I felt a lot of things watching this - not the least of which was anger.
It all came flooding back.
But one of the other things I felt was extreme pride in every single one of those passengers.
I only hope that if I am ever faced with a challenge like this, that I will respond with a fraction of the courage they did.
Thank you for being here, Chris. May you be richly blessed. (Being the son of a hero is a good start.)
"I only hope that if I am ever faced with a challenge like this, that I will respond with a fraction of the courage they did."
I am a private pilot, I met a fellow who flew with one of the pilots killed that day actually. I fly out of an airport where those sick monsters took some lessons. I keep wondering what if it were me? If they could have been stopped before they nosed the jet over, could I have saved the plane? A few weeks before 9/11 I got to sit in the jumpseat of a Quantas 747 for landing because I was a private pilot. Those days are gone. I dont think here is a single one of us that doesnt wonder what we would have done if it were us. Those people were amazing. They saved so many, they saved our nation from more horror that day.
I think they knew that. I know they knew that.