Tiger Cruise Page #5

Until We Get Our Orders

From Operational Command,

We're In A Holding Pattern.

We Don't Know

Where We're Going.

Could Be Seattle,

San Diego, Honolulu...

Or We Could Be Deployed

On A Mission.

Until We Know The Full Extent

And Nature Of These Attacks,

We're Gonna Assume The Worst

And Stay On Full Alert.

We Have To Be

Ready For Battle

At A Moment's Notice.

That's Not Gonna Be Easy

With 800 Civilians On Board,

Many Of 'Em Our Own Kids.

Navy Doesn't Have

A Precedent For This.

We Cannot Allow Them

To Interfere With Our Duties.

All Of You Have To

Stay On Task.

That's The Best Thing

You Can Do

For The Loved Ones

On Board.

Excuse Me.

Excuse Me.

Excuse Me.

Joey!

Where's My Mom?

It's Ok.

I'll Stay With You.

Dad!

Maddie.

What's Going On?

Maddie, I Need You

To Stay Here

For A Little While.

Where's My Mom?

What Happened?

She's At Her Post, Son.

She'll Be With You

As Soon As She Can.

You Stay Here.

I Need To Know

Where I Can Find You.

But Tell Me What's

Going On. Dad!

...Current Report, Sir,

The Pentagon's Been Hit.

Same Way?

Yes, Sir.

If I Could Have

Your Attention, Please.

I Have To Make

An Announcement

That We All Need

To Respond To

As Intelligently

And As Calmly As Possible

Since It Will

Impact Our Lives Today,

Probably

For Many Years To Come.

We Just Received Word

A Little While Ago...

That An Orchestrated String

Of Airline Hijackings

Has Occurred.

These Planes Were Used

In A Surprise Attack

On The World Trade Center

In New York.

It Appears

The Attacks Are Continuing.

The Nation Has Gone

On Full Alert.

We Don't Know

Who's Responsible

For Them Or Why.

What We Do Know Is That

At Approximately 8 A.M.

Eastern Standard Time,

An Airliner Departed

From Boston

En Route To Los Angeles.

It Was Hijacked

Shortly After Takeoff

And Diverted To New York,

Where It Was Deliberately

Crashed Into The North Tower

Of The World Trade Center.

Almost Simultaneously,

A Second Airliner Was Hijacked,

Diverted To New York,

And Also Was Crashed,

This Time Into

The South Tower

Of The World Trade Center.

Both Of Our Towers

Are Destroyed.

The Loss Of Life

Is Expected To Be

In The Thousands.

There Are Reports

Of At Least

One Other Hijacking.

This Is An Extremely

Grave Situation

For Our Country.

Let Me Assure

All The Family Members

Of The Crew We Have

On Board With Us...

You're Gonna Be Safe.

And I Want To Say

That I Feel Proud

That Every Man And Woman

On This Ship

Is Ready And Trained

To Be Part Of Any Response

Our Nation May Decide

To Make

Against Those

Who Have Perpetrated

These Attacks.

[Quietly] Sir,

It's Now Confirmed.

A Third Airliner's

Crashed Into

The Pentagon.

All Right.

A Minimum Crew

On The Tigers.

Lieutenant Hillman

Here Will

Be Available

To Answer Any

Further Questions

You Might Have.

Lieutenant.

I'm Going To Head

For C.D.C. Before We

Head Up To The Bridge.

Dad!

Maddie, You Gotta

Stay Here, All Right?

Stay Here.

I'll Be Back.

Dad...

Tv Announcer:

Today The Crash Happened

At 9:
45 A.M. Eastern Time.

A Jet Hitting The--

Danny, Here We Are

Maybe Going

Into Battle,

And You're Busy

Making Cookies?!

It's My Job, Dad.

Just As Concerned

As Everyone Else.

Announcer:
No Estimates

From Pentagon Officials

On The Number Of Dead

And Injured.

What Did He Say?

The Federal Aviation

Administration Here

In Washington

Has Shut Down

The Nationwide...

The Pentagon Is

A Huge Place, Danny.

The Chances That

He Was Anywhere--

Your Uncle Bobby's

Fine.

