PRIVILEGED & CONFIDENTIAL SUBJECT TO BINDING CONFIDENTIALITY ORDER Notes: All times are +/- 2 minutes. "UI" = Unintelligible. "L" = Ladder. "B" = Battalion. Second indents indicate transmissions that respond immediately to preceding transmissions. Bracketed material is not on the tape. 8:45
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8:50 "Safety Battalion 1 to Citywide Base." Unit calls citywide dispatcher UI = unintelligible 8:55 "The crossband repeater in the battalion car is a backup to the building repeater." "Donovan is on the air." 8:58 Paging Tones Non-FDNY transmissions "Car 3-6 Adam to Brooklyn" "Car 3-6 Adam to Brooklyn." 9:01 Non-FDNY transmissions 9:04 "Mask service to citywide." "Mask service to citywide." Non-FDNY transmissions
OVERLAY OF RADIO FREQUENCY - Regarding Aviation Radio Transmissions CITY WIDE 1 RADIO FREQUENCY
04/13/04
1ST DIVISION RADIO FREQUENCY SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION TIME
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08:50:00 ********* ..Aviation 14 or Air/ Sea Rescue and Aviation 6 takes off from Floyd Bennett Field. 08:54:22 S.O.D Base..Make sure they move all traffic off and have Aviation 14 on board and also harbor units stand by and notify the MARS system. 08:56:00 Truck 1... asks to meet aviation at heliport with a repel team. Aviation 14 suggest the Wall St Heliport. 08:58:30 Aviation 14... advises that people are falling out of the building. Advises he can not land on roof, it is too engulfed in flames, heavy smoke conditions. 09:00:00 Aviation 3 takes off from Floyd Bennett Field assigned as a survey unit 09:02:00 Aviation... advises people falling from building at least the top 15 floors from the top are engulfed in flames. 09:03:00 Unk Unit..Numerous stepping on each others transmissions advise another plane hit the South Tower of the WTC (737) Aviation... advises it was a US air 737 aircraft that crashed into the south tower. Car 3... asks to have the security plan put into effect at HQ. 09:05:56 Unk unit... request that FAA close down air space over NY. Central acknowledges. 09:06:36 Car 3.. .advises he does not want any units to land on any of the towers. Central repeats same message. Aviation 14... advises that plane was a US air 737(flight#175) commercial airliner not jus an explosion. Unk unit.. .asks that the P.A. freeze all airports. Unk TF unit.. .advises it was a United Airlines 737 Aviation 14... advising airports to suspend operations. In the NYC area. 09:10:20 Unk.Unit... request that central contact military liaison to lock down air space, central acknowledges.
OVERLAY OF RADIO FREQUENCY - HIGHLIGHTS DEPLOYMENT & ASSIGNMENT OF PERSONNEL CITY WIDE 1 RADIO FREQUENCY 1ST DIVISION RADIO FREQUENCY SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION
The following is a highlight of the day's events and response by the New York City Police Department. 08:46:00 American Airlines flight 11 crashes into the North Tower of the WTC. T.F. portable radios airplane crash into the WTC 08:46:40
several police officers transmit messages to central over several different division frequencies in lower Manhattan. Including Special Operations Division, City Wide 1 Division and Transit Division 1 radio frequencies.
08:46:50 6th Pet. Portable transmits message a major aircraft just crashed into the WTC, notify everyone 08:47:45 IPct Sgt transmits a level 1 mobilization and seconds later in same transmission raises it to a level 3 mobilization. He asks that the Duty Captain be notified. 08:48:33 ESU portable Mobilization Point at Church & Vessey or W. B'way & Vessey 08:48:37 Duty Captain acknowledges message. 08:48:53 Link unit get Emergency Services down here forthwith 08:49:44 Unk—message of don't use elevators 08:49:40 Operations Level 3 mobilization at Church & Vessey for ESU ESU advises numerous injuries request busses, ESU Lt. notify all Hospitals Have Pets, keep the bridges clear 08:50:30 1st Pct Sgt. asks for a notification to Traffic management 08:51:12 IPct Portable transmits message to notify the P. A. to clear the train station get people out of train station. It Pct. Sgt repeats same message. 08:51:44 Unk. Transmission to notify P. A. to keep everybody inside because of falling debris.
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