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“I think an act of heroism just took place on that plane.”
– Vice President Dick Cheney, upon learning of the crash of UA93
“Flight 93” is a must-see movie. Based upon transcriptions of interviews, live recordings and eyewitnesses, it kept to the facts as much as possible. The 90 minute film plays out the events of 911 in real time, and focuses on the heroes of that doomed flight.
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Listen and remember. http://youtu.be/lsE3fUWMfx0
I was running late, just gotten out of the shower, and the missus had the TV on in the bedroom. She said a plane had crashed into the WTC. I figured a Cessna pilot had lost control. I got dressed, kissed the wife and left for work.
I didn’t understand what had happened until a coworker brought in a portable TV and we watched the towers collapse. When I got home I watched the news replays showing people jumping to their deaths.
My kids were young then. They couldn’t understand why their dad had tears in his eyes.