Kennedy Tower ATC Recording from September 11, 2001
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- Опубликовано: 4 июн 2022
- 9/11 ATC Recording
**Timeline of events in video***
3:30: somewhere around this time mark, American Airlines Flight 11, a B767-200 hijacked out of Boston crashes into the 1 World Trade Center North Tower. The time is 846am EST
3:42: TWA Flight 3 is cleared for takeoff. 10 minutes into their flight as they're climbing southwest-bound over New Jersey the New York Air Route Traffic Control Center will alert them they are are on a near course collision with the now erratically flying hijacked United Airlines Flight 175, a B767-200 also out Boston. The time is 846am EST
6:06: Newark Controller Richard Tepper calls in reference to the plane crash into the World Trade Center. The Newark Controllers have a better view of the incident than the JFK controllers that day (reference and watch my Newark videos for a better understanding). Ironically enough just 6 minutes earlier Tepper and his fellow controllers have cleared a B757-200 United Flight 93 for takeoff servicing to San Francisco with 4 hijackers onboard This flight will be compromised nearly 40 minutes from now. The time is 850am EST
7:07: TACA Airlines Flight 580 is cleared for takeoff. 8 minutes from now as the plane is climbing through 17,000ft and talking to the N90 (New York Tracon) Liberty South Departure sector, the air traffic controller working Sector 55, controller Christopher Tucker, right over the Lib. South Departure airspace will frantically call up this sector and demand the controller to climb the TACA 580 to FL280 (28,000ft) in an effort to avoid a midair collision with the erratic and rouge Flight 175. The two planes will miss each other by several miles. The time is 851am EST
8:37: You can clearly hear other controllers in the background either notice or audibly observe the disaster unfolding in Manhattan with the North Tower. The time is 852am EST
10:03: NYPD Helicopter Recuse vehicles 14 and 6 are airborne and are requesting Class Bravo clearance to fly downtown toward the World Trade Center. Time is 853am EST
12:20: JetBlue Flight 23 is the first plane that morning on the Local Control frequency to report a plane flying into the World Trade Center. The time is 855am EST
12:43: America West Airlines Flight 193 (Cactus 193) is cleared for takeoff. Just moments later they will be under the control of ZNY ARTCC where controller Christopher Tucker will report to them the plane crash into the World Trade Center much to the shock and surprise of the pilots who at that point only thought a light plane hit the buildings with no foul. The time is 855am EST
17:18: Delta Airlines Flight 9900 is cleared for takeoff. Just moments later they'll also be taking to New York Center Sector 55 controller Christopher Tucker, who'll inquire from the pilots more visual information on the disaster happening on the ground at the Twin Towers. The time is 900am EST
17:28: Because of the erratic flying the hijackers are doing onboard Flight 175, they are cutting right through the south/southwestern and eastern departure routes out of JFK, Newark and LaGuardia. The several near misses in ZNY Sector's 55 and 42 cause the New York Center to stop and ground any airplane waiting for departure on the ground with the fixes and VOR's such as Idlewild, Breezy Point, Lanna, Biggy, Coltsneck, Robbinsville and so fourth as the departure fix until otherwise. Because of this JetBlue Flight 23, JetBlue Flight 79, and FedEx Flight 9741 are immediately grounded for takeoff. The time is 900am EST.
18:26: JetBlue Flight 17 is cleared for takeoff. A minute later they'll still be on the runway clarifying if they actually received takeoff clearance in the confusion about stopping departure fixes at 19:22. They will be the LAST flight on September 11, 2001 at Kennedy Airport to receive takeoff clearance before the shutdown of airspace at the airport. The time is 901-902am EST
20:20: The hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 flying southwest to northeast slams into the South Tower of 2 World Trade Center in Manhattan. The time is 903am EST
20:35: The controllers who've by this point have all witnessed the 2nd plane hit the towers have unanimously decided to stop all takeoffs from the field. This would wind up being a permanent decision and planes will return to the gate following this. The time is 903am EST
21:03: North American Airlines Flight 84 becomes the first plane to report on the frequency the 2nd plane crashing to the World Trade Center. The controller then announces all departures are stopped. The time is 904am EST
27:36: American Flight 587 is told to move up in sequence and follow an Airbus A-300. Exactly 8 weeks a day later they'll take off from this airport with he same controller working them and they'd crash just 4 miles off the airport killing everyone aboard due to pilot error. The time is 910am EST
29:16, American Eagle Flight 122 is the last plane to land at Kennedy following this at 30:02 the airport is officially closed. Time is 912-13am EST 
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Pretty strange listening to this. I was the Captain on Eagle Flight 031, that can be heard going into position on 31L at about the 7:30 point on the recording (our takeoff time was a couple minutes later at 0852...one of the last to depart before they stopped all traffic) ....first time I heard this since hearing it live that morning.
woww
Where did your flight land after all planes were grounded?
thank you for your safe piloting during such a chaotic and difficult time!
Wow you gotta tell us how crazy that morning was like for you as an airline pilot on 9/11 and thanks for service
@@bigjerm1631 he joined RUclips 15 years ago I think he’s legit
I was 9. I’m 30 now. I remember it like it was yesterday. If you weren’t old enough to feel it, you’ll never understand how the world changed in one day.
