Rep. Downing learns of 9/11 attacks while hunting moose in Alaska

On the 24th anniversary of 9/11, Rep. Troy Downing, R-Montana, shared his unusual experience that day, which inspired him to join the U.S. Air Force.

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“I’m thinking about the nuclear massacre. I don’t know what can stop the plane from flying,” he said in an interview with Fox News Digital.

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He added: “We decided whether they would pick us up on the scheduled day (that was the 16th) and I said we had to hike to Anchorage, and, Anchorage was about 350 miles away, so it would take a long time.”

On September 16, as they packed the hunting camp, a Grumman Goose plane landed on the lake and headed to the shore to pick them up, and the pilot informed them by rolling down the window, saying “they blow up the World Trade Center.”

He said: “Like, who? I just want to deal with this. Remember, we don’t see anything on TV.” New York City.

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Rep. Troy Downing of R-Montana took place on a moose hunting trip in Alaska in 2001. (Rep. Troy Downing)

He said the tragedy ended up being fueled to welcome the 34-year-old 34-year-old, just one year away from the cutoff, just like thousands of people after the attack.

“Because the airspace is closed on Canada, I’m leaving Alaska, so I can’t fly home. Once they open the space, I flew home and the next day, I walked into the recruiter’s office.”

“Hey, I used to teach at NYU. I have a pilot license, you know, what can you do with me?” Republicans told the recruiter. “Downing ended up doing two tours in Afghanistan and the Air National Guard, including in combat search and rescue teams.

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The original World Trade Center, as shown in the archive photos from July 2000. (Albert L. Ortega/Wireimage)

“And the recruiter looked at me and said, ‘Okay, how old are you?’ I said, ’34. He’s gone, ‘Okay, 35 is the cutter, go to Aswab,'” he said.

Republicans who joined Congress After working as Montana auditor earlier this year, he said unification in the days after 9/11 should be takeaway decades later, stressing that “we continue to take care of our veterans.”

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