From: "John Beamish" 

Wasn't the timing issue irrelevant?  It was the small number of passengers
aboard the early flights that made them easier to commandeer.

"Bill Lucy"  wrote in message
news:MPG.1b0224cc1d8551b3989953{at}news.barkto.com...
> In article , gmcaloon_2000
> {at}Yahoo.com says...
> > Further, if I
> > recall correctly, the impacts occurred at 8:45AM.  Dumb timing.
>
> 8:45am was the American Airlines Flight 11 impact. Flight 11 takeoff had
> been delayed 14 minutes.
>
> 9:02:54am was the United Flight 175 impact. Flight 175 takeoff had been
> delayed 16 minutes.
>
> Hmm. You may be right, Gene.
>

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