I'm 29, everyone was sent home from school in Philadelphia. I didn't understand the gravity of the situation at the time, but I grew to learn about it over the coming years. I eventually joined the Marine Corps because of 9/11/2001. How the individual choices of man can change the world... never forget
So crazy man. I was 7 then. I have very few memories from that time. But I remember that day. Waking up for school my dad called the house in the early morning (my parents are separated) frantically telling me to go get my mom on the phone. She didn’t want to talk to him. He told me to tell her a plane had crashed into the Twin Towers, I had never even heard of the Twin Towers back then. My mom and I just assumed some poor guy crashed his a small Cessna. Not until we were pulling into my school did we turn the radio on and realized what was happening. She dropped me off and all the teachers and parents were huddled around the TV. Throughout the day i remember the teachers becoming more and more upset, at one point crying. Us kids had trouble understanding the severity of the situation. But seeing our teacher so distraught and upset was so sad. I remember we were allowed to “play” that day instead of do work, so that way the teachers could continue to follow the coverage. Hearing we had a free day to play was exciting, but I don’t think too many kids actually enjoyed it. We were upset because our teachers were upset. Getting home, my Mom and Stepfather watched President Bush speaking on tv ,seeing pictures and videos of NYC on the news as the president spoke. I remember that day well, despite not really understanding what happened and why.
R.I.P, to all the victims.
Condolences to the victims’ family and friends, i can’t imagine the pain….and the strength it’s taken those families to go on. I hope you are all well.
I was 9 too, though on the other side of the world. Still remember I was watching tv before bed, when it suddenly switched from drama to live news of this attack. We were originally so puzzled, not understanding what’s going on, until another crash happened… it was a sleepless night
I was 44 at the time, and couldn’t believe how quickly everybody forgave and forgot.
@@BT-fl5qe your experience was very similar to my own. Upset teachers around the tv. Being in class but not really doing anything. Parents swarming at the bus stop to make sure their kids got home that night. The news. The world screeched to a halt. And then the world started again.
This woman is unbelievable, how she kept her cool I'll never know. This was going on at every airport in the country and these amazing air traffic controllers got every plane landed in a short amount of time without incident. They were among the many heroes that day.❤
Very well said. They have my most respect and admiration. They are true heroes.
In all honesty, I suspect she was so busy she did not have time to think about the situation.
@@THE-michaelmyers The ATC who spoke to Captain Sully noted that the gravity of what happeved only really hit him after he was relieved that day. He said that while he was speaking to the pilot, he was completely focused on his task and didn't even have time to think about anything else.
I assume it was similar here. I just hope this ATC didn't suffer from any trauma afterwards.
Even pilots showed major class ,what cluster mess
This reminds me of the C.F. at Temerife - terrorist attack causes massive overcrowding problem that requires creative and rapid thinking and planning to handle. Despite an awful situation, they did a great job too... until they didn't. 😞 It's not a totally fair comparison (poor facilities, degree of overcrowding, no ramp space, only one controller on the radios, you all know what happened). Later on 9/11, airports in Canada, Mexico, and elsewhere were faced with that same situation.
She was amazing. Totally in control and calm. I hope she got award, or major recognition.
Shut up
Getting featured in this RUclips video can be considered major recognition
Absolutely! This lady was incredible!
I am a bit of an ATC radio junkie, so I know that NYC ATC's are amongst the best in the world, and this lady is a fine example of that standard. Pure professionalism under intense pressure. She did not plan on having to work on the worst and best day in the history of aviation. Controllers all over the country, and the world shone that day. I had wanted from a child to be an ATC, but I stutter and was always afraid I would get under pressure and not be understood at an important moment. It is a proud and important profession.
BLESSINGS TO YA MATE !!
Me dream job, too, my friend but I went to school for it in 1005 during a hiring freeze and never got hired. Now, they can't recruit them fast enough.
@@Matt-mo8sl Did they have planes in 1005?
@@Bob31415 Good one. They had bats in 1005! I meant 1995.
@@Matt-mo8sl Lol. I know. I was kidding. Thanks for being good natured about it.🙂🙂
Thank you for this audio I am a Retired NYPD Police Detective and responded to the WTC that day. Lost my cousin and many friends that day and the years that followed to cancer. Thank you again for posting this 🇺🇸⚖️
Thank you for your service, and I’m sorry for your losses on that horrible day.
Thank you isn’t enough. God bless you and yours.
Thank you for everything Sir ❤
Do you think the Nicholas Cage movie World Trade Center accurately portrayed the NYPD? I loved the movie.
@@moorek1967 wasn’t he with port authority in that movie? I don’t know the difference. They are all hero’s. I give to Tunnels for Towers andI know his brother who died was with port authority. I honestly don’t know what port authority is compared to a firefighter or any first responders. That day will be with me forever. Scariest time of my life. I literally thought we were at war. Kinda feel that scary feeling is all around our country right now not knowing who my enemy is honestly. My government or another country. My Government is where I’m watching right now. Bad energy everywhere.
