 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mangwanani aSeptember 11, 2001Myers akanga ari paCapitol Hill kuzosangana naSeneta weGeorgia Max Cleland nokuda kwokukurukurirana kwake kwakarongwa pamberi pokunzwa kwake kugamuchirwa neSeneti kuti ave Sachigaro anotevera weJoint Chiefs of Staff. Achimirira seneta, Myers akatarira nhau dzeterevhizheni muhofisi yokunze yaSeneta Cleland kuti ndege yakanga ichangobva kurova North Tower yeWorld Trade Center. Maminiti mashomanene gare gare Myers akaudzwa nomubetseri wake wehondo Kaputeni Chris Donahue pamusoro pendege yakapambwa iyo yakanga ichangobva kurova shongwe yechipiri yeWorld Trade Center. Gare gare General Ralph Eberhart, Mutungamiriri Mukuru weNorth American Aerospace Defense Command, akakwanisa kutaura naMyers ndokumuzivisa nezvemamiriro ezvinhu achangobva kuitika okubiwa. Myers akabva angosiya Capitol Hill kuti adzokere kuPentagon, kwaakaudzwa kuti panguva ino imwe ndege yezvokutengeserana yakanga ichangobva kurova rutivi rwokumadokero rwePentagon. Munguva yenhamo, Myers akazova Acting Chairman weJoint Chiefs of Staff, sezvo General Hugh Shelton aive munzira kuenda kuEurope kumusangano weNATO. Pakusvika paPentagon uye pashure pomusangano noMunyori weDziviriro Donald Rumsfeld, Myers ipapo akakurukura noMunyori Rumsfeld pamusoro pemamiriro ezvinhu aripo uye matanho anotevera anofanira kutorwa. Myers akatora mutungamiri seMutungamiri we Joint Chiefs of Staff kwehafu yezuva munguva yeSeptember 11 dambudziko, kusvikira General Shelton asvika kuWashington mushure mokunge abvisa ndege yake kuEurope pa 5: 40 PM nguva yemunharaunda. 