we had report that the state department had been atack.e was going to be an attack on crawford. all of a sudden i'm told the plane goes down. i didn't have many details. i had the sickening feeling we may have shot down a commercial airline. then i got the details shortly thereafter. waits a difficult period. it -- it was a difficult period. it was a hard day on the families and uncertainty and -- i can imagine what it was like to have a loved one in the tower and watching the footage of what was going on. it must have been brutal. >> sean: i was a little shocked. you called it he wouldful the technology on air force one. >> i was shocked the line kept dropping. i'd be calling condi or cheney or rumsfeld and the line would drop. and plus, we were only able to get the television images as we flew over markets. you would see this kind of -- the news would be there and then would it blackout and show up again. it was very frustrating. and we overhauled air force one. now -- >> no problem. >> no problems. >> sean: you said you were powerless t

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