9/11...Vice President Cheney's instincts of the first crash is that is was not an accident.

Cheney recalls taking charge from bunkerCheney was in his West Wing office when he received word that a plane had struck the World Trade Center. He watched TV and hoped that his instincts were wrong."It was a clear day, there were no weather problems, and then we saw the second airplane hit in real time," Cheney told CNN's John King in an interview in the vice president's office."At that moment, you knew this was a deliberate act. This was a terrorist act." - CNN (09/11/02)

(See also: March 21, 1989 - Cheney becomes the 17th US Secretary of Defense)