Hijacker shot passengeron Flight 11

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | February 27, 2002 | Paul Sperry

[ScholarWarrior]

Anybody know what a "selectee" is that is quoted?

[Blood of Tyrants]

A passenger had a gun, killed one of the hijackers and yet was unable to subdue the others? Sounds fishy to me.

[aomagrat]

I think if a hijacker had used a gun, the anti-gunners would have got wind of it and would be shouting it from every mountain top.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

I think you may need to read it again.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #3

The guy with the gun was Satam Suqami. Most likely he was one of the hijackers.

[Blood of Tyrants]

P.S. Sounds like misinformation to counter the claims that a gun would have prevented the tragedy. I can see the anti-gunners saying. "See! A gun DIDN'T stop the hijackers!"

[VA Advogado]

The FAA claims the memo, time-stamped Sept. 11 at 5:30 p.m., was written in error.

Rather unlikely they had this information so soon after the crash. I doubt they recovered much that day, never mind had time to do an autopsy.

[M. Thatcher]

A passenger had a gun, killed one of the hijackers

No, read it again. The other way around.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Oh. Never mind.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #7

If there were multiple passengers carrying guns, hijacker could not have succeeded.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #8

This info was relayed by flight attendent while hijacking was in progress. Read the article carefully.

[No Truce With Kings]

The FAA claims the memo, time-stamped Sept. 11 at 5:30 p.m., was written in error.

I suspect that is an accurate description of what happened. It sounds like some of the wild speculation that occured on 9/11. Remember the stories of truck bombs going off near the Treasury Building, up to five other hijacked planes being tracked, etc.?

My immediate reaction when I heard that two hijacked jets had been crashed into the WTC was to wonder how the H they had gotten firearms aboard the airplane. I could not conceive how four to six hijackers could control an airplane with pocketknives. Sounds like someone at the FAA felt the same way.

[SpringheelJack]

Besides being a co-founder of Akamai, Daniel Lewin was also an officer in the Israeli Defense Forces.

[Dog Gone]

I don't think there's much to this. Initial reports relayed through several people often get misunderstood. I don't think the hijackers used guns.

[StriperSniper]

unlikely they had this information so soon after the crash.

It would seem more likely that, if they had that information at that time(late afternoon), they got it before the crash.

[Prodigal Daughter]

Sounds believable to me. The airline and airline security don't want anyone to know that they let a gun on board because then they might be liable in court.

[ScholarWarrior]

I'll try again.

Anyone care to hazard a guess as to what a "selectee" is that is referenced several times in the detailed text?

[Cold Heat]

It is possible, but as carfull as they were, I don't see them trying to get a gun through security. That is, unless the gun was already on the aircraft. Hmmmmmmmmmmm!