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They wanted to enlist to go and fight. I had a man who called and he said, “I am 80 years old. I still fit in my pilot uniform from World War II. I can still see. I can still hear. I have kept up with my training as a pilot. Tell whoever you can tell that I’m ready to report for duty.” That broke my heart, this 80-year-old man saying that. Chris Combs, special agent, FBI, at the Pentagon:
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
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