Inside Air Force One During 9/11 

I will never get over Flight 93 and the sheer bravery and patriotism of the passengers. It was really just a small group that coordinated the whole thing. All it took was a few people learning about the planes hitting the Towers, and they just knew what they had to do.

Crazy that it was the FAA's national operations manager's (Ben Sliney) first day on the job when it happened.

12:53 there was one other plane that was allowed to fly. It was a small Learjet that had the antidote for a very highly venomous snake that bit somebody in Miami and it flew from San Diego while being escorted by two F-16s.

My grandpa was flying back from Italy on 9/11, when he was still around he told us stories of how he was diverted from New York to Halifax because he was coming in right when they shut down the airspace

I was born and raised in Sarasota and I had the honor of having that elementary teacher as one of my middle school teachers. She had retired this year and was commemorated for her calmness during the event by my principle.

I live in Brazil and I was 13 or 14 back then. I remember my school principal going classroom to classroom to tell the news as soon as our tv stations gave the news. It was a eerie day.

You know 9/11 is a crazy event when there is still videos being posted about it 23 years later and still being relevant and getting plenty of views. Please make more videos about this topic, so much mystery to uncover.

I still can't believe you're sitting in your office on a Tuesday morning. High above the city, safe as safe can be. Then suddenly there's a huge airliner coming straight at you. Or you're trapped above the impact zone. And you're basically dead already. With the only other choice to jump out. "This can't possibly be happening!", doesn't even begin to cover it.

4:57 how sad he just wanted a photo of the air force one

I remember an interview of an F15 pilot who protected the Air Force One along the way. At some point they realized that, if it came to an attack on the plane, they had one simple job: put themselves between the attacker and the president. I habe massive respect to everybody involved.

He never thought that his simple day could turn into a national matter

1:03 this segment here makes me want a full video timeline on 9/11 from neo. The way it’s presented here is fascinating.

Slight typo error at 8:30 - Dick Cheney was not the 64th VP, he was the 46th.

I'd just come into the office and was downstairs in the cafe getting a coffee when the TV in the corner window started showing the coverage of the towers. Couldn't get through to my folks because the cell network was over capacity and not connecting calls. They sent us home from work shortly afterward. It's something no one who was around for it will ever forget.

That’s insane, imagine your the president at a elementary school with children with no worries, then out of nowhere you get news that your country is under attack, and you can’t do anything about it, absolutely terrible.

President of my flight school was flying the backup 757 for Air Force One. He said they were sitting in the cockpit reading the morning papers which were printed before the attacks happened, so they had no idea what was happening. Suddenly Secret Service came and told them to get in the air ASAP. They didn't know where they were going either but ultimately they did go straight back to DC I believe. He said the most surreal thing about it all was how quiet the radios were. Usually there's constant chatter all the way along the east coast but it was just them, AF1, and the controllers

I still can't believe it took so long to get fighter escorts anywhere that day. Pretty unbelievable.

Even 20+ years later it still feels surreal to see those planes hitting the towers. Absolutely unbelievable. People often say "I remember where I was when this happened" about several events that they deem important when they really aren't in the grand scheme of things, but I do remember where I was when this happened - and I live on the other side of the world.

The part about "Angel is next" you are correct about that message being received, but the name Angel is the plane's actual name not a inside code name. Angel One and Angel Two because there are two jets and only when the president steps foot on board then it becomes Airforce One because thats his designated call sign. Any plane he boards becomes Airforce one and any helicopter he is on becomes Marine one. Thats pretty cool really!!

I remember the day that happened. I had the TV turned off and didn't know about it until an old friend told me. When I turned on my TV, I was shocked. I was so depressed about that for months. I cried and cried. Ive never felt the same, nor do I feel completely safe to this day. 😢

Get this man an HBO show or something; these videos are better than any Smithsonian documentary.

3:13 I know this is definitely not the focus of the video, but since no one else is imma point this out: The Air Force One featured in this video is a modified 747-800, as opposed to a modified 747-200B, which has a much smaller upper deck

I was a kid when this happened. Still went to school but no classes were teaching, the entire school had their tv's on watching this news unfold.

