One of the legacies of United flight 93 is that no one will ever be successful at hijacking a commercial airline ever again. Prior to 9/11, passengers on hijacked airlines had a very reasonable expectation that if they just cooperated, they'd get out alive. That all changed on 9/11 and United 93 was the result. United 93 illustrates what happens when just a small subset of the 200 passengers is aware that they are going to die. The hijackers don't have a chance. Imagine what would happen today if you stood up on a commercial airline and announced that you were taking over the plane. It wouldn't matter if there were air marshalls on board or not. It wouldn't matter if you had a machine gun. You would look like you'd been through a meat grinder by the time the other passengers were through.
Think about that the next time your toenail clippers are confiscated by homeland security.
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Wow. You've got a point there... O_O
In my opinion, though, bravery like the type exhibited by the passengers of United 93 is a rarity. Call me a coward, but I sure as hell wouldn't purposely anger anyone who's threating to kill me. >.<
Way to pay tribute. :)
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