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(After 10:06 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Fighter Said to Fly Past Flight 93 Crash Site

2001-09-11

“Up above, a fighter jet streak[s] by,” just after Flight 93 crashes, according to ABC News. [ABC News, 9/15/2002] It isn’t clear what evidence this ABC News claim is based on. There are other accounts of a fighter or fighters in the area before the crash, mentioned previously.