They actually did scramble 2 F-15's. But because they didn't know which planes where hijacked, or their intended targets, there is no intercept / attack vector in which the fighters can take. Therefore they are kind of stuck in a holding pattern.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timelin...cks#8:00_Hours
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