20:22 A Male Air Traffic Control Worker can be heard yelling " many ATC workers are likely looking up at the towers. This is the moment Flight 175 hits the South Tower killing more innocent lives.
20:30 Female Air Traffic Control in background can be heard saying something along the lines of "The other towers gone here! Oh!"
20:34 The Air Traffic Control Worker talking can be here'd saying goodbye trying to be polite but also in a hurry to see what happened as panic spreads through the ATC Tower. She also says to stops all departures.
21:05 As ATC communicates the North American Airlines Flight 84, the pilot says "Uh, roger that north American-84, we saw 'em hit the second one." referring to the 2nd plane that just hit the South Tower.
22:22 An aircraft communicates with ATC saying "Smokes coming out of the tower there?" in which ATC reply "Yeah, there is something strange going on over there today.." The pilot than goes on to say "Uh, to those who didn't see it.. there was a big fireball over there a moment ago and now both buildings appear to be on fire. Originally it was only the right building.. the north building was on fire.." The ATC replies "Yeah that is correct.."
Terrifying stuff
The professionalism displayed here is amazing. Her calm and cool demeanor in the face of everything that's is going on, and her control of the situation is incredible. I imagine it had to be absolute chaos on the ground there. Also, the understanding on the pilots' part is incredible.
@D R so you go through youtube, anything 9/11 posting random conspiracy nonsense?
I guess everyone needs some hobby.
@D R I can’t believe 9/11 “truthers” still exist, y’all have been proven wrong EXTENSIVELY
Yes, I'm just amazed at this woman!
None of the atc in the tower really understood what happened til way later other than a few other atc people between boston and NJ... only news JFK got in a timely fashion was when the FAA shut down all departures
She is so remarkable during all of this.
Let me just say, whoever this lady is, this should be required training for call controllers. Not just for air traffic control but any control room. I could tell you now that as someone who trained call controllers for an alarm control center in South Africa (which is pretty busy), this lady would not only be an asset to any control room, she would probably be running it! Her professionalism prior to and during the emergency, being able to handle so many people at once, keeping her cool and her friendly demeanor in general is exemplary!
She's so polite, organized, has her s**t together. I want to be her friend now. LOL.
She's a hero
Oh shut up
Likewise you might listen to the FDNY Manhattan dispatch 9/11 tape (on RUclips.) Very solid operator under terrible conditions.
@@kenmeinken8115 just Listened to over 4 hrs of that recording and I am floored that he kept so much straight and together. The absolute steel he had during that whole recording was amazing.
I can't imagine what this woman felt and said to her family/friends when she finally got home that day, She was so professional, on point-and responsible in carrying out her job with the same calmness and skill as on any other day.
She probably broke down...she's only human, after all.
Perhaps this is one reason why there are so very few (none?) ATC's that retire after a full lifetime career of being on the job in the tower directing millions of flying people safely. The incredible level of personal control and wealth of knowledge of their critical work must fry the life out of them.
This woman certainly still carries this day with her, regardless of where she is. This admirable woman's service was far above and beyond on that day and it is amazing to hear her!!!!!
@@lonnarheajthat and I imagine they get great job offers, imagine having even 5 years ATC exp on your resume. Talk about cool under pressure haha
At 30:00: "Go ahead with your priority message please." "Two confirmed commercial airliners into the World Trade Center, terrorist activity suspected." Even today that gave me goosebumps.
Cringe
@@ToyotaNutjob ???
WOWWWWW
I've worked in EMS and as a nurse. The calm, decisive, knowledgeable, cooperative, friendly and professional demeanour of the lady in charge is an inspiring example of how to handle a critical incident.
Thx for the service
First relevant communication at about 6:00
10:08 "We got a plane into the building."
12:24 "Got a live TV report that says a plane hit the World Trade Center."
20:22 You can hear commotion in the background; UA175 has struck the south tower. The ground stop order comes soon after.
30:03 Message from Rescue regarding shutdown of all activities at all NYC-area airports.
I'm just going to echo the sentiments of many others here. This controller was outstanding. Professional, courteous, remained in good spirits throughout the ordeal and completely in control of everything. An absolute case study in how to conduct yourself in such a profession. Bravo.
This ATC was a superstar! She didn't miss a beat. Calm, cool & collect moving all those planes around like a BOSS!!
Oh shut up
Women CAN do anything…especially enduring pressure….
I really hope this ATC was OK after all this.
The stress had to touch her after she went home. My utmost thanks to her and all the other ATCs and first responders
She may not have been able to get home that day. Lots of roads were closed later on.
It touched everyone that day. Can’t imagine having been involved.
Maybe in some way it did, but she works as an ATC for JFK where flights come in from not just around the world but maybe from other planets. Stress is probably in the job description.
You could hear the pilot's voices start to take on a different timbre about 13 or so minutes into this. You can hear the concern going on, as the minutes unfolded. Totally professional but you could hear it. Almost read their thoughts of trying to fly the aircraft and process what the heck was going on! Hats off to all who flew that day and who were in the towers and the regional centers. They got it done.
The one guys asking if they were missing a plane early on...he had a suspicion. Must've been terrifying as a pilot.
