T7 B13 Flights-Phone Calls Fdr- Search of FBI 302 Files for 175 77 and 93

8/14/2019 T7 B13 Flights-Phone Calls Fdr- Search of FBI 302 Files for 175 77 and 93

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TO: FileFM: John RaidtRE: Phone calls f rom aircraft hijacked on 9/11 a s per Concordance

Th e following data was derived f rom the complete set of FBI 302 files derived f rom asearch using th e following terms:SEARCH TERMS:

phone call AND flight AND 175/77/93 phone ANDcall AND flight AND 175/77/93 cell phone AND flight AND 175/77/93 cell ANDcall AND flight AND 175/77/93

* Each flight number listed in the last field was checked independently** Fo r some od d reason inputting 11 in the flight number field would search and return175 instead of 11. Need to check with FBI on this.DATA POINTS:Eight data points fo r each phone call:

A. From whom to whomB. Type o f call: cell o r airphoneC. conversation o r messageD. Time and duration o f callE. What information was sharedF. was the call tape recordedG. 302 referenceH. Notes regarding anomalies, questions and required follow-up

UA FLIGHT 93A) Passenger Linda Gronlund to her sister Elsa StrongB)??C) Message left on VoicemailD) 9:47 lasting o ne minute according to time stamp o n message machineE) According to Elsa's FB I Interview, Linda 's message said "aircraft was beinghijacked by terrorist and they had a bomb.,.The terrorist also stated that theyhad already taken down th e World Trade Center" According to anotherwitness Elsa told them that Linda ha d said: "The terrorists repeated that theywere all to be killed and that th e pilot had redirected th e plane. The terroriststold them that th e plane was going to the White House."


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F) Phone call was recorded by Elsa.G) 265A-NY-280350-302-4080 and 265A-NY-280350-302-1123.H) NOTES: NEED THE TRANSCRIPT AND CONFIRM TIME/DURATION.W E NEED TO RECONCILE THE TAPE WITH THE DIFFERING ACCOUNTS(ELSA's 302 AND THE 302 OF HER SISTER-IN-LAW).

2. A) Passenger Mark Bingham calls bis aunt Kathleen Brady Hoglan and hismother Alice Hoglan (at the same number: 408 741 8029).B) GTE AirphoneC) ConversationD) Time: 9:44 a.m. according to Alice who looked at the clock as she ran to thephone/Duration: was estimated by Alice and Kathleen to be three minutes.E) According to Kathleen and Alice, Bingham said: "I'm on United Airlines,Flight 93 , It's being hijacked...theplane's been taken over by three guys. Theysay they have a bomb." As related to FBI from Kathleen and Alice.F) No tape mentioned in 302.G) 265A-NY-280350-302-4069; 265A-NY-280350-302-63761

H) NOTES: CONFIRM TIME AND DURATION OF CALL WITH CELL PHONERECORD3. A) Passenger Marion Britton called her boyfriend Fred Fiumano

B) Borrowed Cell Phone (718) 805 0388C) ConversationD) Time: Between 9:30-9:45E) According to Fiumano, Britton told him that "herplane was hijacked...thehijackers had cut two passengers throats...she knew that tw o planes hadcrashed into th e WTC."F) No tape mentioned in 302G) 265A-NY-280350-302-25306

H) NOTES: CONFIRM TIME AND DURATION OF CALL WITH CELLPHONE RECORD.4. A) Passenger Ed Wort (SPELLING) calls John Shaw, telecommunicationsofficer (911) for the Department of Public Safety 911, Westmoreland County,Pennsylvania. Wort is calling from bathroom aboard plane.

