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Of course, the people on the flight that crashed in the field had the advantage of knowing what had already happened at the WTC. If one knows that the hijackers are suicidal, then an attack-at-any-cost scheme is a given. On the earlier flights, most passengers assumed that the hijackers just wanted some sort of ransom, a prisoner released or some money. If I were on a plane being hijacked, prior to September 11, it would never occur to me that the hijackers intend to kill as many people as possible, including themselves, by flying the plane into a building. It is completely unfair to assume that these people were sheep, knew what was going on, and chose to do nothing.