Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story NORAD 911 Stand Down Math by Mark Elsis, MyCountryRightOrWrong.net -- Questioning September 11th 8:13:31: American Airlines Flight 11 (AA11) last transmission. 8:13:32 / 8:20: AA11 goes off course, transponder signal stops, and is hijacked. 8:36: Major Mike Snyder, confirms the FAA notified NORAD of AA11 hijacking. 8:38: Boston ATC notifies NORAD that AA11 has been hijacked. 8:39: AA11 flies directly over our top terrorist target, Indian Point nuclear stations. 8:40: FAA notifies NORAD that AA11 has been hijacked. 8:43: FAA notifies NORAD that United Airlines Flight 175 (UA175) has been hijacked. 8:46:26: AA11 impacts the North Tower of the WTC. 8:46: NORAD finally orders Otis to scramble two F-15s. Why did NORAD hold on to this vital hijacking information between 6 and 26 minutes? 8:52: Two F-15's from Otis are airborne. 9:02:54: UA175 impacts the South Tower of the WTC. NORAD says the F-15s from Otis are still 71 miles away. Their average flight speed was only 23.9% of their top speed in trying to intercept UA 175. Otis is 153 miles from WTC ñ F-15s have a top speed of 1875 MPH. Minus 71 miles left = 82 miles, covered in 11 minutes 8:52 to 9:03 ñ 60 divided by 11 = 5.45 x 82 = 447.3 MPH = 23.9%. 9:30: Three F-16s from Langley are airborne. 9:37: American Airlines Flight 77 hits the Pentagon. NORAD says the F-16s from Langley were still 105 miles and 12 minutes away. 9:49: F-16s from Langley reach Washington. Their average flight speed was only 27.4% of their top speed in trying to protect our nations capital. Langley is 130 miles from the Pentagon ñ F-16s have a top speed of 1500 MPH ñ 60 divided by 19 = 3.16 x 130 = 410.5 MPH = 27.4%. Andrews AFB has two fighter wings that are 10 miles from the Pentagon, yet they inconceivably waited till the attacks were over to get airborne. What type of a preposterous Wag the NORAD Tale is this? Source:http://www.MyCountryRightOrWrong.net/NORAD911StandDownMath.htm Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource tp89.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-02-28