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Passenger (Barbara Olson) phoned husband moments before Pentagon crash
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| Sept 11, 2001
Posted on 09/11/2001 3:08:02 PM PDT by Geronimo
A passenger managed to reach her husband on her mobile phone moments before American Airlines flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon.
Barbara Olson, a commentator for CNN and wife of US Solicitor General Theodore Olson, was one of 58 passengers on the Boeing 757.
They had been herded to the back of the plane along with the four flight attendants and two pilots.
In two brief and furtive conversations with her husband, Olson, 46, gave a few details about the plane's hijackers, CNN reported.
She mentioned that there was more than one, but the only weapons she described were knives and cardboard cutters, the network said.
"What do I tell the pilot to do?" a frightened Olson pleaded.
Theodore Olson was able to alert the Justice Department's command centre of the hijacking in progress, but it was too late to help his wife and the other people aboard the plane.
They were all killed when the airliner smashed into the Pentagon.
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posted on
09/11/2001 3:08:02 PM PDT
by
Geronimo
To: Geronimo
And I understand today is Ted's birthday.
To: Geronimo
She was very brave.
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posted on
09/11/2001 3:10:38 PM PDT
by
Sungirl
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To: Geronimo
How does one contrast Taliban saying that Bin Laden didn't have the capability to do this with Olsen saying that they used only knives!!
To: Geronimo
Here's a pic of Barbara Olson:
To: Sungirl
Boxcutters and knives against 50+ people? Those are good odds in my book. I believe I would have commenced some serious butt-kicking knowing it was the alternate to dying at the hand of a boxcutter or flaming explosion. What the hell is wrong with people that despite overwhelming odds in their favor, they won't fight to save themselves. What were all the other passengers doing on board the other flight while a few flight attendants tried to defend the plane?
To: TheLurkerX
They didn't know the destination.
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posted on
09/11/2001 3:19:08 PM PDT
by
gjenkins
To: Geronimo
Knives? Weren't there any men on board!?
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posted on
09/11/2001 3:19:23 PM PDT
by
SoDak
To: TheLurkerX
Most people are sheep....and pretty docile at 7 am. Plus, how many hijackings end up like that?
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posted on
09/11/2001 3:19:42 PM PDT
by
Feiny
To: anniegetyourgun
And I understand today is Ted's birthday. An early report said that she was supposed to fly to LA yesterday but stayed home until today so that she could have a birthday breakfast with Ted.
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posted on
09/11/2001 3:20:40 PM PDT
by
jackbill
To: Geronimo
She is a hero for getting that info to her husband. I don't know why the passengers couldn't defend against box cutters, but I'm sure that there are details we don't know yet.
To: TheLurkerX
The liberals and liberal media have conditioned Americans to find self-defense of any kind so repugnant, that obviously many would rather die than strike or kill another person, even a criminal.
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posted on
09/11/2001 3:21:14 PM PDT
by
goodieD
To: TheLurkerX
Boxcutters and knives against 50+ people? Those are good odds in my book. Damn good odds in my book too. It would be .5 mm Pentel mechanical pencils and ball point pens and ALL the fury I could muster versus knives and boxcutters ...
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posted on
09/11/2001 3:22:32 PM PDT
by
_Jim
To: Aggie Mama
Hopefully, she conveyed the nationalities of these heathens to her husband.
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posted on
09/11/2001 3:23:09 PM PDT
by
Azzurri
To: KayEyeDoubleDee
How does one contrast Taliban saying that Bin Laden didn't have the capability to do this with Olsen saying that they used only knives!! The Taliban is lying, and I hope the attack that has apparently been launched on Kabul is just the beginning.
To: TheLurkerX
Cool it!
Take a good look around you, if you ever fly one of those flights (predominantly business folks, like a middle aged tv commentator).
Since most air rages end with the arseholes in jail, are you assuming the hijackers announced their intentions? We don't know that.
Since those hijackers were smart enough to plan all this, and smart enough to fly the damn thing, they were probably smart enough to con the pax and crew to go aft.
However, since you feel strong enough to overpower a crew of deathwish fanatics, I kinda' wish you had been there.
To: Aggie Mama
"Box Cutters" were probably x-acto knives - small & razor sharp.
To: _Jim
Don't be surprised if there weren't weapons planted on these planes by cleanup crews employed by the airlines so they wouldn't have to carry them through security. Semper Fi, Mike
To: Steven W.
Yes, there also refered to as carpet knives
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