Steven O'Brien (pilot)
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Steven O'Brien | |
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Allegiance | United States |
Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
Unit | Minnesota Air National Guard |
Steven O'Brien is an officer in the Minnesota Air National Guard's 133rd Airlift Wing.
O'Brien has become notable due to a pair of significant involvements on
O'Brien's flight on September 11, 2001
O'Brien's flight tracks AA Flight 77
On September 11, 2001, O'Brien was flying a
O'Brien later stated, "this airplane [was] up and to the left of us, at 10 o'clock. He was descending to our altitude, four miles or so away. The plane came nearer until it pretty much filled our windscreen. Then he made a pretty aggressive turn, so he was moving right in front of us, a mile and a half, two miles away."
O'Brien's flight sees smoke from the crash of UAL Flight 93
The Hercules resumed its scheduled flight path. When crossing western Pennsylvania at about 10:00 am, local air traffic control asked them to try to spot another errant aircraft, Flight 93. Black smoke was seen barreling from an open field on the left hand side of the Hercules.
O'Brien's flight was 17 miles from the crash site. His flight observed the smoke within 1 minute 37 seconds of the crash of Flight 93.
Crew members
- O'Brien, Steven, Lt. Col., aircraft commander
- Schumacher, Robert, Major, copilot
- Rosenthal, Jeffrey, Master Sgt., flight engineer
- Divito, Joseph, Lt. Col., Navigator
See also
- September 11, 2001 attacks
References
- ^ "Full audio transcript" (PDF). Rutgers Law Review. Rutgers University. 7 September 2011. p. 44. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
And, uh, this is Gofer zero six, it looks like that aircraft crashed into the Pentagon, sir.
- ^ "Full audio transcript" (PDF). Rutgers Law Review. Rutgers University. 7 September 2011. p. 45. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
Roger, we're climbing to three thousand sir and it looks like that aircraft has impacted the west side of the Pentagon.
- Bob Von Sternberg, "'Hey, center, what's going on in New York? ...'", Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Sept. 11, 2002.
- 9/11 Commission Report, chapter 1, pp. 25–26, 29-30 (HTML version)
- 9/11 Commission Report, Notes, p. 462, note 170 (HTML version).
- Sheree Savage, "Witnessing, now remembering the 9-11 attacks Archived 2009-02-05 at the Wayback Machine", NorthStar Guardian online (133rd Airlift Wing publication), Sept. 11, 2006.
- "Profile: Steve O'Brien", Cooperative Research.