Remembering 9/11
Brian Birdwell Rally: Refined by Fire – An address given at a VCY Rally, March 5, 2005 by Lieutenant Colonel Brian Birdwell who was working at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. He was the sole survivor who was working in the Pentagon’s outer E-Ring between Corridors 4 and 5 which was directly in the path of American Airlines Flight 77. He shares his account on 9/11.
In My Seat: A Pilot’s Story – September 10, 2001, First Officer Steve Scheibner packed his suitcase and waited for the phone call finalizing his assignment to fly American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston to Los Angeles. The call never came. Recount the events leading up to Flight 11 and the subsequent death of Tom McGuinness in the seat that should have been filled by Steve Scheibner.
