Flight 93 can't really be compared to the other flights. It was the last to go down. Before it crashed, the passengers had had phone contact with many people, as I'm sure you know, and the passengers were made aware of what happened to the other flights.
I don't think there is any evidence which shows that non-Flight 93 passengers had any idea that what was going on was anything but a "normal" hijacking. They had no idea that they were about to be used as missiles.
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When I saw the first plane hit the tower, the first thing I said to the wife, I wonder why the people on the plane allowed that to happen. They had a one inch knife, a one inch knife. If people were taught to defend and not hide, it might not have happened the way it did. The argument against arming pilots is proof enough of what is wrong in American society.
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“I don’t think there is any evidence which shows that non-Flight 93 passengers had any idea that what was going on was anything but a “normal” hijacking. They had no idea that they were about to be used as missiles.”
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And the other thing is that many people are slow to react...or even paralyzed in a dangerous situation. Everyone reacts differently (or they can’t react at all). I always tell people that’s why I never owned a gun. I’d probably be too slow to use it, or I’d shoot myself in the foot. But anyway, it’s not fair to compare the Flight 93 passengers with those on the other planes. Or to berate anyone for not stopping this morning’s shooter.