WASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 2003 - Many courageous military and
civilian men and women have been honored for their
actions after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on
New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

But only one member of the Air Force received the
Airman's Medal, the nation's highest award for heroism
not involving combat with an enemy. He also received the
Purple Heart for his injuries.

Senior Master Sgt. Noel Sepulveda, 53, a Hispanic-
American member of the Air Force Reserve, was a medical
inspector at the Air Force Inspection Agency, Kirtland
Air Force Base, N.M. But on Sept. 11, 2001, he was
working at the Pentagon as a reserve program manager in
the Air Force Strategies and Policies Office.

As he reached his motorcycle, Sepulveda noticed the
aircraft wasn't following the normal flight path down the
Potomac River for Ronald Reagan Washington National
Airport. Instead, it was coming over a distant hotel,
headed in the direction of the Pentagon.

"It seemed like the pilot was scrambling to keep control,
and I watched as he dropped lower and lower," Sepulveda
said. "Then he dropped his landing gear and started
coming down even faster and lower.

As it came down, the plane was hitting light poles, the
sergeant said. "Then the right wheel hit a light pole and
the plane popped into a 45-degree angle. The pilot tried
to recover -- go back vertical – but he hit some more
light poles.

"He dipped the plane's nose slightly, and then smashed
into the building," said Sepulveda, who was presented the
Airman's Medal and Purple Heart by Air Force Chief of
Staff Gen. John P. Jumper at the Pentagon April 15, 2002.

Sepulveda said the wings disintegrated, and then
disappeared. "For a brief second, you could see the
fuselage sticking out of the side of the Pentagon,"
Sepulveda recalls. "Then, all of a sudden, this ball of
fire comes out from inside. It looked like it was just
coming from inside the building, engulfing the fuselage.
And then the fuselage was all gone."

Sepulveda said the sweltering heat felt like it was
engulfing his body. "Then, suddenly, it felt like
somebody grabbed me, put their hands on his chest, picked
me up and threw me back against the light pole I was
standing by," he said.

"The back of my head, my back, and all that hit the
pole," he said. "Small pieces of shrapnel from the
airplane hit my motorcycle."

Originally posted by LaBTop
Mr Seanm.

Just a short question :
Do you believe that Steve Anderson from USA Today is telling the truth?

Originally posted by GUICE
Hello....what about that perfectly circular whole the impact made on the other end of the buidling like an exit wound??

I was watching future weapons once and thats exactly what happens when a missle with a shape charge hits something....especially if its uraniam tipped.

Originally posted by seanm

Originally posted by etshrtslr


Yes I doubt the guys whole testimony.

Do you believe AA77 hit the Pentagon?

Originally posted by etshrtslr

Originally posted by seanm

Originally posted by etshrtslr


Yes I doubt the guys whole testimony.

Do you believe AA77 hit the Pentagon?

Its not about what I believe its all about evidence. Show me some evidence that the wing drug along the ground as he states in his testimony.

[edit on 15-10-2007 by etshrtslr]

Originally posted by LaBTop
You have already the info from Craig, that these buildings are about 2 miles from the Pentagon, so just compare that stretch to the nearest part of 77th flightpath on that map, you so helpful provided.

I'll assist you a tad bit : that was about 2 miles, since the impact point at the Pentagon's west wall was the nearest point that plane ever flew "close" to the Gannet/USA Today headquarters.
All the earlier parts of that flightpath are moving still further away from that building.

Now observe mr Anderson's remarks again, with an investigative mind.
He's not telling the truth.
Or has been persuaded to lie "for a good cause".

The first time frame we can fit to the Pentagon explosions was Barbara Honneger's fallen clock in the Helipad tower, at 09:38,

seismic evidence puts it somewhere around 09:40 to 09:44 am.

That's not exactly "Shortly" after 09:03, ain't it?
That's 36 to 41 minutes LATER.

Then he said :
""banked slightly to the left, drug it's wing along the ground"".
If you look at the final flightpath from Craig :

the plane banked slightly to the RIGHT instead of to the left, as its last move.
And him observing that left wing from that distance hitting the ground is a masterpiece of extreme sharp eyesight.

He also said :
""Shortly after watching the second tragedy, I heard jet engines pass our building, which, being so close to the airport is very common. But I thought the airport was closed. I figured it was a plane coming in for landing. A few moments later, as I was looking down at my desk, the plane caught my eye.""

So he first heard the engines, then a few moments (seconds we presume) later, he saw the plane when looking down.
Now look again at the final flightpath map.
Is that observation of a far away plane fitting his remark ""heard jet engines pass our building"" ?

He also ""thought the airport was closed"".
That nation wide order by the FAA was given later.

He gave his recollection of the day shortly after 9/11, and we all were fooled for 5 long years by the flightpath put on line by a mr Koepple, which followed the normal flight path down the Potomac River for Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Untill the final flightpath was published by NTSB.

Mr Anderson's memory seemed to be helped by this first flightpath "setup" scenario.
In that case it fitted right into the ""pass our building"" remark.