{"650662":{"#nid":"650662","#data":{"type":"news","title":"General Breedlove Gives Firsthand Account of 9\/11 from the Pentagon","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeneral Philip Breedlove is a Distinguished Professor at the Nunn School and\u0026nbsp;a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cets.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECenter for European and Transatlantic Studies (CETS)\u003C\/a\u003E Senior Fellow.\u0026nbsp;He previously served as NATO\u0026rsquo;s Supreme Allied Commander Europe and the\u0026nbsp;Commander of\u0026nbsp;US European Command\u0026nbsp;before retiring.\u0026nbsp;On September 9, 2021, General Breedlove gave his powerful personal account of what happened on September 11, 2001.\u0026nbsp;The former Georgia Tech student and ROTC cadet\u0026nbsp;described how in 2001,\u0026nbsp;he\u0026nbsp;was the chief aide to the top official in the Air Force, Jim Roche. Breedlove described how as he was working in his office\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;morning\u0026nbsp;of September 11th, members of his staff\u0026nbsp;urged him to turn on the television, saying there had been an accident in New York City. You can\u0026nbsp;watch\u0026nbsp;his personal account \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4kackBniqw\u0026amp;t=142s\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;You can also find accounts\u0026nbsp;from\u0026nbsp;other\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech faculty\u0026nbsp;regarding\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;twentieth\u0026nbsp;anniversary \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/features\/2021\/09\/remembering-september-11-20-years-later\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"General Breedlove described how as he was working in his office the morning of September 11th, members of his staff urged him to turn on the television, saying there had been an accident in New York City."}],"uid":"35925","created_gmt":"2021-09-10 19:24:55","changed_gmt":"2021-09-11 14:10:15","author":"rallister3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-09-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-09-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"650661":{"id":"650661","type":"image","title":"General Philip Breedlove (Retired)","body":null,"created":"1631301792","gmt_created":"2021-09-10 19:23:12","changed":"1631301792","gmt_changed":"2021-09-10 19:23:12","alt":"","file":{"fid":"246921","name":"General Philip Breedlove.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/General%20Philip%20Breedlove.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/General%20Philip%20Breedlove.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":49606,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/General%20Philip%20Breedlove.jpeg?itok=mbuknE0s"}}},"media_ids":["650661"],"groups":[{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChristopher McDermott\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Echris.mcdermott@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearch Associate I\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECenter for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESam Nunn School of International Affairs|Georgia\u0026nbsp;Institute of\u0026nbsp;Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}