Re: Only heroes that day were on Flight 93


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Posted by Matt Wilson on Sunday, September 12, 2004 at 7:40PM :

In Reply to: Only heroes that day were on Flight 93 posted by chris case on Saturday, September 11, 2004 at 5:42PM :

Chris,

The only reason the people on Flight 93 did anything is because they found out from their loved ones (via cell phone) that the first three planes had crashed into buildings. That's when Flight 93's passengers decided to do something. The other three flights didn't know that this was the scenario. The reason they didn't know? Because a situation like this had never happened before 9/11. In the past, there were plenty of highjackings, all of them to my knowledge resulting in the plane landing in Cuba or some other place, and the hostages eventually being set free. The people on the first three planes on 9/11 no doubt thought this was going to be the case, as well. They had no idea what was in store for them.

Subsequent flights after 9/11 have proven that people are not such "wimps" as you state. There have been flights in which individuals tried to takeover the flight, but were taken out either by crew or passengers, and there is also the case of Richard Reid, who was disarmed and disabled (read beaten up) by fellow passengers when he tried to light his shoe bomb on fire. My point is: now that people know the kind of destruction that's desired by the terrorists, they are much more willing to handle the situation in the appropriate manner.

You speak as a person who was not there, but likes to play Monday-morning quarterback.

You also state that you are an "in-your-face" kind of guy? Well, I would not be so quick to admit that, because I've found that "in-your-face" guys are usually the type who don't think much, but like to talk a lot. Maybe you should start to think about the other side of the situation for a change.


Matt



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