Friday, September 6, 2013

FLIGHT 93

TV film remembering the 9/11 attack


Movie Trailer

Flight 93 is a 2006 made-for-TV film, directed by Peter Markle, which chronicles the events aboard United Airlines Flight 93 during the September 11 attacks.

The film focused heavily on eight passengers, namely Todd Beamer, Mark Bingham, Tom Burnett, Jeremy Glick, Lauren Grandcolas, Donald Greene, Nicole Miller, and Honor Elizabeth Wainio. It features small appearances from many other passengers, namely Donald Peterson and his wife, Jean, and also from flight attendant Sandra Bradshaw.















On the 11, 2001 morning of September, First officer LeRoy Homer Jr. gets dressed in his F.A.A. official uniform, kisses his wife and leaves for work.




The terrorist ringleader Ziad Jarrah and Mohamed Atta

Shortly after boarding, Flight 93 is delayed for 41 minutes because of the high volume of traffic, as the other three soon-to-be hijacked flights take off.


At the airport, the passengers and crew board
 United Airlines Flight 93 bound for San Francisco, along with the hijackers.






 Hijacker Mohamed Atta makes a threatening transmission from the flight deck








The hijackers do not prevent anyone from making phone calls through the onboard phone system. 





The passengers make final phone calls to family in which they declare their intentions. 




the group pin their hopes on his being able at least to control the plane





Flight 93 finally crashes. Report from CNN.



When the crash crater is no longer visible, the following text is shown:
"On September 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 93 was one of the four planes hijacked in midair. Three planes succeeded in hitting their targets. With great courage and resolve, the passengers and crew of Flight 93 prevented their plane from reaching its likely target, the White House or the Capitol Building. This film is dedicated to the passengers and crew of Flight 93, and to their families."



by: Robert B. Dinopol





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