United 93 Page #7

and burn toward Washington.

I need to know the ROE, sir.

Sir, what do you want me to do

when we intercept American 11?

Do we give them nines in their

nose, sir? I need to know that.

If we engage,

when do we engage?

How do we get the authority to

get... Colonel, I need to know

with these Langley birds what I'm

gonna do. Rules of engagement, sir.

Do we shoot this flight down?

How high up

do we have to go? SecDef?

Vice President?

The President has to

make the call. Yes, sir.

Sir, I need rules of

engagement. What do I do, sir?

Yes, sir. Hold on.

MCC, I'm on with

CONR right now,

requesting clarification

for rules of engagement.

Yeah.

We'll let you know

when Langley's airborne.

Yes, sir. ID type and tail. Yes, sir.

All right, thank you, sir.

We have no

shoot-down authority.

No shoot-down

authority at this time.

It is ID type and tail.

ID type and tail.

Shoot-down authority comes from the

President and the President only.

How long is it gonna take

to get that authority, sir?

Where the hell is the liaison?

Boston's stopping. Boston's

already stopped their...

Good.

You gotta work

the military on this one.

Colonel, listen. We got

a bad situation going on.

I need you to do everything you can to

get these lines of communication open.

We got at least two planes

into that goddamn building.

We got multiple situations going

on. We've given you people...

Listen, I know it's not your job to do

this, but you've gotta do what you can.

We gotta get jets on every one

of those aircraft on that board.

Are you in direct contact with the

Pentagon or are you talking to some liaison?

No, no, no,

I'm talking to them.

They understand the gravity of the situation.

I'll give you the best update I can...

No, I need action is

what I need. I understand.

I need action.

I understand.

Exactly.

And long, long quarters

with hardly any breaks.

And, yeah, it's...

You take out all

your aggression

and all your, you know,

all your sh*t for the day.

I think golf is pretty

much all I'm up for now.

Yeah? Well, not like you have

time for anything else.

You know, but you can

make time, though.

No, you're right.

You're absolutely right.

That's why I had to... I mean...

When I left school, I knew I just

had to continue rugby in some way.

So there were...

There was, like,

this league that started.

It's kind of like a city

league. It's kind of my outlet.

Would you like

anything to drink?

No. I'm fine, thank you.

Sure?

Yes.

There you are.

Thank you.

Have a nice morning.

Thank you.

Excuse me.

Here you go, sir.

Thank you, my dear.

You're welcome.

Not having breakfast?

No, thank you. I'm gonna

go to sleep in a minute.

A little early?

You wouldn't have any Scotch you

could put in there, would you?

It'd be $4.

No, I'm just kidding.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Thank you.

Care for coffee?

Oh, yes.

And, you know, you're coming

up the Jersey Turnpike.

And I'll tell you,

New York was like,

it was like Emerald City,

you know?

Yeah. Beautiful.

It was beautiful.

The sun coming up

behind the buildings.

Time for a drink,

even for dinner?

Yeah, sounds great.

We've got three kids at home, so

that's a full-time job right there.

And you wanted

the hot breakfast, right?

Everything

okay here? Good.

He's got a bomb!

He's got a bomb!

Get back! Get back!

What's going on?

Move! Don't stop! Go! Go!

Open the door. Open the

door and nobody will be hurt.

Jesus Christ. Go! Go!

Sit down and fasten

your seat belts!

Do it!

No, no.

You want to get that?

You got the aircraft?

I have the airplane.

Go! Go! Go!

Get out of here,

get out of here! Mayday!

Get out of here!

No!

Tom.

He started to scream, and somebody said,

"Get out of here, get out of here. "

No!

No! No, please, no!

Jesus Christ.

There's a guy who got stabbed.

He what?

They stabbed this guy.

In first class, they stabbed

him. It's the truth.

Who is that? There's a bomb,

there's a man with a bomb.

What? And they have stabbed a passenger.

Oh, my God!

Where's Debbie?

The men took her. They took

Debbie. They grabbed her.

Where is Debbie?

They're taking over the plane.

They took Debbie.

What?

United 93, air traffic for you is

United 1523, did you

hear somebody,

did you hear some other

aircraft on the frequency here?

F***!

Anything?

United 93, Cleveland.

Verify your altitude.

United 93, Cleveland.

How do you hear?

United 93, Cleveland.

United 93, Cleveland.

Verify your altitude.

Tom, I'm getting no response out

of a United 93. No response at all.

Ninety-three?

Correct.

All right.

Delta 1989, Cleveland Center,

Delta 1989, roger.

Hey, Tom. Delta just

called in. He sounds good.

This guy here? I don't

think it's a hijack.

He took a turn of a 330

heading. It doesn't matter.

They said he was hijacked.

They placed a phone call.

Keep working him, all

right? I'm just telling you.

I don't know if we have

one or two,

but I know he is descending

on his own without a clearance.

Wait a minute. Delta.

What about Delta?

Delta's answering. Delta's fine so far.

The only one I don't have is the United 93.

He's not responding,

and he is...

He was descending on his own.

He appears to be climbing now.

Cleveland just called.

There's a United 93,

the controller heard screams

coming from the cockpit.

Sounds like the American 11. Jesus.

This is starting to look

like a pattern.

Where was that aircraft

last known? Do you know?

Which way is he heading?

We gotta get track information

on these guys.

He was a Newark-to-San Francisco

flight. He's still on course.

All right, get all the

adjacent centers. Notify them.

In every direction.

And keep me advised

on flight 93.

Hey, Ben? Ben? Delta's fine.

He's not a hijack.

Cleveland just called.

Delta's not? Good.

Take him off the board.

Delta 1989.

Yeah. Yes, sir. Four planes.

That's all I've got.

I can't defend the whole Eastern

Seaboard with four planes.

What do you got?

Washington's on the phone. They

said they've got American 77 lost.

He just went missing, out of

Dulles. He's supposed to go to LAX.

This is another one?

What? What did she say?

American 77 coming

out of Dulles

heading west, going to LAX.

Light me up every track, guys.

What do you got?

I don't know how many more there could

be in the air, sir, but the point is this.

We've gotta get them before

they're within range of Washington.

We gotta get them

before they're 60 miles,

not gonna have a play.

We're not gonna be able

to protect the Capitol.

Come on. Come on, guys.

Answer it, please, answer.

Oh, my God, there he

is. He's on the floor.

We need something

to bandage him with.

Anybody a doctor?

Medic?

She's an EMT.

I keep trying to call the

cockpit. I can't get through.

I need you to move over.

What is going on?

Okay. Okay.

Oh, come on.

United 93, do you hear

Cleveland Center? Ident, please.

Yes, I did, 797, and we couldn't

tell what it was, either.

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