My dad just came in with awesome news. Flight 93, over Penn, was taken by terrorists. The men on the plane voted to overpower them. Fuck YES!
Please get links. I had to come on and share this!
Doug
Jeremy Glick told his wife he knew he was going to die when they tried to stop the terrorists, and told her to have a good life and take care of their 3 month old baby.
It is heartbreaking.
But at the same time it makes me damn proud to live in the same country as those people.
Why is this in the Pit?
This is sadder than those poor Japanese passengers who scribbled goodbye notes on napkins as their plane plummeted towards a mountainside.
The days of terrorists taking planes is over. Passengers will decide that “they can take 3 or 4 of us, but we will
get all of them.” If they have a bomb, go ahead and set it off. The standard Israeli stance.
I put this in the Pit because this was where all of the threads about the terrorists were going. And so I could say fuck.
and a personal fuck you to the ‘friend’ I am talking to right now who argues those people weren’t martyrs.
Well, who really knows what the future will bring, but I think the thought expressed by red_dragon and heroically acted upon by Mr. Glick and his compadres occurred to almost everyone I’ve spoken to as soon as they knew what had happened.
These men are true hero’s.
Was’nt this the plane where the pilot turned on the intercomm so that the passengers knew what was going on?
We need more people like that. Or, at least, we need those people to still be around. 
Heros, one and all.
Oh my goodness…
Wow. Heroes. ALL of them.
Fuck, how do you express this? How do you thank someone who can’t be thanked anymore?
Incredible… I’m lost for words.
31 years old, a 3 month old baby and a wife. And this is just one example. What a fucking WASTE.
I’m sorry, I’m weird that way. These small “personal” stories seem to get me much more than the “big picture” news stories, for some reason. Strange, huh?
Dammit, how courageous. Wow.
A sad “Me too” to Coldfire’s post, on all counts.
Look closely at the URL in the second post to this thread and it becomes even more heart-breaking.
I hope Mr. Glick isn’t rich. I’d bet my left tit that someone else’s family will find a lawyer who can talk them into believing it’s a grand idea to sue his estate saying they might have had a chance to talk their way out of the situation if Mr. Glick hadn’t made his move.
Uh oh, is my cynicism showing again?
Not in the least. I’ll bet the vast majority of people feel the same way…the more personal the story, the more painful it is… thousands of people dying is sad, but John Smith, father, Brother, Cousin, Artist, Joker and man who cries at movies dying is much, much sadder.
In this particular case, though, it’s desperately sad because he knew…and he had the guts to do what he thought was right at the worst moment of his life, and had a chance to say goodbye to his wife…and saying goodbye under such cirsumstances couldn’t possibly be any sadder, could it?
I really cried over this one…
stoid
What’s that Stalin quote again… “One death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic”? I guess that’s the sort of logic that makes these terrorists tick as well. I sort of feel bad about a single death touching me more than the big picture, though, even though it is probably a completely normal reaction.
I cannot imagine the composure it would take to come to this decision and follow through. I would only hope, if ever faced with a similar situation (God forbid) that I would be able to do the same.
By the way, if these few dozen individuals in the face of death can decide to go to a sure demise to save possible thousands, and can make such a decision so deftly, why in the hell can’t juries reach verdicts and lawmakers agree on policies in a more reasonable amount of time?
To paraphrase Dr. Johnson, SuperTer, nothing concentrates a man’s mind so much as knowing he is to die very shortly.
Super Ter what does the “ter” mean?
the link doesn’t work, can someone provide an alternative.
As father of a 15 month old and one who flies a lot, there’s nothing I can add. My heart goes out to the families.
I’m afraid that I must be incredibly dense. What do you mean by this?
And stoid, you’re not the only one. I’ve been very upset these past hours, but this story is the only one that has gotten me to cry.