The flight that fought Back

they make the terrorist look too scared imo

Too scared or too scary?

like when they started charging they look like they wet their pants, i mean they are terriost ready to die.

i didnt get to see it 

bravecoward wrote: like when they started charging they look like they wet their pants, i mean they are terriost ready to die.

They probably were scared. Terrorists are just brainwashed cowards.

Enos Shenk wrote: bravecoward wrote: like when they started charging they look like they wet their pants, i mean they are terriost ready to die. They probably were scared. Terrorists are just brainwashed cowards.

Brainwashed, of course. But not scared. They truly believe the cause they are willing to die for is greater than their own life. They are quite willing and able to sacrifice themselves for, in their minds, the greater good.

Personally I don't think anybody will really know what actually happened with the entire Sept 11th situation until another 100 years passes. Sort of like how documents surface from Pearl Harbor to indicate that the United States wasn't necessarily surprised by the attack. Well, should rephrase. The citizens were sure surprised but certain gov't officials weren't.

So I saw this as just Discovery trying to capitalize on the situation before all the real facts are even there. They tend to put a lot of myths and legends up as absolute facts. Sorry but I laughed during their Nostradamous special, most info in there was either garbage or just myths that have never been proven (but they still try to pass it off as general facts found in textbooks).

*edit*
Though that does bring up a good thought. I remember somebody stating that we, the US, would go after countries that were shown to harbor and aid terrorists. What happened to that little ramble?

Edited by Mephistopheles

The US fighter jets took that Plane out, their actions, if there were any, were made pointless by the US fighter planes blowin that sucker out of the sky.

holysmartone wrote: ^Disagree. Even though their actions may have been pointless, those people are real heros. They were willing to risk everything to save others lives. Thats a real hero in my book.

Agreed, wholeheartedly on your point, but disagree with your wording... and disagree with DB altogether.

Their actions were far from pointless. Even if the plane were to be taken down by interceptors, the fact that they did what they did, when they did, saved lives.

While they probably had no control over where the plane went down... their actions brought the plane down in an open field. Limiting damage/casualties to those on board. There is no telling where the plane would have gone down had it been downed by a fighter.

And while it may seem insignificant... there are two very important psychological factors.
1. The mental well-being of the fighter pilot forced to kill innocent American civilians.
2. The impact of a US Fighter shooting down a US airliner on the American psyche. It would have been a double victory for the terrorists.
Given their actions, at the very least we can think upon one positive note: that there were heroic passengers on board who were willing to go balls to the wall.
Had the plane been shot down... there would be no positive notes whatsoever. And with a tragedy such as this, even the slightest bit of positivity matters.


I didn't watch the program, but I do hope to catch it sometime, if it's replayed.

Edited by ShortyBP

They didnt help save any lives. It wasnt anyone but the US airforce that took that plane down. That plane would have gone down with, or without the actions of the passengers.

Their actions didnt matter. The two F-16s intercepted them and took them down, this would have happened with or without acts of heroism. I know the pilots that flew that day. I met them at a function 3 years ago.

I feel it is better to let the public think they died a heroic death, went down swinging so to speak, than to let the American Public know that the US blew 300 some odd american citizens to smitherines. Its something people cant handel.

Edited by DBibeau855