1. United Flight 93
The official story goes as follows: four hijackers overthrew the San Francisco-bound United Airlines flight and were attempting to fly the plane into either the White House or the Capital Building when the brave passengers decided to team up and fight back. ... In an interview on "Meet the Press" on September 16, 2001, Cheney stated: The president made the decision...that if the plane would not divert...as a last resort, our pilots were authorized to take them out. ... In this moment of crisis, it is completely reasonable to believe that the fighter pilots would decide to shoot...
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