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07/23/2004 Archived Entry: "Flight 93 hijacker: 'Shall we finish it off?'"

Posted by steve @ 10:14 AM EST [Link]

THEY'RE STILL HEROES: The official version of what happened on United Flight 93 came out in the 9/11 Comission's report and it turns out that the passengers of that flight are still heroes, just as we all knew.

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.

Read on.