Hearing American 587 at 27:40 is kind of eerie considering the accident that happened a few months later. Bravo to the professionalism displayed here by both the flight crews and JFK tower. Couldn’t imagine the stress they were feeling.
Probably one of the most overshadowed disasters because of this
@@worldsgreatestdude1784 I remember it, only because we were afraid it was another attack
@@TheMarychinoCherry I was born in 04 so I don’t remember it
20:21 I'm amazed she kept her composure right then. You can hear everybody in the background start to lose it.
She honestly deserves recognition for being so in control at that point.
I totally agree
My uncle was a tower controller back in 80s and he expressed the same sentiment. In his words "You get trained to keep calm and make sure you can help everyone get grounded safely but this chick takes the cake." Deep breaths and focus on your tasks I guess man...she is definitely a hell of a trooper though.
@@thecomedypilot5894 Handling air traffic means the lives of the people in the planes under your purview are partly in your hands. You *NEED* to keep your composure and handle your business without getting emotional regardless of what happens. Just because she didn't gasp and lose focus of her vital work doesn't mean she didn't care about the people in the towers.
What did you want her to do? Did you want her to call all the planes in the air and tell them they're on their own because she wants to go stare out the window and gasp now? Would that have saved any lives in the towers if she gave them her full attention versus giving it to the people who's lives she was currently responsible for?
Please, take your underdeveloped head out of your ass before you put your foot in your mouth, because nobody's entertained by this game of idiot Twister you're playing.
@@thecomedypilot5894 Calm, quite, professionalism is impressive in times of panic. She got planes on the ground safely while keeping her emotions in check and that is impressive. As a Marine Corpsman once told me "Tears and screaming don't stop a bleed out, TQs and pack gauze work much better."
@@thecomedypilot5894 To each their own I suppose. ATC is, in my opinion, a job that holds numerus lives in their hands. She could have lost her cool thinking about all the people that died and started clearing landings to unclear runways, causing more deaths. Instead, she bottles that up and keeps guiding planes to safety.
I think what's hard for young folks to understand is that it was not immediately obvious that what had happened was an attack. We communicated a lot more slowly then. Cell phones were the quickest way to make contact and lots of folks didn't own one at all. It wasn't until the second tower was hit and word of the crash in Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon got onto the air that it became apparent that the whole thing was intentional.
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It probably is true but many knew immediately it was No accident. I recall walking into my construction management class and the professor was an old salty marine Vietnam Vet. I’ll never forgot the look in his eyes and what he said “We’re going to war, This is no accident!!” That was after the 2nd replay on the nbc morning show…. Local KQ radio morning show called it out almost immediately as well… this radio show from 9/11 has been saved in the Smithsonian.
I don’t believe communication speed was a factor. I was watching the news coverage live in the UK before the second plane hit. They were reporting a possible light aircraft strike on the tower. It was the moment a second plane hit that most of us knew instantly. I do remember seeing the damage to the first tower thinking, that looks like a lot of damage for it to be a Cessna.
I’ll never forget that morning. I was 17 coming back from cleaning airplanes all night at Dulles Airport and came home and my mom was freaking out watching the news saying it was an attack after the first plane. Then it hit the Pentagon where my dad works. We could not reach him…what a nightmare!He was fine since he was in the basement on the other side. Mentally not so much. But yeah my mom knew right away it was an attack and I thought she was exaggerating at the time. Yikes.
@@flymoracer I was jumping out of Cessna 172s all the time back then and had the same thought about size. But heard it first on the radio. Couldn’t get a visual till I got to school. Absolutely nuts.
Yup. I had just turned 10 a few days earlier and was getting ready for school when I heard my parents saying "oh my god..." from their bedroom. I went in to see what was going on and they were watching coverage of the first tower. I asked if it was an accident and my mom said she didn't know. Then the second plane hit and my mom said, yeah, that was no accident.
This controller is the BOSS-- Anyone who states women cannot handle stressful situations should be advised to listen to this clip. Her professionalism never faltered throughout the entire event. She played those planes under her control like a chess master!
Women can do anything they want as far as capabilities using their brain goes.. the only difference (and not always) is the mechanical strength they could produce.. Anything else is equal or sometimes even better than men.
@Misanthrope oh, sorry, are you hurt that MeToo made men accountable?
@@pinlight97 Has it?
Let's refrain from referring to what a " woman" can not do,'cause lies are not useful to anyone.
That air traffic controller was INCREDIBLE!!!!! So were all the pilots she was dealing with. If she hasn't retired, and is still with the FAA, she needs to be instructing. Given what was happening, her cool headed approach to such a dynamic, fluid situation was exemplary.
Yes I agree she's so on point an articulate with her instructions. I think I commented on her yesterday and not to discredit all the other ATCs because all of them did a great job on that day she did her thing and guided those aircrafts when n where they needed to be. I really hope she got recognized for her performance on that day when her expertise was well needed and appreciated. Last n not least I hope she has the chance to instruct and teach upcoming ATC students .
What an amazing controller this lady...so polite...efficient...so professional in unbelievable circumstances.
@@MevRB19 Just because it's "her job" doesn't mean squat. People do react differently to the same situation.
