The United States Secret Service is evacuating all non-essential personnel , While Cabinet members are escorted to the Presidential Emergency Operations Center . Vice-President Cheney and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice are informed that there is an unresponsive aircraft headed for Camp David . Cheney orders the fighters to attempt contact , however if the plane does n't respond or turn around it is to be shot down . The plane disappears off radar with Cheney assuming he has ordered the deaths if 200 or more US Citizens . President Bush is apprised of the situation and is told reports from the FAA are suggesting that the Air Force did n't shoot down the plane but a group of passengers learned of the event in New York and took matters into their own hands . President Bush wants to be back in Washington DC , and after conferencing with the George Tenet , Director of Central Intelligence , and other members of his cabinet , he orders the Secret Service to fly him home immediately
an unresponsive aircraft
United Airlines Flight 93
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