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(8:50 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Boston Flight Control Informs NORAD that Flight 11 Has Hit WTC

2001-09-11

As soon as Boston flight controllers hear news that a plane might have hit the WTC, they know it was Flight 11. They have been tracking it continually since it began behaving erratically. It takes “several minutes” for Boston to report to NORAD that Flight 11 is responsible. [New York Times, 9/13/2001; Newhouse News Service, 1/25/2002]