Yeah she’s doing an amazing job! 👍🏻👍🏻
@@MevRB19 you have no soul
@@MevRB19 did you actually go to Moron School or are you a natural? I can imagine what *you* do for a job, assuming you have one of course. Jesus H.
Except that she couldn’t stop 9/11 cha cha cha
I remember the weather was still pretty warm and I walked outside to finish a phone call after my husband and kids went to bed. It was a clear night and as I sat on our front porch and gazed at the sky, I realized that, for the first time in my life, there were no blinking or moving lights. Not one plane in the sky, and we live near an airport. Only stars which look stationary. It was such an eerie feeling. I'll never forget that. I didn't know what might happen next to our country, but I knew this was big and bad. 😢
Same during the Pandemic, no planes in the sky for days and days, and the nights were eerily quiet too. The uncertainty of it all reminded me of 2001 all over again.
She is incredible. I hope she got some kind of award for her excellent ATC skills. 😊
Shut up
Yes, she is fantastic but all the ATC in the country , even in Canada did an excellent job to empty the sky that horrible day.
Just hearing the pilots on the recordings, I cannot imagine what it was like to be a passenger that morning. I’m sure the pilots were communicative of the situation as much as they could, but they too must have been so bewildered and terrified. God Bless all those we lost on 9/11.
The professionalism is incredible. You have to honor ATC controllers because they have nerves of steel even under pressure. At 27:40, the controller calls American 587 and asked them to move up. Tragically, that flight number went down on November 12. God bless our brothers and sisters on that flight as well as the victims and heroes at the World Trade, Pentagon and Shanksville PA.
One of its victims, Hilda Yolanda Mayol, survived the September 11 attacks having escaped from the World Trade Center of the North Tower.
For someone who watches alot of aviation disasters on RUclips...the professionalism of this lady is remarkable
This lady working air traffic control is the most amazing woman I don’t know how she kept that together like that bravo to her I hope she reads this
I dont think any pilots would of minded if there air craft was given basic call signs like John A-1 Danial A-2 ect and told to land using there best knowledge at abandoned or even black rock desert, salt flats just to get the people safe... it was just one of them days that flying laws etc wouldn't matter....
There's something immensely satisfying listening to trained professionals maintaining absolute control of a difficult situation, especially when, at the time, no one could have known the gravity of the crisis. It's chilling to think that the answer to ATC's estimation about how long the ground hold would continue would be about three days. Kudos to everyone involved in this recording!
First time I have heard Kennedy's POV of the event. Thanks for posting this.
This lady controller is beyond phenomenal. I am a retired federal agent who spent two weeks at ground zero when this happened. God bless everyone, living and deceased, involved. Hopefully (but doubtful) that's this ever happens again.
never
I was at ground zero with the rescue effort turned recovery effort, I lost many friends that day.
To paraphrase F.D.R., "This is a day that will live on in infamy."
So you’re an admitted terrorist just like the 9/11 hijackers?
That ATC is amazing. She is calm, precise, and patient. That morning was just so taxing, heartbreaking and fascinating.
I just want to say, that the utmost respect must go out to all ATC controllers… one of the hardest and most stressful jobs on the planet.
RIP to all lives lost on this dark day.
This ATC is a rock star. Took a while for her to know what was happening, but she carried on directing those pilots like a boss. Wonder if anyone knows her name?
They WILL have a record of her name especially on such a horrific day….
If you go on the National Archives site they have a time log of who worked what position that day but since they only use initials it’s hard to make out what and whom
I think she was also Controller when AA 587 went down
@@catelynstark9883 affirm
I was 34 that day. I’ll never forget how eerie it was that nonplanes were flying after that happened. Just everything stopped. The world’s attention was focused on this terrible day and for me it was a rude awakening to horrors of the world that were now at my/our doorstep. I had horrible dreams of planes crashing everywhere.
RIP to all and healing to those left behind. ❤
Proficient & professional. Listening to how the ATCs managed the chaos that day is mind boggling not to mention how the pilots, their crews & the passengers handled the stress & fear.
I can’t believe how long the departures kept going…wow! The professionalism of this controller is just amazing.
Thanks for putting this together. Really informative & interesting hearing the Kennedy tower activities at that point in the day.
You’re welcome 😊
For anyone else searching for it, the "change of the situation" is around 20:00
Thank you. I don't know why the regular traffic control conversation was included. It's already long as it is.
@@exoressdelivers70 I think its important and crucial to be able to experience how things were that day in the moments leading up to the twin towers being struck, as even after the first plane struck the first tower no-one was overly concerned with what was going on. once the second tower was struck, it was evident shortly after something intentional (and eventually realized to be terroristic) was going on and how the world was changed forever.
@@exoressdelivers70 If the audio playback is in real time, this recording begins pretty much at the moment that AA 11 hit Tower 1. It obviously took a few minutes for the incident to be reported and for the gravity of the situation to be understood.
This lady controller is phenomenal, such a professional. Cannot imagine what it must have been like for her and others doing similar work on that day.
6:06 is probably one of the craziest comms I've heard.
"You guys aren't missing anybody over there right?"
"No, but it looks the twin towers are on fire right now."
"Oh okay, we just want to make sure nobody dropped in to the twin towers."
