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(B (JNBC: 9/11 plane victims$B!G(J families to hear tapes
(B (JJustice Department to brief them on calls from planes By Doug Pasternak and
(B (Jthe NBC News Investigative Unit
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(B (JUpdated: 6:45 p.m. ET May 27, 2004The Justice Department will hold a
(B (Jtwo-hour briefing for family members who lost relatives on the four planes
(B (Jthat were hijacked on Sept. 11, 2001, NBC News has learned. The meeting, to
(B (Jbe held June 4 in Princeton, N.J., is sure to be emotional for the 100-plus
(B (Jfamily members who plan to attend. The meeting will be closed to the media.
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(B (JProsecutors will play audio recordings of phone calls between individuals
(B (Jon the planes and family members or co-workers on the ground recordings
(B (Jthat have never aired anywhere before. For example, NBC has learned that
(B (Jthe Justice Department will play a tape that an American Airlines official
(B (Jmade on 9/11 that is a blow-by-blow account of the final words of Amy
(B (JSweeney, a flight attendant on Flight 11. Sweeney is reknowned for having
(B (Jcalmly called her co-workers on 9/11 and providing the seat locations for
(B (JMohammed Atta and the other hijackers, physical descriptions of the
(B (Jterrorists, and what she said appeared to be a bomb on board the plane.
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(B (JThe Justice Department also intends to play an audiotape of a conversation
(B (Jbetween Betty Ong, a flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 11 that
(B (Jcrashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center, and Nydia Gonzalez,
(B (Jan American Airlines reservation manager. The commission investigating the
(B (Jattacks played 4-$B".(J minutes of the tape at a hearing in January, but the
(B (JJustice Department intends to play the entire 23-minute tape at the closed
(B (Jbriefing, according to 9/11 family members.
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(B (JA Department of Justice letter to family members warns that they may hear
(B (Jmaterial of a graphic nature and says it will be providing mental health
(B (Jprofessionals for counseling at the briefing. The prosecutors in the case
(B (Jof Zacarias Moussaoui case will conduct the briefing, the letter says. "The
(B (Jsole purpose of the briefing is to describe for you the evidence gathered
(B (Jduring the investigation of this case regarding the events that transpired
(B (Jon each of the flights before they were crashed," the letter says.
(B (JMoussaoui is charged as a conspirator in the 9/11 attacks.
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(B (JThe letter also warns that there will be security at the briefing barring
(B (Jthose who have not been invited. "No unauthorized persons, including
(B (Jprivate attorneys or media, will be allowed to be present at the briefing,"
(B (Jthe letter says. "Moreover, all family members who attend the briefing
(B (Jsession will be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement." In addition,
(B (Jthe letter warns, "no video or audio equipment may be brought into the
(B (Jbriefing room, and no one will be allowed to take notes."
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