Something you forgot is those two F-16s that escorted Air Force One were unarmed they didn’t have time to arm the aircraft back then reserve bases weren’t ready, and those two pilots made the decision that if it needs to happen, they would crash their aircraft into the enemy aircraft

The way you document some of these events with such good visuals to go with it always has me so invested

Really happy to see this channel reaching its full potential.

It's amazing that as time goes on, more and more secrets unfold, even after 23 years later

Watching this on 9 11 right now is just explaining to me that this was a massive tradigy for us, rip those who died

Here’s an interesting fact about my grandpa: My grandpa an ex air traffic controller, was the air traffic controller who cleared the Air Force one for landing on 9/11.

This was one of the best videos I have ever watched, a topic that is not normally covered. Give this man a documentary show.

Love the handmade animations, makes the videos a must watch

Still clearly remember it, was 13 yrs old, i went to school and lived in brooklyn and we had a school trip to the brooklyn bridge that day, i called in sick and was super bummed out i wasnt able to go but i woke up like around 9 am to see my mom and dad in utter shock looking at the tv, luckily none of my classmates were hurt that day and and everyone made it out safely, im just so greatful i called in sick though

I was in 3rd year in my university in Ottawa, Ontario. I can never forget this day. It will forever be ingrained in my mind.

I bet the agent who informed Bush about the second plane felt really cool when he added that second line out of nowhere

Great video! My dad used to live in New York and work in the building next to the World Trade Center. when the first plane hit, he looked around and saw a HUGE fireball coming from the first tower. he still went in to work, because he also thought it was just and accident. but when the second plane hit, he ran. when we came back to the one world trade center and his old office, he cried it out. it was the first time I ever saw him actually cry, i was pretty shocked. i showed him this video and he could confirm everything that happend in this video.

Retired FDNY Firefighter here. Got off the job in 08 due to asthma from working on the pile. We lost 343 firefighters that day. And now to date we have bypassed 343 more firefighters passing from 911 related illnesses. 🙏🏻

I live in Sweden 🇸🇪. At this time we had a new office lacking only one thing. A tv antenna or cable. Internet news outlets were overloaded instantly after this event started. Sweden is 7 hours ahead of New York. So the first mentions of this happened in the early afternoon here. I was working at Ericsson the telecom company at the time and later that afternoon I was taking a flight to London for a 3 day conference. We actually did go. On a British Airways Boeing 767 3 hours delayed since 3 passengers with loaded bags were missing. It was total chaos and changes flying forever. Also during the conference they said that “of course keep your phones on!” We were glued to tvs and radio in taxis all night that day making our way to London and our hotel. On the return trip security was forever changed and everything down to a hairpin had to be left behind in plastic bags. A horrible event that still fascinates and terrifies people to this day, which probably was intended. Also sparked a lot of conspiracy theories. I will never forget 9/11 2001

Ngl you deserve to be on trending, happy you are.

i live like 25 mins from Flight 93✈️ and the memorial is amazing! also shocking and sad!😢 You can hear the voices and black box!😔

I'm hungarian and I was 13, playing counter strike, when mum told me what she sees on the tv while cooking. I briefly went to see before respawned. We had to stand for a minute in silence in history class for the victims once back in school.

All respect to civilians and emergency personnel who lost their lives or their health during or after those days trying to save as much people as possible, the world will remember you

New subscriber..... neo, this is journalism at its finest. I was at work at a local US TV station that morning - I was a tech person. And when the 2nd plane hit, I felt my knees almost buckle. Everyone knew the world had just changed in an instant. On the day, I remember feeling lost - along with everyone at work - as AF1 was in communications blackout while POTUS headed back to DC. That night, all the TV stations, even ones with no news division, had gotten last minute retransmission agreements to simulcast one of the other networks covering the event. Wall-to-wall coverage went on for at least 3 days.

I was wondering why I felt like I watched this before but turns out I’ve already watched it back in December on Nebula. I appreciate the early releases of videos on Nebula.

I was in 4th grade. I remeber watching it on the tv in the classroom. 😢 Still got several newspaper from the following day food savered!