I'm Sure He's Fine.

Well, Well, Do You

Think We Can Get Word

To Him Somehow?

Well, I'll Find Out.

As Soon

As I Hear Anything,

I'll Let You Know.

[Hushed Murmuring]

Oh, My God.

I'm Gonna Want An Assessment

Of All Munitions On Board,

Plus A Complete Evaluation

Of All The Jet Fuel

We've Got.

Sir, Another Plane's

Gone Down

Somewhere In Pennsylvania.

They Think It Was

Headed For Washington.

Unbelievable.

Well,

Let's Pray This Is

The Last One.

Sir, We've Just

Received Word

That The White House

Has Been Evacuated.

That's Confirmed?

Yes, Sir.

[Men Shouting Orders]

Are You Going

Up There?

I Don't Have

My Orders Yet.

Do You Think

We're Gonna

Get Attacked?

Tina, Look, The Connie

Is One Of The Safest Places

In The World Right Now.

Anybody Comes Near

This Ship, They're

Dealing With Me!

Even Grace Isn't Sure

What's Going On.

They're Just...

Flying Around On Patrol

In Case Somebody

Tries To Attack.

So, Joey, Is Your Dad

Gonna Meet You

When We Dock

In San Diego?

Yeah. He Wants To Win

The First Kiss Lottery

With Mom.

[Chuckles]

I'll Bet.

So, How Long

Was Your Mom Away

Before You Met Up

With Her In Hawaii?

I Don't Know.

A Long Time.

Same With My Dad.

Yeah. You Get

Used To It.

I Mean, That's

The Navy, Right?

What My Dad Says.

I Know.

Maddie.

Commander Dolan

Would Like You To Report

To The Mess Hall

Immediately.

Uh...Do You Mind

Watching Him?

No Problem.

All Right.

I'll Be Back.

Tv:
This Is

The Scene Right Now

From New York City.

As You Can See,

Emergency Vehicles

Going Down The Street

Of What Used To Be

A Bustling

Financial District.

I Think We Should

Go After 'Em

With Everything

We Got.

We Don't Even Know

Who Did It.

Oh, Don't

Give Me That!

We Know Exactly

Who It Is.

No, We Don't.

And Neither Do You.

[Tv Coverage Continues,

Indistinct]

Commander.

Have You Heard

Anything More

About The Pentagon?

We're Gonna

Give You Updates

As We Get Them, Sir.

Look, I Know Many Of You

Want To Get Messages Out

To Your Relatives

And Your Loved Ones.

Unfortunately,

Until Further Notice,

All Communication

To And From The Ship

Is Suspended

For Security Purposes.

For How Long?

Until Further Notice,

Sir.

My Name's Horner,

Charles Horner,

Captain,

U.S. Marine Corps,

Retired.

My Brother Is

With The Joint Chiefs

Of Staff.

He's Assigned

To The Pentagon.

Then You Should

Be Familiar

With The Command.

Might Be A Couple

Of Hours. Might Be

A Couple Of Days.

We Have

No Way Of Knowing

At This Point.

I Just Have To Get

One Message Out.

I'm Sorry, Sir,

But That Is Impossible.

Commander, I Think

Maybe You Didn't Hear Me.

Those Are Orders, Sir.

Are We Clear?

Are There

Any Other Questions?

Is There Anything

We Can Do To Help,

Commander?

Ordinarily,

These Tiger Cruises Are

Very Happy Occasions,

And This One's

Just Gonna Be

A Little Different.

So...Until Further Notice,

All The Tiger Activities,

Including Today's

Unfurling Of The Flag,

Have Been Canceled.

The Crew Won't Be Able

To Interact With You

As Much As

We Would've Liked.

We Ask

That You Honor This

And Not Interfere

With Our Duties.

We Thank You All

Very Much

For Your Cooperation.

Lieutenant.

Sir.

I Don't Want

This News

On These

Television Sets.

I Want You

To Select Some Areas

For Those People

Who Want To Watch.

Put Something Else

On For The Kids--

Some Movies

Or Something.

Yes, Sir.

Maddie, Uh...

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