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Among the Heroes: The True Story of United 93 and the Passengers and Crew Who Fought Back
The events of September 11 are etched in our minds, but perhaps the fate of United Airlines Flight 93 intrigues us the most. As we helplessly watched two planes fly into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, an epic story of self-sacrifice was taking place. AMONG THE HEROES vividly re-creates the story of those passengers who decided to fight the armed hijackers who took control of their plane.
September 11 is a tragic day to be remembered, but United 93 is its symbol of hope and courage. NEW YORK TIMES journalist Jere Longman covered the crash minute by minute. In AMONG THE HEROES he reconstructs the story of this flight, profiling the hijackers and the heroes, Mark Bingham, Thomas Burnett, Jeremy Glick and Todd Beamer. From calls made to their loved ones, we know that these men had been informed of the attacks on the World Trade Center and that they knew they were likely to suffer a similar fate, killing thousands of innocent people in the process. Collating all available material, eyewitness interviews, phone calls and the black box, AMONG THE HEROES is a gripping account of a real life-and-death drama, a story of heroic self-sacrifice and nailbiting decisions. |
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The Crash of United Flight 93 on September 11, 2001
Twelve Important Titles Detailing Some of the Most Horrifying Terrorist Attacks Around the World Terrorism hit home for most Americans on September 11, 2001, but teens may be surprised to learn that acts of terrorism have ravaged the world for years. This dramatic series reports the details of several of modern history's most horrifying terrorist acts, and includes current theories on why individuals or groups resort to terrorism. Each book describes a terrorist act in full detail, and contains information on post-attack investigations and trials and the attack's effect on history. Of all the horrific events of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the crash of United Flight 93 will always be surrounded by mystery. Experts have been able to cobble together a story based on flight data recordings and phone calls to the victims' loved ones. Buell uses all available information to tell the heartbreaking tale of terror, courage, and what it means to be American.
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United 93
A drama that tells the story of the passengers and crew, their families on the ground and the flight controllers who watched in dawning horror as United Airlines Flight 93 became the fourth hijacked plane on the day of the worst terrorist attacks on American soil: September 11, 2001. United 93 recreates the doomed trip in actual time, from takeoff to hijacking to the realization by those onboard that their plane was part of a coordinated attack unfolding on the ground beneath them. The film attempts to understand the fear and courageous decisions of those who, over the course of just 90 minutes, transformed from a random assembly of disconnected strangers into bonded allies who confronted an unthinkable situation.
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Flight 93 Revealed:
What Really Happened on the 9/11 "Let's Roll" Flight?
Flight 93 is the heroic 9/11 story that inspired America and produced the Pentagon's "Let's Roll" recruiting slogan for the Iraq invasion. Many brave passengers, enraged when they learned about the 9/11 events by phone, organized an attack that brought the plane down in rural Pennsylvania. Their story provided the drama that powered America's war effort. But how much of the Flight 93 legend is truth, and how much wishful thinking or even propaganda? In a book that will shake believers and challenge the official account, Rowland Morgan compares the legend with the available evidence and finds much of it is wishful thinking or pure invention. Problems with the US Air Force's failed intervention, the presence of hijackers, the passengers' phone calls, and the dramatic climax in the cockpit suggest a motive for war that is as much fiction as fact. Morgan's co-authored 9/11 Revealed rocked government circles in London and in Washington, where it was officially branded "misinformation" and subjected to a corporate media boycott. In Flight 93: A New Report, Morgan again shatters illusions and forces readers to re-examine the evidence.
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Unsafe at Any Altitude: Failed Terrorism Investigations, Scapegoating 9/11, and the Shocking Truth about Aviation Security Today
"Unsafe at Any Altitude "reveals for the first time:
• That Saudi intelligence, on which the United States relied for information about Al Qaeda, was penetrated by the terrorist group long before 9/11. Information provided by the Saudis lulled the President and his team into believing they had Al Qaeda under meaningful watch, which by all accounts, they did not.
• What the 9/11 Commission did not share with the public, including the probability that weapons were put on planes in advance by exploiting security vulnerabilities at airports. Even today, while passengers are forced to stand in line, hundreds of thousands of airport workers remain unsearched and unscreened.
• How the White House and Justice Department created a diversion to place blame for the 9/11 attacks and avoid the wrath of the American people.
• How a partnership the United States made in the 1980s with Iran and Hezbollah terrorists who killed and kidnapped hundreds of Americans and hijacked our planes contributed to a sequence of events that made 9/11 possible.
• That the FBI, CIA, NSA, and Department of Homeland Security refuse to give the airlines an accurate no-fly list, thereby allowing the world’ s most threatening terrorists to continue to fly.
"Unsafe at Any Altitude "will help readers tell the difference between the eye candy of sharp uniforms on federal officers and what would amount to effective security at our airports.
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