B) Cell Phone (732) 241-6909C) ConversationD) Time: 9:57 a,m. according to Westmoreland DPS/Duration: ??E) According to the 911 officer John Shaw, Wort repeated several times that theplane was being hijacked. (38710) "he believed th e aircraft was going down,and that some sort of explosion had occurred aboard the aircraft...there waswhite smoke somewhere on theplane."( 17823)


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F) Call was recorded; Shaw m ade notes of the call (transcript of tape: 265A-NY-280350-302-4889).G) 265A-NY-280350-302-38710; 265A-NY-280350-302-17823; 265A-NY-280350-302-107608

H) NOTES: CO NFIRM SPELLING OF WO RT; REPORT OF EX PLOSION ISUNIQUE; WHA T WAS WHITE SMOKE LIKELY TO BE; FBI TOLDCOMM ISSION THEY FOUND NO TRACE OF EXPLOSIVES; CONFIRMTHAT FBI INDEED CHECKED FOR EXPLOSIVES; TRANSCRIPT OFTAPE (265A-NY-280350-302-4889) DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THEEXPLOSION OR WH ITE SMOKENEED TO RECONCILE; NEED TOGET COPY OF TAPE AND FULL TRANSCRIPT; NEED TO GET COPY OFSHAW 'S NOTES.5 . A) Passenger T odd Beamer (sitting next to a flight attendant feeding himinformation) talks with GTE airphone operator Lisa Jefferson

B) GTE airphoneC) ConversationD) Time: began at approximately 9:45 and ended at 9:36 (sic) according toJefferson(reconcile) /Duration: ??E) According to Jefferson Beamer said. " Th e airplane is about to behijacked...three individuals, tw o wielding knives, th e third with a bombstrapped to his waist with a red belt, were pre paring to take over th e flight."Jefferson said she spoke with Beamer for 7 minutes before "the two h ijackersarmed with knives entered th e cockpit, securing th e door behind them. T h ethird hijacker with th e bomb remained in the main cabin with th e passengersafter closing th e privacy curtain betwe en First Class an d Economy class" Aftera short period Beam er stated "the aircraft maneuvered erratically an d continuedto do so." He stated that "the aircraft was turning around." At 10:00 Beamersaid that "thepassengers were about to attack th e hijackers." Beamer said "thehijackers knew they were on phones an d 'didn 't seem to care.'"F) No tape indicatedG) 265A-NY-280350-302-95630; 265A-NY-280350-302-95682

H) NOTES: NEED TO CONFIRM TIME AND DURATION OF C ALL FROMGTE RECORDS; SEE IF JEFFERSON TOOK NOTES; SEE IF CALLS TOGTE OPERATORS W ERE TAPED.6. A) Unknown Male flight attendant calls his friend I [(according

to third party I ft \) cell phone

aircraft had told him "take care ofmywife..andkids,.I'm a dead man. W e 'rebeing hijnrk


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attendant's wife who had reported receiving a call from her husband aboard theflight as w ell. According to I H| [account of the wife's call was asfollows: "The Captain an d in-flight crew ha d been gathered in the back of theplane, that the captain was held by a hijacker with a blade to his neck.,.theywere go ing to Camp David... They threatened to cut the C aptain^ throat with abo x cutter if th e crew attempted to intervene....the Captain said 'I'd rather havemy throat cut.' O r something to that effect" " " * * ' : : F) No tape indicated ' 9


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H) NOTES: CONFIRM SPELLING OF CECE'S FIRST NAME; WE NEEDTO OBTAIN TAPE AND TRANSCRIPT; GET TIME AND DURATION OFCALL FROM CELL RECORDS.9. A) Phone call from Passenger Nacke to his Wife (NOTES: CALL NEVERWENT THROUGH. CALLER STARTED TO LEAVE MESSAGE BUT

GOT CUT OFF BEFORE HE COULD)10 . A) Flight attendant Sandy Bradshaw called her husband Philip

B)UNKC) ConversationD) Time: A little before 10 am according to Philip; Duration: UNKE) According to Philip, Philip told her about the WTC. Sandy stated: "...saw thehijackers carrying knives as weapons. All three of the hijackers put redheadbands on their heads as they were hijacking the plane...hijackers went upto the front of the plane.,, allpassengers and flight attendants were in the rearof the plan...the pilots were not in the back of theplane...thepassengers weregetting hot water out of the galley and were going to rush the hijackers."Toward the end o f the conversation Sandy said "Everyone is running up to FirstClass" and she hung up the phone.F) No tape indicatedG) 265A-NY-280350-302-95686