"No I don't think anybody dropped into em."
As absurd as it may have been to them, they were dead wrong...
i was looking for this timestamp in the comments
It was so absolutely truly unbelievable…
Looking back on it knowing what we know now, it's chilling.
Admire her pace, clarity, professionalism and politeness combined with coolness under pressure. Kudos to her and her colleagues
Just occurred to me, our son who was born on Sept 21, 2001 is about to get finish is ATP certifications. Trying not to worry about that in itself is a challenge. Hearing this has reignited a whole slew of worries... Let's hope we NEVER SEE another day like this. Thank you Homeland Security and all of the efforts I am not even aware of that have kept us free of this for 21 years.
Everyone is very polite and cooperative. This woman is phenomenal. They all understand the situation.
Thank you for the upload, many heroes this day, including ATC. I could not have kept my composure the way she does.
This woman was amazingly solid on that terrible day. Tremendous admiration for her skill.
@@thecomedypilot5894 you are aware she probably had no idea what had happened?
@@thecomedypilot5894 You're the fool. Don't you think that they're trained to stay calm during emergencies?
Huh, Genius?
@@thecomedypilot5894 🤣
@@thecomedypilot5894 no sorry I do it at yours like the guys here before :-)
@@thecomedypilot5894 she most likely had no idea what was going on at that moment
Odd hearing AA flight 587 on here. For those who aren’t aware that flight went down on November 12, 2001 in Queens, New York. It was ultimately found to be due to pilot error but you could definitely feel the panic in the air as we thought we were being attacked again.
Well done to these ATC’s. JFK has some of the best in the world and they really know how to stay calm and think on their feet. It was an incredibly hard day for everyone and I can’t imagine having to work this specific job once they realized what was going on and grounding all the planes.
I mean I don’t think it was necessarily pilot error. It was catastrophic failure
@@RobRamirez456 the pilot over controlled with too much rudder input. it was pilot error that resulted in a failure.
@@karlsandin4515 fair enough
@@RobRamirez456 failure of the training. He slapped that rudder around until the tail fell off. RIP Stan Molin
I think it was American Airlines fault that flight 587 crashed. The pilots just did what American Airlines trained them to do.
She’s good at her job. I imagine it was a real nightmare getting all the planes back to the ramp that day but she never seemed to stress about it at all. Handled it like a pro.
as a ramp agent I cant imagine the stress on that entire airport let alone ATC, the fact that the airport remained functional immediately after the first plane Is amazing.
I like how quickly and efficiently she redirects PD and Fire calls to the proper tower frequency 125.25 MHz several times.
Hats off to everyone for their professionalism on this most difficult day in aviation history.
This lady is good at what she does. That would be a lot to keep up with and memorize.
Luckily the radars controllers use make it essier
Aircraft in foreground is having United Airlines flight for departure help me out with this one please. I stand corrected American Airlines flight 757 or 767 help me with that one please
Is that aircraft at Newark?
@@davidgeoghegan8506 JFK it appears
@@911atctransmissionsvideos4 ground controllers don't use radar, GPS was nowhere near accurate enough for ground management, and ADS-B didn't exist back then. This was 90% visual from the tower glass through binocs, and flight strips on racks.
Incredible control during an incredible nightmarish day. Kudos to this lady. And all of the flight controllers
I hope that controller got some kind of award, she was incredibly resourceful in an unprecedented situation, she can't possibly have been trained for this crazy landing chaos
Wow, this just shows how being an ATC is really hard work. We under appreciate these people. What a hard bloody job. Not just on this day but on any normal day. Amazing x
who under appreciates them?? atc has always been known as a hard / stressful job! news to you, not to most!
@@DrunkenGuitarGuy Why do you feel the need to criticize?
Just raining for that position ion is hard. Or maybe It was just the military.
The most chaotic situation ever in the history of aviation on the eastern seaboard of USA. When people saw the AA 11 flying over Central Park at around 1200ft and high speed many knew something is going on.
This lady is amazing. I am blown away by how she handled this.
Why? They don’t hire minimum wage workers to do this stuff. They have years of training and only after a hiring process designed to thoroughly weed out and discourage anyone not completely capable of keeping it together in a crisis. It’s what they do.
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My stepfather was flying an American Airlines Boeing 767 around the Washington DC area that morning. After the event he lost his job. He rejoined AA around 2006, flew the A320 and switched to the A321 in 2015ish. He'll be turning 65 this month so he'll be retiring with 35,000 hours clocked.
As I understand it, there were more than 4500 flights in the air at the time the 3rd plane hit the Pentagon and they shut down all air traffic. All those returns, add to that ground traffic...was there even a single incident during all that pandemonium? There are none I heard of...
I've often compared this situation to what the 8th Air Force saw every day in the campaign against Germany. But they were trained for precisely that. This was an unplanned shutdown of all air traffic in America in the 21st century. And there was not a plane in the sky by 12:16pm. I can't begin to express my awe at the performance of these people involved.
There was an almost collision at Ganders upon a plane attempting a landing.
