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THE FLIGHT THAT FOUGHT BACK
Discovery Channel ^ | 11 September 2005 | The DIscovery Channel

Posted on 09/11/2005 5:19:05 AM PDT by Vigilanteman

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To: Vigilanteman

I think this was very well done. Brokaw was even pretty fair with his interviews of family members. I will keep a recording of the show for future generations.


21 posted on 09/12/2005 8:44:39 AM PDT by TChris ("The central issue is America's credibility and will to prevail" - Goh Chok Tong)
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To: Churchillspirit

Watched it as well. Excellent program except for Brokaws attempt to demean the gov't by asking folks if they felt safer after the changes made after 911.

The family members didn't take the bait and I was glad of that.

Tough program to watch, but important to remember.

SZ


22 posted on 09/12/2005 8:47:14 AM PDT by SZonian (Tagline???? I don't need no stinkin' tagline!)
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To: Wolverine
Did you ever stop to think that the red crescent may be intended as a reminder of who did this? There are swastikas at holocaust memorials: They are there to remind every visitor who it was that committed those atrocities! Could it be that the red crescent is designed to serve as a reminder that it was militant Islamicists who murdered those 40 civilians?

Think about it.

23 posted on 09/12/2005 8:49:28 AM PDT by TChris ("The central issue is America's credibility and will to prevail" - Goh Chok Tong)
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To: SZonian
Agreed. The program could have been 30 minutes shorter.
24 posted on 09/12/2005 9:00:16 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (Anaheim Angels - 2002 World Series Champions)
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To: stevie_d_64

YA can buy the DVD here.....


http://shopping.discovery.com/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10000&catalogId=10000&langId=-1&productId=58878&partnumber=731885&jzid=40588004-16-0



Remember that this money goes to the "cresent" design memorial. If ya have issues as I do with the design. Yet I wanted the movie so I bought anyway.


25 posted on 09/12/2005 9:37:38 AM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: Squantos

Yeah, until I read up on the design, I had not any issues with it the idea of the memorial...

Question...

How friggin stupid some people (who worked on this project) must be "not" to see the representation or resemblance to this islamic symbol???

The whole process have review after review, artistic development and presentation preparation, to an "public" unveiling...

And nobody in that whole development process ever saw this???

If it only took less than a day for most of the world to notice this funny little coincidence...You have to wonder what they were smokin'...

I'm glad you got the video of that show...

Not sure if I'll even need to see the program...

I wake up everyday, and one of the first thoughts in my mind is...

Is this going to be another 9-11 day...

I remember, and I'll probably never deviate from that mindset...

I can still live, work, play and love in my life, and this country can call me again anytime, anywhere to serve...

It's still worth it...And that will never change...


26 posted on 09/12/2005 11:36:05 AM PDT by stevie_d_64 (Houston Area Texans)
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To: DefiantZERO
At least it's not on NBC. It if was, the hijackers would be 'humanized' more than the passengers.

If it were on CBS, the terrorists would be portrayed as innocents who sought refuge in the cockpits because of anti-Islamic bigotry shared by airline passengers... and Dan Rather would have photocopies of documented proof!

27 posted on 09/12/2005 11:39:11 AM PDT by theDentist (The Dems have put all their eggs in one basket-case: Howard "Belltower" Dean.)
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To: Vigilanteman

It was certainly a gripping narrative. The one glaring ommision was the inability to use the flight data recorder to trach the exact flight of the aircraft during the critical last twenty minutes.


28 posted on 09/12/2005 11:39:33 AM PDT by Publius6961 (Liberal level playing field: If the Islamics win we are their slaves..if we win they are our equals.)
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To: All

Does anyone know if Discovery Channel has scheduled a repeat airing? I went to their website but couldn't find the info. Thanks!


29 posted on 09/12/2005 12:50:52 PM PDT by GOPrincess
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To: Wolverine

Dear Ms. Hanley,

After watching "The Flight That Fought Back" I was very interested in donating to the Flight 93 Memorial, but when I did some research on the design plans, I have changed my mind. What were you thinking when you chose the shape of the Crescent? Just who is being memorialized here? This would be like making a Holocaust Memorial in the shape of a swastika. I consider this to be utterly shameful and a complete disgrace to the memories of those American heroes who died on board Flight 93, to use the religious symbol of the very terrorists who hijacked the flight and caused their death. I hope that you reconsider this unbelievably tasteless and tactless "memorial." If not, you might as well just put the names of the terrorists on it rather than the heroes because that's who you are memorializing.

Count me out on the donation.

Sincerely,
StarCMC
Town & State


30 posted on 09/13/2005 2:15:50 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
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To: Squantos

Or you could catch it on Tivo and burn it to DVD. :oD


31 posted on 09/13/2005 2:17:31 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
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To: Moonmad27
"The title of an article about the movie in the local paper was that it "mixes fact and fiction", which i thought was very dismissive..."

Yes, I watched it and I would say the proper way to describe it would be "it mixes Fact with INFORMED SPECULATION" from experts and family members.

However, there is no doubt due to evidence from the actual cockpit recordings that if the terrorists had not crashed the plane when they did that they were all going to be killed by the passengers.

Those people are Heroes there is no doubt!

32 posted on 09/13/2005 2:24:06 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg ("`Eddies,' said Ford, `in the space-time continuum.' `Ah,' nodded Arthur, `is he? Is he?'")
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To: StarCMC

Yep Yep Yep....good point !


33 posted on 09/13/2005 9:19:21 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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