H) NOTES: THIS ACCOUNT IS AT ODDS WITH THIS THIRD HANDREPORTING ABOUT THE PILOT BEING HELD IN THE BACK OF THEAIRCRAFT WITH A KNIFE TO HIS THROAT. NEED TO CONFIRM TYPEOF CALL, TIME AND DURATION.1 1 . A) Passenger Jeremy Glick calls his mother-in-law Joanne Makely an d wifeLyzbeth. As Mr. and Mrs. Glick talk, Ms. Makely immediately calls 911 viaher cell phone.B) GTE airphone

C) ConversationD) Time: Approximately 9:30 according to Ms. Makely and Mrs. Glick (prior toWTC towers falling. Duration: approximately 15-20 minutes according to Ms.Makely and Mrs. Glick.E) Joanne immediately calls 911 via her cell phone. "Flight 93 had been hijackedby three 'Iranian-looking' males, with dark skin and bandanas...one of themales stated that he was in possession of a bomb in a red box and one wasarmed with a knife...the hijackers had herded th e passengers into th e rear o ftheplane and told them that if they did not crash into the World Trade Centerthey would blow up the plane...One of th e hijackers told th e passengers to calltheir loved ones. The three hijackers then entered the cockpit. He and fourother male passengers were contemplating "rushing" the hijackers...Jeremyreplied they did not have guns."


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F) No tape indicated for call from Glick to Makely/Glick; Makely call to 91 1should have been taped.G) 265 A-NY -280350-302-1 1722H) NOTES: TIME ON M AKELY CELL PH ONE CALL TO 911 SHOULDPLACE TIME OF PHONE CALL FROM JEREMY GLICK; DOES FBIHAVE A TAPE OF THE MAKELY 911 CALL IF SO WE NEEDTAPE/TRANSCRIPT.12. A) GTE airphonc call from passenger Wilesca Martinez to Angela Lopez.

(NOTES: DID THE FBI INTERVIEW ANGELA LOPEZ TO SEE WH ATMARTINEZ TOLD HER. SHE WAS IN PUERTO RICO WHEN THEYW E N T TO FIND HER. WE NEED INFORMATION ON THIS).

GENERAL NOTE: THIS WORK-UP OF CALLS FROM UAL 93 DOES NOTINCLUDE THE PHONE CALL TO UAL SAMC IN SAN FRANCISCO.COMM ISSION INTERVIEWED THESE INDIVIDUALS INDEPENDENTLY.AA FLIGHT 77

1 . A ) Phone call from UNK female (probably Barbara Olson) asking the AT&Toperator to connect her to I Ifprobablv Ted Olson). Before beingpatched through to the n u m b e r Barbara talked with the operator^B)UNK . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ \) ConversationD)UNK_ " " " " " . . . . . . -\. .... ....| V s passenger" had toldl_ \that "Hijackers were & fato the back of theplane andwere armed with guns and knives." ^ 9//11F) No tape indicated \... ...... ,.-:::':::::'" PersonalG) 265A-NY-280350-302-22170 ................. \:- ;: Privacy

H) NOTES; THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE FBI INTERVIEWEDAND WH AT DID SHE SAY, PARTICULARLY ABOUTTHE GUN REFERENCE; WASI FAN AT&T AIRPHQNE OPERATOROR CELL PHONE OPERATOR; WER E THESE OPERATOR CALLS TAPED;DID FBI FOLLOW -UP ON HER "GUN" REFERENCE; THE GUfr MENTION ISAT ODDS WITH TED OLSON'S ST6RY; DETERMINE IF T H E ! INUMBER WAS TED OLSON; WHAT WAS THE TIME AND DURATION OFTHIS CALL.I ISAID THE CALLER'S HUSBAND RESIDED IN DCAND WAS A "SERGEANT" (rather than SOLICITOR).9/11 FirstResponder/ FamilyPrivacy


