Inside Air Force One on 9/11: The Threat No One Could Trace

https://youtu.be/SLhiNZ7SLw0On 9/11, a warning reached Air Force One: “Angel is next.” Angel was the codename for the President’s plane. Investigators later tried to trace the call. They never found it.September 11, 2001. George W. Bush is rushed from a Florida classroom onto Air Force One. He wants to go back to Washington. The Secret Service, Chief of Staff Andrew Card and Vice President Dick Cheney want him to stay away. Pilot Col. Mark Tillman is warned about an unidentified aircraft. The phones keep cutting out. Then a threat naming the plane by its secret codename spreads through Air Force One and the White House bunker — and becomes the public explanation for the President’s day in the air.This documentary follows that flight from Sarasota to Barksdale and Offutt Air Force Bases and home to the Oval Office. Then it follows the “Angel” message back to its source, using the findings of the 9/11 Commission. It is a story about how one unverified warning travelled through the government — and why the correction never fully caught up.⏱ CHAPTERS0:00 Cold open: the North Tower, 8:50 a.m.0:32 Air Force One leaves Sarasota1:15 Chapter 1 – The Way Home2:04 The Pentagon is hit2:36 Aboard Air Force One: where to go?3:16 Chapter 2 – Another Aircraft4:46 Chapter 3 – Angel6:02 Chapter 4 – Still Not Washington7:36 Chapter 5 – Follow the Message8:54 Epilogue – Look again at the flight💬 Should the White House have corrected the “Angel” story sooner? Tell us in the comments.🔔 Subscribe to  @DecodingCyberSecurity1920  Decoding Cybersecurity for more stories where information, security and decisions collide.📚 SOURCES• The 9/11 Commission Report — Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (2004): https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GPO-911REPORT• 9/11 Commission public hearing (2004), questioning by Commissioner Richard Ben-Veniste• White House press briefings by Press Secretary Ari Fleischer, September 2001• Recollections of Col. Mark Tillman, Air Force One pilot on 9/11 (public interviews)• White House photographs: George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum / U.S. National Archives (public domain): https://www.georgewbushlibrary.gov• Archival footage courtesy of the Internet Archive: https://archive.orgℹ️ ABOUT THIS FILMSome scenes are AI reconstructions, created to illustrate documented moments for which no footage exists. Archival photographs and footage are credited on screen. Narration is based on the public record.Stock Video via Fliki. Music via Pixabay: “Dark Suspense Thriller” (Alex Morgan), “Dark Cinematic” and “Suspense” (Leberch). Sound effects: CC0 (Freesound, Kenney).Is It Impossible to Assassinate the American President?https://youtu.be/9OBe3YXkdec?si=9YZHMkdXtcQB9aPbHow Do You Protect the American President From Someone Already Inside?https://youtu.be/cUjBMjOTsdU?si=ZAy-jF4CT6zUBgE1#AirForceOne #September11 #GeorgeWBush #911 #Documentary #History #DecodingCybersecurity