# Why did the hijackers on Flight 93 make so many "mistakes"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 27, 2016, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-hijackers-on-flight-93-make-so-many-mistakes/755800 "2016-05-27T10:17:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 39
**Author:** ![GlowingDarkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f04885/32.png) [@GlowingDarkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GlowingDarkness)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-hijackers-on-flight-93-make-so-many-mistakes/755800/39 "2016-05-28T00:04:07Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Actually, we do know. Cell phone calls, cockpit voice recorders. > It would be a good idea to know what you’re talking about. > > Most people will cling to every possible second of life rather than hasten the end. These people did the opposite. > > ETA: And it wasn’t anger and fear. They knew the plane was targeted on buildings full of people. Even if the Capitol was evacuated, there’s a whole city surrounding it. > They worked to bring the plane down before reaching D.C. They were fools who were so arrogant as to think that saving a few lives would have meant anything. I think someone needs to tell that to the family members. The world would not have ended if 5000 people as opposed to 3000 died that day. America would still be a country. Only a few weak minded family members would mourn. And they certainly crashed the plane for nothing. Will they get special rewards in heaven. Unlikely. At least the hijackers did it for something they believed in. Defeating what they called the ‘Great Satan’ --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-hijackers-on-flight-93-make-so-many-mistakes/755800)._