“At 8:46 a.m. [on September 11, 2001], before the F-15s from Otis Air Force Base [in Massachusetts] were even airborne, Flight 11 smashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. The fighters took off at 8:53 a.m. on a preassigned vector, per standard operating procedure. In this case, they were sent to military airspace off Long Island, New York, to await target assignment.”
– Popular Mechanics editors, Debunking 9/11 Myths, Page 17