Didn't michael moore say something about white men not fighting back to defend the plane? (GASP!) Are you saying Michael Moore might have said something that isn't true?
Posted on 07/23/2004 1:36:05 AM PDT by kattracks
WASHINGTON -Again and again, the heroic passengers and crew of United Flight 93 fought back against the hijackers, continuing their assault even when the plane was turned upside down.Panicked by the unexpected assault, it was the terrorists who gave up in the end.
Shouting "Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest," Ziad Jarrah, the hijacker at the controls, crashed the Boeing 757 into an empty field near Shanksville, Pa., rather than be overwhelmed by his determined captives.
These and other harrowing new details contained in the final report of the 9/11 commission revealed the terrible final moments on Flight 93 as well as on the three other airliners hijacked in the deadliest terror assault against the U.S.
On all the planes, hijackers brandished knives or box cutters, stormed the cockpits and stabbed passengers and crew members who were in their way or tried to intervene. In several cases they used Mace and claimed to have a bomb. Passengers were herded to the rear of the planes.
The airline pilots were all believed stabbed to death to allow the hijackers to take the controls.
On Flight 93, the passengers fought back.
Flight 93 took off from Newark at 8:42 a.m., bound for San Francisco with 37 passengers -including hijackers Jarrah, Ahmed Al Haznawi, Saeed Alghamdi and Ahmed Alnami -and seven crew members aboard.
The hijackers attacked at 9:28 over eastern Ohio. The "black box" cockpit tape recorded sounds of a struggle and the captain or first officer shouting repeatedly, "Hey, get out of here!" The two pilots were killed, most likely stabbed to death.
At 9:32 the hijackers, wearing red bandanas, herded the passengers to the rear of the plane.
Ten of the passengers and at least two crew members calmly passed on an alert, making cell-phone calls to family, friends and authorities.
They learned that United Flight 175 and American Flight 11 had crashed into the World Trade Center. They did not know that American Flight 77 had hit the Pentagon, the report said.
Passengers on the other hijacked planes also had made cell calls. On Flight 175, passenger Peter Hanson called his father, Lee Hanson, two times.
"It's getting bad, Dad," he said in his second call. "I think we are going down. I think they intend to go to Chicago or someplace and fly into a building. Don't worry, Dad. If it happens, it'll be very fast."
Aboard United 93, the passengers took a vote and decided to counterattack at 9:57. Todd Beamer, 32, an account executive in Princeton, N.J., turned to fellow passengers and said the now-famous words: "Are you guys ready? Let's roll!"
But the commission reports a passenger said, "Roll it," which could refer to smashing a food cart into the cockpit door.
As the passengers rushed the cockpit door, Jarrah violently rocked the plane left and right to knock them off balance. Hearing the sounds of fighting continue, Jarrah asked, "Is that it? Shall we finish it off?"
Another hijacker replied, "No, not yet. When they all come, we finish it off."
Jarrah then began pitching the nose of the plane up and down. An unidentified passenger shouted: "In the cockpit! If we don't, we die!"
Jarrah said, "Allah is the greatest! Allah is the greatest!" and asked his fellow hijacker, "Is that it? I mean, shall we put it down?"
The other hijacker answered, "Yes, put it in, and pull it down."
Jarrah rolled the plane onto its back. But "the sounds of the passenger counterattack continued," the report says.
Shortly after 10:02, the plane smashed into the ground, killing all aboard.
The commission's report concludes that "Jarrah's objective was to crash his airliner into the symbols of the American Republic -the Capitol or the White House. He was defeated by the alerted, unarmed passengers of United 93."
Originally published on July 23, 2004
And Kerry is only too happy to help them achieve their evil goals. How soon people forget.
That's true, Ambrose.
Watch NY and particularly
NYC go to Kerry.
Disgusting.
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.-George S. Patton
If Bush wins, they will not have died in vain.
Didn't michael moore say something about white men not fighting back to defend the plane?
Those on board this airplane were Heroes....John Kerry you are no Hero...had you been on board you would have been cowering in the back amid your body wastes writing yourself up for another medal. Given your record..you would have lied while Brave Men were Died.
If those people on Flight 93 didn't perform the most selfless act, the already horrible day could have (and most likely would have) resulted in a tragedy far beyond the scope of one additional terrorist act.
Who knows what decisions would have been made by our governing body after a hit to the White House or a different prominent location. I am sure the decisions would have been as calculated and as comprehensive, yet cooler heads were able to prevail.
Without these amazing people and their heroic actions, the world would have been a different place today almost 3 years later.
God Bless America and All the People Who held Hands "With Great Love" on 9-11 and helped us get through the day and days ahead.
Passengers on the other hijacked planes also had made cell calls. On Flight 175, passenger Peter Hanson called his father, Lee Hanson, two times."It's getting bad, Dad," he said in his second call. "I think we are going down. I think they intend to go to Chicago or someplace and fly into a building. Don't worry, Dad. If it happens, it'll be very fast."
This is the first time I heard that a passenger on another flight was aware that it was going to be crashed into a target.
Too bad the passengers did have guns. They might have survived the ordeal.
Didn't michael moore say something about white men not fighting back to defend the plane? (GASP!) Are you saying Michael Moore might have said something that isn't true?
Kerry would have been also on the phone, trying to get consensus from the U.N..
bttt
This Allah buddy of theirs is a real @$$hole. I'm glad the astronauts stuck the American Flag in his eye and left their boot prints on his forehead.
The use of this word disturbs me. It's purpose here is clear.
BITS
A National Monument should be erected on the spot outside of Shanksville, PA where it crashed, but the simple fact is "..we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men [and women] who struggled here have consecrated it far above out poor power to add or detract."
I disagree with your assessment. The purpose appears to me to be to say that against all odds, these brave people thwarted the efforts of the cowardly terrorists.
#14..Your post is despicable!
First I've heard of this, too. How did he know? Did the terrorists brag about their intentions? Why didn't Mr. Hanson and his fellow passengers fight back if they knew they were going to die? What's sad is with the recent reports of suspicious terrorist activity on planes, no one has stepped up and taken action against those suspicious characters. We have not learned a thing from Todd Beamer and the brave souls on Flight 93.
Go pray to Mr. Akbar in the highway.
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