I'll answer #3. There was a Fire Department directly across the street from the WTC.

For question 2: Dick Cheney ordered our military and NORAD to stand down.

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Everything you need to know:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_1...

I'm trying to write a film about them. My problem is I'm 17 so I cant remember them.

Q1: How long before flight 11 hit the first tower did it appear on the news that it had been hijacked?

Q2: Which Gov't power(s) (president, vice president, DoD) were directly involved in the decision making to scramble jets, etc when they learned of the hijacking.

Q3: When did the FDNY arrive at ground zero?