Hey, DUers, I didn't watch the mockudrama, but if the opening showed Atta boarding the flight at BOS, he would be dead. Atta boarded in Portland, Maine. Read this from a a daily kos story.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/9/9/15017/46660<http://www.dailykos.com/s\
toryonly/2006/9/9/15017/46660>
Disney/ABC's Conservative 9/11 Fan Fiction Also Defames American
Airlines Hotlist
by Hunter
Sat Sep 09, 2006 at 02:00:17 PM CDT
Uh-oh. Disney may have to do more editing, according to AMERICAblog's
John Aravosis:
As I first noted yesterday, I have the entire "Path to 9/11" video.
Andone of the very first scenes makes it explicitly clear that
AmericanAirlines had Mohammad Atta in its grasp, warning lights flashing
on thecomputer screen, yet the airline simply blew off the threat and
helpedAtta kill 3,000 Americans.
Unfortunately, it's a total lie.
Here's what the "Path to 9/11" claims American Airlines did on
themorning of September 11. According to Disney/ABC, American Airlines
hadMohammad Atta at its ticket counter and a warning came up on the
screenwhen he tried to check in. The AA employee called a supervisor who
kindof shrugged and said, blithely, just let him through. The
firstemployee, shocked, turned to her supervisor and said, shouldn't
wesearch him? The American Airlines supervisor responds, nah, just
holdhis luggage until he boards the plane. The scene is clearly intended
tomake American Airlines look negligent.
Only problem? It never happened.
First off, Disney/ABC got the airport wrong. The warning forMohammad
Atta's ticket popped up in Portland, Maine, not at BostonLogan as the tv
show claims (this is on page 1 of the September 11Commission report).
Second, the security rules at the time said nothing about searchinga
passenger who has a "warning" pop up, they only required that thebags be
held until the passenger boarded. The Disney/ABC tv show, onthe other
hand, clearly tries to imply that American Airlines violatedthe security
rules in letting Atta go. This simply isn't true. (This isalso on page 1
of the report.)
But most importantly, Disney/ABC implicated the wrong airline.
The Portland, Maine flight in question was a U.S. Airways flight.
American Airlines didn't have squat to do with it -- and the U.S.
Airways team didn't violate the rules at all, much less through
negligence, as the 9/11 Commission report made clear.
Yeah, ABC, after slandering the Washington Post, a passel of government
officials, and now American Airlines because the "fictionalized" drama
makes events up wholesale, distorts others, and fails even the most
cursory attempts at fact checking, I can certainly see why you're so
keen on saving this piece of crap.