Right after Taking off, They Set a Direction Directly to the Target

``How did it happen in the greatest country in the world……``

How could this simultaneous terror against the U.S. happen? By the testimony of the witnesses and the reports of the foreign newspapers, we reconstruct the incident from the beginning that the terrorists hijacked four airplanes almost at the same time.

Logan Airport in Boston, 8:00 a.m. Sep. 11. An American Airline jet 767 took off heading towards Los Angeles.

About 15 minutes later, few Arabic passengers slowly stood up.

``May I help you?``

A flight attendant stepped forward them, feeling something strange, but she was stabbed and killed with the knife of the terrorists. They rushed into the control room by threatening the flight attendants and took control of the room.

``Go to New York!``

They seemed well-disciplined and had probably prepared for a long time.

8:40 a.m. The terrorist who was threatening the pilot sighted the Statue of Liberty. He killed the pilot mercilessly and took over the control lever.

Moments later, the airplane with 92 passengers hit the North building of the World Trade Center and exploded as if it were a scene of a movie. The 110 story symbol of Manhattan was gulped in the scream of the passengers by the flame and smoke.

8:14 a.m.: Around the same time when the AA airplane was hijacked by the terrorists, another plane Boeing 767 departed from Lagan Airport heading to Los Angeles.

9:05 a.m.: The airplane of the United Airline with 65 passengers and crews was also occupied by the terrorists and straightly flew to the South building of the World Trade Center and exploded. The both building were collapsed on 9:50 a.m. and 10:29 a.m. respectively.

9 o`clock a.m.: while the entire world was watching Manhattan in New York after the first attack, the Dallas International Airport in Washington D.C….

In an airplane of the American Airline Boeing 757, some terrorists were waiting for the departure within other 64 passengers. Their target was the Pentagon.

Right after the departure, they occupied the control room and were locating the target. A woman passenger picked up her cellular phone secretly in the midst of the chaotic situation. She was Barbara Olson, a friend of Senate Hillary Clinton and the wife of Theodore Olson, the Deputy Minister of Justice. She was a well know celebrity in the U.S.

``The plane is hijacked. The terrorists are armed with knifes.``

On answering the phone call of his wife, Deputy Minister Olson called to the Hijacking Control Center of the Justice Department. He asked to his wife whether she could contact with the pilot.

``What should I tell him?``

Even before she finished her last word, the plane crashed into the Westside of the Pentagon. It was 9:40 a.m.

Around 9:58 a.m. 911 rang in the emergency center of Westmore County, Pennsylvania. One of the 45 passengers of the United Airlines Boeing 767, which was hijacked in its way to San Francisco from Newark, New York, called 911 from a lavatory to report that the plane was hijacked.

``The plane is heading down. I heard an explosion and the smoke was seen from the plane.``

The plane clashed soon into the north of Somerset County Airport, 130 km southeast from Pittsburgh. The international source reported that the plane seemed to be heading the Camp David, the villa of President Bush. Some reported that the plane was shot down by the U.S. before it committed the terrorist attack.

Hong Seong-Chul sungchul@donga.com