.
“think one more plane may have been hijacked and headed toward the capitol building…not sure.”
Wikileaks says it has verified some of the texts and says they all appear to be authentic.
Wikileaks will not say if the source was in government, law enforcement, industry or was a private citizen with the capability to intercept messages.
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