Sunday, September 10, 2006
By Stockton
ABC has decided that it may re-edit portions of it's controversial 9/11 mini-series due to claims that the production takes serious liberties with the actual events leading up to and including the attacks.
Among the scenes that may be edited or cut are the following:
1) Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is informed that a third plane hijacked by terrorists has been diverted and is heading towards Pennsylvania air space. Rumsfeld quickly commandeers an F-16 fighter, intercepts the plane, ejects from the cockpit, lands on the plane, enters the plane, and dispatches the terrorists. Unfortunately, the plane still crashes but Rumsfeld is miraculously thrown clear of the crash.
ABC executive Tom Reynolds claims that while there is no definitive proof that this episode occurred, there is not proof that it did not.
2) In another scene, Bush, upon hearing of the attack, races back to the White House and personally takes command of a White House surface-to-air missile battery. "The White House might be attacked one day," says Bush, "but it won't be today!"
ABC admitted that the foregoing scenerio is conjecture. Nonetheless, it remains the most likely theory explaining Bush's mysterious disappearance in the hours after the attack.
3) The menage-a-trois scene featuring Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowtiz and Condi Rice may be cut from the series as too graphic and disturbing.
From ABC's 9/11 - President Bush (right) organizes White House defenses while inspiring the troops
ABC has decided that it may re-edit portions of it's controversial 9/11 mini-series due to claims that the production takes serious liberties with the actual events leading up to and including the attacks.
Among the scenes that may be edited or cut are the following:
1) Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is informed that a third plane hijacked by terrorists has been diverted and is heading towards Pennsylvania air space. Rumsfeld quickly commandeers an F-16 fighter, intercepts the plane, ejects from the cockpit, lands on the plane, enters the plane, and dispatches the terrorists. Unfortunately, the plane still crashes but Rumsfeld is miraculously thrown clear of the crash.
ABC executive Tom Reynolds claims that while there is no definitive proof that this episode occurred, there is not proof that it did not.
2) In another scene, Bush, upon hearing of the attack, races back to the White House and personally takes command of a White House surface-to-air missile battery. "The White House might be attacked one day," says Bush, "but it won't be today!"
ABC admitted that the foregoing scenerio is conjecture. Nonetheless, it remains the most likely theory explaining Bush's mysterious disappearance in the hours after the attack.
3) The menage-a-trois scene featuring Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowtiz and Condi Rice may be cut from the series as too graphic and disturbing.
