[Interview in the vice president's office with CNN's John King]
Word came that Flight 93 crashed in Pennsylvania. Aides frantically called the White House to find out whether a military jet had shot it down. "The vice president was a little bit ahead of us," said Eric Edelman, Cheney's national security advisor. "He said sort of softly and to nobody in particular, 'I think an act of heroism just took place on that plane.'" CNN.
Word came that Flight 93 crashed in Pennsylvania. Aides frantically called the White House to find out whether a military jet had shot it down. "The vice president was a little bit ahead of us," said Eric Edelman, Cheney's national security advisor. "He said sort of softly and to nobody in particular, 'I think an act of heroism just took place on that plane.'" CNN.
A little bit ahead? He is in an underground bunker, there is confusion everywhere, they didn't even know if our own military had shot the plane down and suddenly Cheney foresees the "let's roll" story of heroism?
There are a million things that could have happened to that plane. The least likely thing you would expect is passengers to rush the cockpit and crash the plane.
How in the world did he know in advance that would be the story? Even his own aide said, "The vice president was a little bit ahead of us". I'll say! Just following the script that had been written to follow that morning.
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