The one that faces Mecca?
Posted on 07/06/2008 8:29:49 PM PDT by neverdem
SHANKSVILLE, Pa.
I made my long-delayed Flight 93 pilgrimage a week before July 4 this year.
This is where the United Airlines plane crashed on 9/11. It's the final resting place of 40 passengers and crew, some of whom apparently overwhelmed a group of terrorists - in all likelihood saving lives and national treasure in Washington, D.C., the terrorists' target destination.
I've always marveled at the story: the image of ordinary people accepting what surely they feared would be a fatal challenge. On my brief visit, I learned there was even more to the story.
Before they acted, they made a plan - and then they voted on it. That's what we do in our country. We vote. That's what we've fought and died for from the beginning.
I wasn't thinking about the Fourth of July when I got here, but the acts of the Flight 93 passengers are the kinds of brave, selfless acts we remember on this holiday.
"We've decided we're going to do something," one passenger told his wife on the phone. "We're not going to just sit here."
"What can I do?" she asked.
"Just pray," he said.
"This doesn't look good," another passenger told his father by phone. "I don't think we're going to get out of this."
As many know, Todd Beamer, one of the passengers, shouted, "Let's roll," as the counterassault began. I would add that two-word battle cry to the nation's list of defiant refusals to live in thrall to any threat - whether king or dictator or terrorist.
The passengers had learned of the attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center. They also learned that their own plane, Flight 93, was on its way to Washington.
No one knows exactly where the hijacked plane was headed. One of the...
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So let's not put a crescent on it facing Mecca.
The one that faces Mecca?
Thanks for posting. America’s finest.
Americans at their selfless best. This was our first strike back at the terrorists. We have won every battle since that moment. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that we can stay a step ahead of all our enemies. Thank you for posting.
I always think, how shocked those vermin were when we (Americans) fought back.
They were used to people cowering in the face of a threat. They thought we’d sit and cry. They just underestimated this country.
I use “we” being generous to myself, identifying with the passengers. I don’t know that I would have pulled myself together to fight.
But I am so proud of them.
Sheepdogs, every one. We SHOULD be proud. Happy Independence Day.
Colonel, USAFR
The first victory of the War on Terror..God Bless them all.
On my brief visit, I learned there was even more to the story.
Before they acted, they made a plan - and then they voted on it.”
Overwhelmingly inspiring. If you ever get a chance to watch or look it up, see the movie Flight 93 (originally on A&E, I think). It was done with the cooperation and contributions of the victims’ familes, and won some awards for being so outstanding.
Pelosi, Boxer, Feinstein, Reid, Schumer, Murtha, Kerry, and their Liberal cohorts would cower and cry and surrender. IMO, they’re not worthy of elected office and they disgrace our heritage and all those that sacrificed to keep us free.
quite simply, you would’ve stood on the side of freedom. The rest would tske csre of itself.
I can’t watch it again. I was gripping my phone pretty tight when watching it.
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GOD Bless...
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Before I board an aircraft, I look around at my fellow passengers. There does not need to be any eye contact, and no introductions are required. I’m just looking out for possible bad guys, and possible good guys.
And now we have a presidential candidate with three Muslim names.
Well, isn’t that special?
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I know of one. I read about a second. What's the third? A credible link would be appreciated.
I’m taking my dad to Gettysburg and Antietam in October and plan on stopping by Shanksville on our way home to pay our respects.
You would have, Marie, it’s in your genes. Americans don’t generally cower, we get mad, then we fight.
I think “Let’s roll” is right up there with “Nuts”.
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