Flight 93 hijacker: 'Shall we finish it off?'

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[TeufelHunden1358]

(CNN) -- Who actually put United Flight 93 into a death dive, causing it to slam into the Pennsylvania countryside on September 11, 2001, is revealed in the 9/11 commission report released Thursday.

[AF68]

"What kind of person can forget?"

Putrid Marxist swine like Michael Moore who believe that terrorists are freedom fighters and President Bush is worse than Usama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein.

[Robert_Paulson2]

Any plane heading for the white house would HAVE to be shot down.

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you mean like the plane that hit the pentagon?
based on YOUR assertion, it would have HAD to be shot down too (in fact first)as it was just minutes from the capitol too... hence a greater threat.

But now we know that neither the pentagon or the pennsylvania plane was shot down.
This is the finding. And it is a fact.
There is NO evidence that any american pilots fired on american pilots in one place a long way from the whitehouse while ignoring and failing to take out the one that was much closer to the capitol...

good grief.
do you eat a steady diet of that stuff?
you know??? tin foil?

[Smartass]

[justshutupandtakeit]

Total crap.

[spokeshave]

Need a medal for civilian bravery of the highest order as demonstrated by the heroes of Flight 93.

The Flight93 medal for civilian bravery and heroic action.

[Smartass]

Let me see what I can do!

[Smartass]

Check out this Link:
U.S.A. Medals/Awards

[null and void]

What kind of person can forget?

A liberal.

[Smartass]

Flight 11 crew honored for civilian bravery
By MARK PRATT, Associated Press writer

BOSTON -- In a time of chaos, confusion and terror, Madeline Amy Sweeney calmly and professionally contacted ground personnel and gave them a detailed account of what was happening on American Airlines Flight 11 the morning of Sept. 11.

Her physical descriptions of the hijackers, their seat numbers and her reporting of what was happening as the airliner approached New York City has been invaluable to investigators in the five months since four hijacked planes took the lives of almost 3,000 people.

Sweeney, fellow flight attendant Betty Ong and Capt. John Ogonowski were honored yesterday at an emotional Faneuil Hall ceremony with a new state civilian bravery award that bears Sweeney's name.

"What my wife did was truly amazing," said Michael Sweeney of Acton, who works for the state Environmental Police. "But she would probably wonder what the big deal was."

Acting Gov. Jane M. Swift gave the medal to Sweeney's children Jack, 4, and Anna, 6.

"In her nation's darkest hour, she responded with a selfless bravery that illustrates the very best of human nature," Swift said. "She was empowered by her ability to shed light where none existed."

Sweeney contacted American Airlines flight services manager Michael Woodward and told him what was happening. "She calmly and in a detailed fashion told us that Flight 11 had been hijacked, which was nothing short of a miracle," he said.

The award will be given every Sept. 11 to a civilian who displays exceptional courage to save others.

The ceremony was attended by Massachusetts Sens. Edward M. Kennedy and John F. Kerry, U.S. Reps. Martin Meehan, D-Mass., and Rob Simmons, R-Conn., U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan and Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly.

Sweeney's father, Bill Todd, lives in Simmons' district, home to seven other families who lost loved ones on Sept. 11.

"I was here for him and the family, but also to share the message that Amy Sweeney's courage led to a warning that a major terrorist attack was under way and that information got to the people on Flight 93 and motivated them to make a heroic sacrifice that probably saved our nation's Capital building," he said.

Flight 93 crashed in rural Pennsylvania killing all on board. Authorities think passengers overpowered the hijackers when they learned of the attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Cathie Ong flew from San Francisco for the ceremony honoring her sister, Betty, who lived in Andover. "I find it hard to stand here and accept this award because my family and I wish this tragedy had never occurred," a tearful Ong said.

Capt. Ogonowski's wife, Peggy, echoed the comments of all the families when she said her husband, a Vietnam veteran, was just doing his job. "He took his command of an aircraft very seriously," she said. Ogonowski, 52, of Dracut, intermittently hit the talk button so air traffic controllers could hear cockpit conversations during the hijacking.

The medals are about three inches across. One side says "Madeline Amy Sweeney Award for Civilian Bravery" around the state seal. The other side features a soaring eagle.

"Osama bin Laden said the hijackers were brave men," Simmons said. "But Amy showed us what bravery is all about."

[BIGLOOK]

Seine name ist wunderbar aber US Marines sind die Teufelhunden im wirklichkeit.

[malia]

I understand all the families were called in to listen to the Black Box about 6mos or more ago. Very sobering!

All the passengers and crew are heros. That can never be taken away from them!!!

It makes me want to be very careful of the use of 'hero'.

[Windsong]

The Japanese were the same way. Only they shouted "Emperor is great". Can someone post some pics of dead taliban for this thread please?

[garjog]

Looks like the terrorist slimes are trying to hijack more planes. I would prefer that we catch, arrest, detain, or execute them BEFORE more civilians like Beamer have to play the role of hero and die in the air. Is this really a war or not? http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/7/22/131303.shtml

[Agent47]

So worldnetdaily is posting "total crap" now? Do you really think they would release that the plane was shot down in any case? Its not some conspiracy, I would rather it be shot down than crashed into more people. Why were parts of the plane found so far away from the crash if it was just a crash? Have you ever seen a plane crash? I have and debri stays relatively close by. Either way, those guys were hero's for trying to kick some ass! God bless em!

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks !!

Lisa Beamer, widow of Todd Beamer, who died on United Airline Flight 93 that crashed in Pennsylvnia is applauded on Capitol Hill Thursday, Sept. 20, 2001 after being recognized by President Bush during his address before a joint session of Congress.
(AP Photo/Kenneth Lambert)

[No Surrender No Retreat]

There should be a monument built to honor their heroism. I doubt they were liberals, otherwise they would have set there like a scared bird. Bush/Cheney2004

[Bobby777]

By 10:01 a.m., Jarrah stopped his violent maneuvers and said, "Allah is the greatest! Allah is the greatest!"

I'll bet he holds a *slightly* different opinion now ... now that he found out who he was serving ... and despite what Jack Van Impe says, it is *not* the God of Israel ...

[Luis Gonzalez]

"The report says Jarrah intended to fly the plane into the White House or the U.S. Capitol. "He was defeated by the alerted, unarmed passengers of United 93," the report says."

America was already fighting back, and defeating them.

God IS great.

[Bobby777]

the Trojan Horse is alive and well in America ... they will strike again ...

[Publius6961]

these people who prevented another attack on 9/11 should be considered hero's, not people who just took down a plane and overthrew terrorists

What kind of a fruitcake are you? Learn to spell before joining adult discussions with an incoherent irrelevant opinion.