I can't believe such a work of the Boeing 747 is such a work of art, it has a lot of history behind it from 1968 to today. Its such a shame they would retire this piece of art

9:17, the Canadian government issued a similar order for a plane approaching is airspace from international airspace. When the fighter pilots reached the offending airplane, the fighters were ordered to shoot the plane down, but the pilots on site decided to give communications another shot. Communicating by Morse code, the pilot of the passenger plane and the fighter were able to communicate, making it known the passenger airplane was experiencing a malfunction in their radio. Lucky both the fighter pilots and the pilot of the passenger jet knew Morse!

Already a banger 10 seconds in

I remember getting up for work, watching news and see this on live tv. Everyone was devastated.

The visuals, the execution, and the style of these videos tops some shows and Netflix documentaries, you earned my sub Neo!

Always a treat to see a notification for this channel

writing from my hubby's account we share: I salute the people on flight 93. I am so sorry for the loss to their family and friends. You all were so brave and we are so thankful for your selfless collaboration. I will never forget that day. Only a few years earlier because of my own family abusing me, I had tried to commit suicide to escape my family so seeing the people jump from the towers in desperation maybe thinking maybe they might have a chance, maybe not knowing how close they were or not to the ground as it was being destroyed, just knotted my stomach, twisted my heart in pain and made me cry. It still hurts my heart to see the footage. They were jumping but they were jumping because they had lives to get back to, family to live with, family who was waiting and hoping they would live. I remember my mom and I just sitting on the couch together snuggled up crying softly and singing along quietly/silently to the chorus of Alan Jackson's "Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning?" That was a beautiful song and remains a beautiful song.

Y’know, I don’t see a lot of people talking about the bravery of those on flight 93, they potentially saved the lives of hundreds of people at the cost of their own.

On 9/11 we lived in apartment buildings right near SAC Offut AFB. At first we heard the jets and went out onto the patio because we thought the base was under attack. Than we heard a larger plane and as the plane turned in to make a landing at the base I saw the seal on the plane. It was all in slow motion, and I can still see it as clear as if it had happened yesterday. Just seeing Air Force One heading to land not but 2 miles away from where I stood on that day was crazy.

Damn, cant believe i got a video this soon.

This man’s videos are always bangers.

Born and raised across the river in north Jersey. I was in my early 20’s having the time of my life taking time off from school, got a job with the town. Me and another guy were in a truck that had a radio which was tied into the PD and we started getting emergency signals…ah they’re just testing, let’s just continue picking up road debris. I will never forget how a street so busy, so many businesses and things was so eerily quiet. Then the news of a plane hitting the WTC hit but there is an airport in town with a lot of small single engine planes, so I figured someone hit an antenna or something…a few minutes later it was insanity. That night I went to a bar and you couldn’t get another body in there. It was incredible, news on every channel, ppl drinking but not drunk, everyone supportive of each other, ppl crying, ppl preparing to deploy. My ride to and from work the giant yellow brown cloud that hung in the air over that beautiful Island. We endured, regardless of all that was lost we continued. Just, with the stuff going on at our border, don’t think it can’t happen again and don’t forget a botched attempt happened before that. I’m not saying who to vote for but it’s not just ppl looking for a better life coming in. It’s people that HATE this country and all it stands for that would will try to bring us to our knees once again. Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen.

I have been down a 911 rabbit hole today, and now this happens to be newly uploaded. Well done picking the algorithm posting well.

i will never forget that day.. i was in Okinawa durring a current Typhoon..locked up in on Base.. was soo crazy..go on alert during a Typhoon..

major incidents like 9/11 can make people go nuts, (like an inside man in air force one) but gotta give it to them for being extremely cautious.

An absolutely astounding piece of historical research. Thank you so much for making this.

I thought the footage of the Air Force One in the sky was just stock footage but its actually a 3D animation with a cool VCR effect. Well done.

