that the U.S. was suffering a major terrorist attack. Kuehl said the meeting had been a "do not disturb" meeting, and according to a 9/11 Commission memorandum, "Such meetings are generally not disturbed unless the reason is significant." [51] The attacks in New York were surely a significant enough reason for someone to have interrupted the meeting and demanded that it be brought to an end immediately. All the same, it appears that the meeting was allowed to continue after the two hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center.

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