From: "George Sherwood" 


"Mark"  wrote in message news:44404b66$1{at}w3....
>
> "George Sherwood"  wrote: Huh?
There was a mandated
> "clear the skies" order in place....this was a
>>> civie a/c?
>>>
>> You would have to take a close look at when the order was given.  If I
>> recall correctly it was either during the crash of Flight 93 or just
>> after.
>
> I can't recall the exact sequence timing either, but it seems highly
> likely that the two were fairly close to simultaneous. At the time the
> order was given all take-offs were halted, but I don't remember either,
> whether flights already in progress continued on to their original
> destinations or were directed to the nearest capable airport.

Flight were not allowed to continue to their destinations.  My office had
people scattered all over the country.  It was really tough to find them
all especially since we knew some (turn out to be 5) were killed.

George

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