Really awesome video! I remember seeing this on Nebula before and always thought it's such a unique look at things happening during 9/11. By the way, just saw you've now reached over 2 million subs. As a day 1 fan, I'm really happy for you and I hope you keep making amazing content like this! 🎉

I send my condolences to all the people who died on 9/11. Never forget 😔

2:57 Just then the king felt true fear for the first time

Sir, a second neo video has hit the recommendations tab

So is anyone else bingeing 911 videos? It’s just so unbelievable I have to rewatch videos to believe this tragedy

Thankyou for making these videos this helped me with my presentation!

imagine if 9/11 happened today where everyone and their moms has a phone. thatd be wacky

I remember being a freshman in high school and watching this unfold In real time from one class to the next. Will never forget

There's an amazing documentary that goes completely indepth about this. They even interview all of the important people who were involved that day, including Bush and Cheney. Kind of crazy to see them actually talking in-depth about 9/11 since you usually get fairly surface level responses from them about things. The doc is called 9/11: Inside the President's War Room

My dad’s friend was Todd Beamer who was the man on flight 93 who tried to take the plane back. He said the famous “Let’s roll” quote

That was a wild high school morning. My mother was already scheduled to cosign me into the Marine Corps the next day. Lets say it took a little convincing and still i dont know how she did it. Bless her soul.

“Finally, I’ve been waiting for this moment for a Neo video.”

You know its a good day when neo posts!

Completely tragic event. I pray for all victims. Thank you neo, for this video.

My parents were in college when this happened and my dad remembers seeing this on TV while eating breakfast and then finding out classes were cancelled due to the scale of this event

I find it such a luxury to be able to learn history, thank you for your passion, continue to be excellent!

Wow man, incredible amount of research + detailed informative presentation. This is premium level content 👍

Congrats on the 69th (public) video on the channel. The quality of the videos is outstanding and you deserve all the subs.

I wasnt alive when this happened and I never will know what it feels like. Ive grown up in a world where airports will look through all of your private belongings and you never really feel secure in the air separated from the rest of the world. i just cant imagine what it would have been like before.

The realistic animations of AF1 were insane, almost had me fooled until I realised the slats were always extended. Your work has more Production Quality than most documentaries or TV shows in general out there.

du machst einen hervorragenden job. das hier ist die zweite doku von dir, die ich mir ansehe. i'm hooked already.

RU-vid's been recommending me this video once a day for the last few weeks. Anyone else?

I‘m 20 now and therefore wasn‘t born when all this happened but whenever I see videos about 9/11 I start crying. I‘m not even American aswell

Well done video - I enjoyed this very much!

I know you are AB testing the thumbnail, but I think the one with the side profile of the plane, with the towers in the background is a stronger thumbnail as compared to the one that you currently have on! Just my two cents.. And the content is fantastic as usual. Top job! :)

Man, watching this almost 23 years later makes me tear up. Even with alle the debates around it, nobody can deny, that this day changed everyone’s lives. There is no other event in modern history, that set into motion so many things. It’s not as present anymore, but looking back - f….

That was a banger! Thank you!

my teacher went to that school, my teacher had a photo with him. the photo was insane cause the presedent looked so rushed. it was taken right after the crash, like 5 minutes late. he locked very scared. it is as if he knew it happend in only 5 minutes. also her dad decided to not go to work at the pentagone because he was to tired because he watched friday night football, the coincidences are crazy.

As an Indian, i confirm that hearing the words "America is under attack" sends shivers down my spine.

I’ve never seen this side of the story. Amazing! Love it, keep the good work going

You make some of the best documentries on RU-vid. (In my opinion)

Truly a horrific event, God rest their souls.

I’m interested in the note-taking. Does that happen all the time, or only in certain situations? It appears that they’re taken in real time (not transcribed later from a recording), and I’m impressed with the level of detail!

Great video. Thank you for shedding some light on this topic for young people like me.

Tower 7....

I NEVER cry, but I just watched the flight 93 movie the other night and cried. They're heroes for sacrificing themselves to not let the hijackers hit the capitol.

insane editing man

I was at work that morning and still remember that call on my radio: “Unit 25 return to base.” Which was strange because I was doing critically necessary pick ups and deliveries.

Little known fact, there were USAF planes flying after they ordered all aircraft to land. I know because we shipped as well as armed all the jets on the west coast. It happened at DMAFB ( I was part of the ammo crew that helped that evening) and it was loaded with AIM-120 AMRAAMs.