I believe there was a Korean Air flight over Alaska airspace that completely dropped the ball when it received the info from the FAA of the airspace shutdown. They disregarded the instructions to divert course into Canada and stupidly used the word "hijack" in an electronic message code which caused F-15 fighters to intercept the flight and very nearly shoot it down before they escorted them into Canadian airspace.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Flight_085#:~:text=On%20September%2011%2C%202001%2C%20Korean%20Air%20Flight%20085,signal%20indicating%20that%20the%20flight%20had%20been%20hijacked.
My parents always talk about how clear the skies were that day. We were under O’hare’s old arrival routes and they said it was eery not having the sound of planes every few minutes
Well said ❤
It's a very good point that all the planes landed safely that day; we didn't have a secondary disaster like Tenerife. That would have just made the day all that much worse.
This lady, and the pilots she spoke with, represent the spirit of America. Extraordinary!
What an amazing air traffic controller this woman was on that faithful day she was calm cool collected extremely professional despite the events that were going on around her voice never wavered she was extremely polite to everyone you couldn’t ask for a better air traffic controller to be doing that type of job on that fateful day
WHAT A CONTROLLER OH MY GOD. what a shining example of professionalism, Absolute asset to ATC
A clock, showing contact time in red, would be a helpful addition to the audio.
Yeah, for those who know absolutely nothing about atc like myself, I have no idea what's going on or what my bearings are
What an amazing and important recording. I have a new appreciation for ATC. Supported ATC comms during my time in the United States Navy.
Wow she held together through all this amazingly well, totally professional
According to the audible IRIG B122 time code, this recording starts at exactly 8:42:45.9465 AM EDT. The two plane impacts into the World Trade Center occurred at 03:54 and 20:13 in this recording.
Being an AA employee for over 40 years, I had to work that day and this brings back very - very - VERY bad memories. Hard to listen to ...
Props to that controller. Staying laser-focused on the tasks at hand while maintaining a pleasant and non-panicked demeanor on the comms.
I've heard transcripts and watched re-enactments of pilots in the cockpit struggling to save the plane... professionalism and composure until the very end. Panic only makes matters worse.
A lot of 'have a good day' comments, I know this is a very standard sign off between pilots and controllers.
I think most people would agree that 9/11/01 was most definitely not a good day, sort of scary and sad to hear it this recording. Everybody was professional yet it quickly became apparent this was not a normal day after the second aircraft hit the tower; the shouting and yelling in the background is haunting.
It's been more than 20 years and it still resonates with those of us who lived through it, watched it live on tv, or were traveling that day. My heart is still heavy and sad for those that lost loved ones, especially the heroes from law enforcement and the NYFD who knowingly went into danger.
I will never forget. WE WILL NEVER FORGET - those of us who witnessed that day from ANY vantage position.
I read the controller at Boston that was the last one to talk to American 11 before it was hijacked said "Good Luck" instead of "Good Day"
Only time in her career she said "Good Luck" to a plane and she doesnt know why
I can remember as a young woman living on Amelia Island when it happened that night I went to bed I felt what it was like to live in a country that was clearly under attack. I could hear awac planes overhead scanning for threats. Won’t ever forget that.. No doubt, they were protecting the navy base assets in Kingsland, GA. Because anything left in the sky at that point was enemy aircraft. Just knowing where their head was at terrified me..
@@ey7290 good catch!
@@ey7290 It was put in her mind to say that by the HIGHER POWER that controls things here on earth. The same reason Miles O'Brian said the Columbia is going to "HIT" Louisiana instead of "Go Over It". We were given omens both times but we didn't realize it until after the fact.
Goodness me, that controller was absolutely amazing, keeping it all together in a horrific scenario that really belongs in a movie rather than real life, wow, deserves an award.
Wow. How calm and professional. She is a credit to her profession.
Wow, so real, the day the world changed, i remember this so well.
I am extremely impressed with this controller's calm and professional demeanor in getting the planes returned to the ramp once it was decided to close JFK.
These people have nerves of steel and hearts of passion. No matter how much they make, it's not enough.
Thank you 9/11 ATC Transmissions videos. RIP victims of 9/11. 🌹❤
I was 16 when this happened. Our high school teachers had the news on and then we were all sent home. Our parents were still at work so my little sister and I were home for several hours trying to process what was happening. I made a cassette recording across the entire dial of all our local radio stations. I really wish I had kept it.
I was 17 and we had to do the whole school day, no news on or anything. We all knew what was going on because our TVs were tuned into it during the Morning when we were getting ready for school, but we were forced to act like it wasn't going on while at school. It was a bizarre experience to say the least. I jumped the fence during lunch and left the school grounds just so I could be alone for an hour to process.
@@angeladonofrio9920 Wow, that's tough! I'm sure it was difficult and scary for the teachers and school admins too. They probably struggled with what to do.
@@Kwisten050 , very much so. I was a teacher at Pennsbury High school in Bucks County, PA. Close to New Jersey. The pilot of the first plane was the father of one of my students. They had to get her out of school in a subtle way. It was so crazy. I had there former students who perished in the attack...such a horrible day.
Yeah we were never sent home from school but we watched what happened during the morning and no one could concentrate on any school work. It probably would have been better to just send everyone home for the day
Thanks for uploading this piece of history!
