2200 acres = 3.4 square miles
Now I read that an engine was found more than 1/2 mile away and that there were other debris sites 3 and 6 miles away.
It would make sense to make a vast area a national park/memorial over the debris area if you were going to cover up the fact that the plane did not thunder into the ground while 100% intact. Most likely the plane was hit by a missile and then crashed. I remember the first reports were that 93 had been shot down, but then that was quickly taken back. I could see that after the three planes crashed, that the order would be given to take out 93 before it could hit its target. So what would be the harm in telling the truth? Wouldn't that be a real statement to the terrorists by saying if you hijack a plane and we will sacrifice the lives of those aboard to save people on the ground.
This map is interesting. I don't know how a plane would break apart over a 3 to 6 mile area from porpoising and then diving into the ground. /tin foil hat on.
Now what is interesting is that if there is a debris field at 6 mile and 3 miles and an engine a 1/2 mile from the crash site, the really interesting thing to note is the direction of the plane. It path would be in a straight line FROM Wash DC.
So here is the scenerio. three planes crash, fourth is headed to DC. Its intercepted and turned away, but now its headed to Pittsburgh. 93 is warned to turn from its flight path that is taking it directly to Pittsburgh. At six miles from crash site a fighter jet let off a gun burst, debris field one. At three miles from crash site another gun burst and another debris field. then another gun burst or missile and the plane engine falls off, banks right and crashed 1/2 mile later.
To me either story works. either it went down on its own through a passenger revolt or the govt is covering up the shoot down order.
And more
On the Sept. 16, 2001, edition of NBC's "Meet the Press," Vice President Dick Cheney
Russert: "So if the United States government became aware that a hijacked commercial airline[r] was destined for the White House or the Capitol, we would take the plane down?"
Cheney: "Yes. The president made the decision ... that if the plane would not divert ... as a last resort, our pilots were authorized to take them out. Now, people say, you know, that's a horrendous decision to make. Well, it is. You've got an airplane full of American citizens, civilians, captured by ... terrorists, headed and are you going to, in fact, shoot it down, obviously, and kill all those Americans on board?
"... It's a presidential-level decision, and the president made, I think, exactly the right call in this case, to say, I wished we'd had combat air patrol up over New York.'"
