(NECN: Mike Nikitas) - Lt. Colonel Dan Nash, an F-15 pilot with the Massachusetts Air National Guard, is interviewed by NECN's Mike Nikitas.

On the morning of the September 11th terrorist attacks, Nash and another F-15 pilot were scrambled from Otis Air Force Base in Massachusetts, heading immediately for New York.

Nash describes his feelings about 9/11 -- he says he thought it was the "start of World War III."

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