Flight 93 the flight that fought back know
A story of september 11. United flight 93 was one of four hijacked planes that day. But the crew and passengers of this flight got information about WTC and other hijacked planes on air phone. So they fought back against the terrorist. United 93 had never reached his target. Narrated by Kiefer Sutherland. Rest in peace the innocent people who died that day. Crew: Captain Jason Dahl First Officer Le Roy Homer Flight Attendant Wanda Anita Green Flight Attendant Lorraine G. Bay Flight Attendant Cee Cee Lyles Flight Attendant Sandra Bradshaw Flight Attendant Deborah Welsh Passengers: Christian Adams ( German) Todd Beamer Alan Beaven Mark Bingham Deora Frances Bodley Marion R. Britton Thomas E. Burnett, Jr. William Joseph Cashman Georgine Rose Corrigan Patricia Cushing Joseph De Luca Patrick Joseph Driscoll Edward P. Felt Jane Folger Colleen Fraser Andrew Garcia Jeremy Glick Kristin White Gould Lauren Caluzzi Grandcolas Donald Freeman Greene Linda Gronlund Richard Guadagno Toshiya Kuge ( Japanese) Hilda Marcin Waleska Martinez Nicole Carol Miller Louis J. Nacke II Donald Peterson Jean Peterson Mark Rothenberg Christine Snyder John Talignani Honor Elizabeth Wainio.
( CNN) - Who actually put United Flight 93 into a death dive, causing it to slam into the Pennsylvania countryside on September 11, 2001, is revealed in the 9/11 commission report released Thursday. The passenger revolt began at 9:57 a.m., nearly 30 minutes after the four terrorists aboard launched their takeover of the Boeing 757 loaded with more than 11,000 gallons of jet fuel. As passengers charged the cockpit door, terrorist hijacker Ziad Jarrah began rolling the plane to the left and right, attempting to knock the passengers off balance, the 9/11 commission report said. Jarrah told another hijacker in the cockpit to block the door. By 9:59 a.m., Jarrah changed tactics and pitched the nose of the airplane up and down to disrupt the assault. The [flight] recorder captured the sounds of loud thumps, crashes, shouts and breaking glass and plates. At a.m., Jarrah stabilized the airplane, the report says. Five seconds later, Jarrah asked, ' Is that it? Shall we finish it off?' A hijacker responded, ' No. Not yet. When they all come, we finish it off.' Jarrah resumed pitching the plane up and down. In the cockpit. If we don't, we'll die, a passenger is heard saying. Sixteen seconds later, a passenger yelled, ' Roll it!' the report says. By 10:01 a.m., Jarrah stopped his violent maneuvers and said, Allah is the greatest! Allah is the greatest! According to the report, he then asked another hijacker in the cockpit, Is that it? I mean, shall we put it down? Yes, put it in it, and pull it down, the other responded. The passengers continued with their assault, trying to break through the cockpit door. At 10:02 a.m. and 23 seconds, a hijacker said, Pull it down! Pull it down! The hijackers remained at the controls but must have judged that the passengers were only seconds from overcoming them, the report concludes. The airplane headed down; the control wheel was turned hard.
Uploaded on Jun 6, 2009.
Universal's United 93 Don't get me wrong, I'm in awe of what the passengers on United's hijacked Flight 93 managed to do on 9/11. Everyone knows the basic outline, although the details are necessarily conjectural: With the help of cell-phone contact from friends and relatives on the ground, the passengers figured out the hijackers had no demands to negotiate but rather were on a suicide mission similar to the ones that had just crashed planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Somehow, it appears, they took action to thwart that goal, sacrificing themselves to save hundreds, even thousands, of lives in the target city ( Washington, D. C.)—action that forced the plane to crash into an empty field in Pennsylvania, leaving no survivors but a near-mythic legacy. A it's always darkest before the dawn; the human spirit will triumph over evil; there must be a pony. That's always been the subtextual spiritual narrative of media catastrophe coverage: terrible human tragedy, but something good always.
Huddled in the back of the plane, the passengers and crew of Flight 93 made a series of calls on their cell phones and the in-flight Airfones, informing family members and officials on the ground of the plane’s hijacking. When they learned the fate of the three other hijacked flights in New York City and Washington, D. C., the passengers realized that their plane was involved in a larger terrorist plot and would likely be used to carry out further attacks on U. S. soil. After a brief discussion, a vote was taken and the passengers decided to fight back against their hijackers, informing several people on the ground of their plans. One of the passengers, Thomas Burnett Jr., told his wife over the phone, “ I know we’re all going to die. There’s three of us who are going to do something about it. I love you, honey.” Another passenger, Todd Beamer, was heard over an open line saying, “ Are you guys ready? Let’s roll.” Sandy Bradshaw, a flight attendant, called her husband and explained that she had slipped into a galley and was filling pitchers with boiling water. Her last words to him were: “ Everyone’s running to first class. I’ve got to go. Bye.” At 9:57 the passengers and crew aboard Flight 93 began their counterattack, as recorded by the cockpit voice recorder. In response, the hijacker piloting the plane began to roll the aircraft, pitching it up and down to throw the charging passengers off balance. Worried that the passengers would soon break through to the cockpit, the hijackers made the decision to crash the plane before reaching their final destination. At 10:02 a voice was recorded saying, “ Yes, put it in it, and pull it down.” Several other voices chanted “ Allah is great” as the plane’s controls were turned hard to the right. The airplane then rolled onto its back and plowed into an empty field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, at 580 miles per hour. Flight 93’s.