September 11 third anniversary leaves many questions still unanswered

As America commemorates the third anniversary of September 11, a site I visited the other week came to mind. At first glance it seemed like typical conspiracy duckspeak, but after further reading and facts back up by the congressional 9-11 commission it proved to be very thought provoking. Albeit the site does come to the conclusion that NORAD was ordered from someone or somewhere by mistake or not to stand down, that is not take action. It asks something similar to what Mindy Kleinberg, wife of Alan Kleinberg who was killed in the WTC, asked the 9-11 commission on the first day of hearings. Mainly:

• Why did the FAA take 20 minutes to notify North American Aerospace Defense Command (in charge of aerospace warning and control for all of North America) even after two separate attendants notified American Airlines they were being hijacked and when it was standard operating procedure? In addition, it only took the FAA 2 minutes to notify NORAD for the late great golfer Payne Stewart when they lost voice contact with his private Leer jet. Former FAA director blamed large bureaucracy and poor policy.
  

• Why then were fighter-jets scrambled 12 minutes after NORAD was notified, only flying at 25% speed and not even from the nearest Air Force base? If the jets traveled at their full speed, MACH-12, they would of intercepted the plane in time. This occurred when NEADS (or the North East Air Defense System department of NORAD) was several days into a semi-annual exercise known as "Vigilant Guardian"; fully staffed and readied 24/7. Also, why the delay for scrambling more jets when they learned two more planes were hijacked? Commander of NORAD blamed the uniqueness of the attack. Even though they were recommended to hold a war game scenario on this very situation 5 months earlier and there were previous known plans to use planes as weapons.

Among other statements of interest on standdown.net are that both of the planes that struck the WTC flew right by Indian Point, one of the nations oldest nuclear power plants 35 miles outside of Manhattan surrounded by 20 million people. If a catastrophic event, two planes crashing into one of the reactors or poorly trained and overworked technicians in Chernobyl's case, occurred, then excessive radioactive material would be emitted (Chernobyl experienced 400 times the radioactive contamination of Hiroshima after the atom bomb was dropped). This would bring suffering on a much larger and longer scale then the destruction of two half-staffed skyscrapers falling. The site contains many more statements, some backed up by sources, others not. The point? Many questions are still left unanswered about this atrocious and far reaching event that has led to many serious repercussions.