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The U.S. doesn't dispute the death toll but dismisses the shootdown claim as groundless.
It is possible that NORAD commanders would have ordered a shootdown in the absence of the authorization communicated by the Vice President, but given the gravity of the decision to shoot down a commercial airliner, and NORAD's caution that a mistake not be made, we view this possibility as unlikely.
Fleischer's 10:20 note is the first mention of shootdown authority.
On Air Force One, the President's press secretary was taking notes; Ari Fleischer recorded that at 10:20, the President told him that he had authorized a shootdown of aircraft if necessary.
In upstate New York, NEADS personnel first learned of the shootdown order from this message: Floor Leadership: You need to read this.