UA93: First Class flight to hell, even in Coach
Sep 10, 2017 16:42:07 #
On the Tuesday morning of September 11, 2001, after the WT towers and the Pentagon were attacked, F16s were dispatched to bring down United Airlines 93. The first pilot ran out of fuel traveling at Mach 1 from the Carolinas and had to land. 1st Lieutenant Penny, a female pilot, was next to respond. Her orders were to down that plane...but she had no weapons. "Scramble" for defense at that time meant an involved procedure of arming and mounting weapons. There was no time. As Officer Penney explained, stopping that flight was understood to mean ramming it, preferably in the tail section. UA93 had already crashed by the time she was aloft.
The passengers were well aware of the terrorist's attacks, that commercial planes were used in these assaults. And they knew they were riding a missile of death. It is believed that this attack was headed for D.C. Imagine being on that plane. Your loved ones sitting next to you. What choice do you have? Denial, of course, maybe somehow you will survive. But the fact something has to be done slowly takes form. In that group who decided to storm the cockpit in an attempt to thwart the hijackers, what were their thoughts? What would be your thoughts? Save or crash the plane? The option was death either way in doing nothing or failing.
And perhaps those heroic men that stormed the cockpit knew exactly the probable outcome, that all they could save were others. Their actions are enshrined as to the character of this country.
The passengers were well aware of the terrorist's attacks, that commercial planes were used in these assaults. And they knew they were riding a missile of death. It is believed that this attack was headed for D.C. Imagine being on that plane. Your loved ones sitting next to you. What choice do you have? Denial, of course, maybe somehow you will survive. But the fact something has to be done slowly takes form. In that group who decided to storm the cockpit in an attempt to thwart the hijackers, what were their thoughts? What would be your thoughts? Save or crash the plane? The option was death either way in doing nothing or failing.
And perhaps those heroic men that stormed the cockpit knew exactly the probable outcome, that all they could save were others. Their actions are enshrined as to the character of this country.
Sep 10, 2017 19:27:52 #
Sep 11, 2017 07:36:13 #
Justsss
Loc: Wisconsin
Along with the govt. conspiracy theory about the Pentagon, I've never been able to see a real crash scene from Pennsylvania. The only ones that I've seen have never been from a commercial jetliner. I've lost one family member and two close friends in aircraft accidents and have never viewed a photo of the crash site that appeared to be correct. Could anyone provide a real photo from this crash site ?
Sep 11, 2017 09:56:40 #
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