(8:35 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Attendant Sweeney Continues to Provide Updates

Flight attendant Amy Sweeney continues to describe what is happening onboard Flight 11 to Michael Woodward at Boston’s Logan Airport. At some point prior to this, she explains that flight attendants are giving injured people oxygen. They have made an announcement over the PA system asking if there is a doctor or nurse on board. Sweeney is calling from the rear of the coach section. She explains that the passengers in coach, separated by curtains from the violence in first class, are calm, believing that there is some type of medical emergency at the front of the plane. Then, at this time, the plane suddenly lurches, tilting all the way to one side, then becomes horizontal again. Then she says it begins a rapid descent. She tries to contact the cockpit again, but still gets no response. [ABC News, 7/18/2002; New York Observer, 2/15/2004]