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2. A) Flight attendant Renee May calls her parents Ronald and Nancy May \) Airphone (Renee'sC) Conversation . iD) Time: 9:12EOT according to AA airphone usage record 265A-NY-280350- I302-41864) , jE) According to Mr. and Mrs. May, Renee stated: "They were being \ . . there were six h ij

The Mays called oneof the numbers and talked toPatty Carson: | |.F) No tape indicatedG) 265A-NY-280350-302-39718

H) NOTES: GET EDT TIME OF CALL AND CONFIRM TYPE OF CALL, TIMEOFCALL AND DURATION.

3. A) Passenger Barbara Olson twice calls her husbandTed OlsonB) UNK (Barbara's cell number was 202 365-5889); A A airphone usage recordsindicate that Barbara tried to call using airphone at 9: 1 8 a.m.)C) ConversationD) Time: Approximately 9:00 a.m.according to Ted Olson; Duration: 1minuteaccording to Ted OlsonE) According to Ted,Barbara stated that "Her plane ad been hijacked. . . theyh ad knives and box cutters... hey put the passengers in the back of th e plane. "Then the call was cut off. According to Ted Olson, Barbara called back shortlyafter being cut-off and said: "pilot had announced that the plane had beenhijacked. Olson told his wife that tw o planes ha d been hijacked and hit the WTC.The call was then cut off.

F) No tape indicatedG) 265A-NY-280350-302-30777H) NOTES: SEE IF BARBARA'S CELL PHONE NUMBER HAD ANY CALLSPLACED DURING THIS TIME; WHY SO FEW CALLS FROM AA 77.


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UA FLIGHT 1751. A) Passenger Brian Sweeny contacts his mother Louise Sweeney

B) Cell phoneC) ConversationD) Time: 8:58 according to Louise who looked at her stove clock when shetook the call.E) According to Louise Sweeney: "The planes passengers were thinking ofstorming the cockpit"F) No tape recording indicatedG) 265A-NY-280350-302-46330

H) NOTES:2. A) Passenger Brian Sweeney contacts his wife Julie SweeneyB) Cell phone

C) Voicemail messageD) Time: 8:58 according to answering machine: Duration:E) "Plane had been hijacked."F) Tape recording indicatedG) 265A-NY-280350-302-46325

H) NOTES: D OES FBI HAVE TAPE/TRANSCRIPT OF THIS CALL3. A) Passenger Peter Burton Hanson twice calls his father Lee Hanson

B) UNKC) ConversationD) Time: sometime after 9:00 a.m. according to Mr. Lee Hanson; Duration:E) According to Lee Hanson , Peter Hanson stated that"/ think they've takenover the cockpit...an attendant has been stabbed...andsomeone else upfront may have been killed. The plane is making strange moves. Call UnitedAirlines." Lee Hanson hung up and called the Easton police to report theproblem. A few minutes later Peter called Lee Hanson back and stated: "It'sgetting bad, Dad...a stewardess was stabbed...they seem to have knives andmace...they said they have a bomb...It's getting very bad on theplane...passengers are throwing up and getting sick. ..the plane is makingjerky movements...1 don't' think thepilot is flying theplane. ..I think we'regoing down...I think they intend to go to Chicago or someplace and fly intoa building."F) No tape recording indicated, but Lee Hanson's call to the Easton, CT policemight have been taped.G) 265A-NY-280350-302-9269

H) NOTES: LEE HANSON TOOK TWO SHEETS OFNOTES DURING THECALLSEE IF THE FB I HAS THESE AND REVIEW ; SEE IF CALL W ASCELL OR AIRPHONE.

T7 B13 Flights-Phone Calls Fdr- Search of FBI 302 Files for 175 77 and 93

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