(From North New Jersey) My Dad was a pilot flying out of Newark that morning on a 737 (Continental) - I remember hearing the news while in Math class in 6th grade.. They took our entire class into the library where they told us a plane had hit the World Trade Center... and then made an announcement, "All of those who have parents that work in New York City please go to the main office." (Some of my friends had parents that worked in the towers). As the kids left to go to the main office I told one of the teachers there, "My Dad is a pilot - he was flying out of Newark this morning" - she responded, "Oh I'm sure he's fine"... I had such terrible anxiety that day because I didn't hear from my Dad till around noon. He said he watched the entire event from the airport..
Which Continental was his callsign? He’s definitely in the Newark video I posted if his plane never left the ground but did taxi out/talk to Newark Flow control after 8:30am
@@911atctransmissionsvideos4 I haven’t seen the EWR video yet. Will find out for you
@@MithradatesVIEupator thx
Atlantic Coast Airlines (Call sign Blue Ridge) was once a regional airline based in Sterling Virginia (Dulles Airport). They went out of bussness in 2006 trying to go Independent (Had a fallout with UAL and decided to go solo).
She was talking to them at 20:15 when the second plane struck.
It's actually mindblowing to think that this is probably the most calm space in the whole of the US right now. You can't even gauge the chaos that is happening in the world at this very moment. So all credit goes to this controller.
At this point it felt like the world is ending. This person had a front row seat to absolute madness... and she kept her cool. Unbelievable.
I was 28 in '01. I was old enough to understand the magnitude of that event. I'm much older now, but every time I see an image or video from that day, I get goosebumps. You felt like any time, any place, a terrorist could strike.
I was 15 and at first I didn't understand until I saw the second tower get hit live on TV from High School then I knew it was bad.
@@xeldinn86 everyone was on high alert. I went to the towers for a college trip. I was taking Architecture.
It doesn't matter what you say or think, the fact that she, is the right person, for the right job, at the right time....
I was 11 when this happened, that day is still so vivid in my mind. It was such a beautiful morning. I stayed home from school bc I had a doctors appointment that we ended up not attending. My mom was huddled in front of the tiny tv she had in the kitchen. If you’re a 90’s kid, your mom probably had the same mini tv w an antennae. I remember her screaming when the second plane hit, she must have been watching a live shot of the first tower on the news. My dad came straight to our house from work, even though he and my mom were in the midst of a divorce. They were scared, and it terrified me. When the adults in your life don’t know what’s going on, that’s something I’ll never forget. I felt so bad for the people in the tower and their families, that my parents tried to comfort me the best they could. but it’s still hard to explain to an 11 year old I imagine. This is the day the world changed, nothing was the same after this…I felt it.
this ATC is absolutely dialed in....great job
All in all this is horrible, I can't imagine how it looked like from that far at JFK, them seeing UA175 hit. Same from EWR, and I think someone from EWR saw UA175 on its final decent before it hit, this is insane tbh, and how much confusion those other pilots would've had hearing that departures are stopped due to 2 aircraft hitting the WTC's, not possibly knowing that those aircraft were hijacked and flown deliberately into the WTC's
What a rock star professional. I am so thankful for such people keeping our airspace in order.
Amazing ATC. I hope she knows or knew that she possibly helped save lives by keeping things calm and under control. You can hear the tower staff and pilots screaming starting at around 20 minutes in.
What an amazing woman ATC.
I want to be more like her when I grow up and I am not a youngster.
Bless her. Bless all of the civilians, first reponders, dispatchers, pilots and the families that lost someone they loved and needed.
Many of the passengers must have been able to see this out of their windows. I would think it would be a bit discomforting to be stuck inside a plane unable to go anywhere while you watch this disaster going on.
Several planes at Newark (who got the best view) had to return to their gates because the passengers personally witnessed it
@@911atctransmissionsvideos4 😔
She's holding it together ❤ from England 🇬🇧
Wasn't that the country of the same press that publicly reported the collapse of Tower 7 twenty minutes before its actual collapse?
@@small_ed ?
British flag!
Agree! That controller was amazing!
Got to admire her calm. So heartbreaking
Honestly, on behalf of all passengers to date, big props to air traffic controllers, tower, technology, mechanics, pilots, co pilots, flight crews, engineers, those manning infrastructure, planes, radios, radars. Had no idea until the great grounding on 9/11 what traffic you deal with on the daily to keep us safe to travel. Thank you. For unruly passengers, keep it together. You are a distraction and should lose your privilege's to fly anywhere, any airliner, across the world and for life.
God bless the air traffic controller! She was so calm throughout.
As an AF guy on AD that day... Many thanks to the professional ATC on this clip. What a great brand ambassador she was in a time of crisis.
Would love to hear her thoughts on the behind the scenes events in the ATC tower she was in as this tragic day unfolded.
Many thanks to the safe and dedicated professionalism of Capt. @raven9409 as well. Thank you for sharing your important perspective.
Thx for your service
To the lady in ATC.....thankyou! outstanding work!
That first picture is really unique, you have both the attacked towers in the distance, with an airport in the front having one of the types of planes that were used in the attack.
Hearing them talk about the towers being struck...so haunting...