#United 93

[my-never-ending-nightmare]

[strideofpride]

9/11 conspiracists frustrate me so bad. Yes, Dick Cheney gave an order to shoot down United 93. However, he unknowingly gave this order minutes after it had already crashed. This is well documented. It is also well documented that the passengers were trying to take back the plane and the hijackers deliberately crashed it to prevent that from happening. You can read the transcript from the cockpit if you want. There were multiple eyewitnesses on the ground in Shanksville who saw the plane in its final seconds, no evidence it was hit by anything. Their accounts are also documented. We don’t need to make shit up.

[ophilosoraptoro]

WKJO: Who Killed John O'Neill?

One Actor, One Room, Seven Characters: 9/11.

Traumatized by the September 11th attacks, one man struggles to dismantle official history, at the expense of his sanity and even his life. Grappling with multiple realities - and multiple personalities - he must retreat into his mind in pursuit of the truth. In a fictional film about non-fictional events, there is a place where belief and faith will blind you, where nothing is sacred, and to get there all you have to do is ask:

"Who Killed John O'Neill?"

[ophilosoraptoro]

FAKE

Propaganda for the war on terror.

Cell phone calls were impossible from planes in 2001, because airlines didn't start installing cell towers in their aircraft until several years later.

The transcript of the phone call from Todd Beamer, a passenger aboard Flight 93

Todd: Hello… Operator…listen to me…I can’t speak very loud. – This is an emergency. I’m a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco.. We have a situation here….Our plane has been hijacked…..can you understand me?

Lisa: (exhaling a deep breath to herself) I understand… Can the hijackers see you talking on the phone?

Todd: No

Lisa: Can you tell me how many hijackers are on the plane?

Todd: There are three that we know of.

Lisa: Can you see any weapons? What kind of weapons do they have?

Todd: Yes…. they don’t have guns….they have knives – they took over the plane with knives.

Lisa: Do you mean…like steak knives?

Todd: No, these are razor knives…like box cutters.

Lisa: Can you tell what country these people are from?

Todd: No…..I don’t know. They sound like they’re from the mid-east.

Lisa: Have they said what they want?

Todd: Someone announced from the cockpit that there was a bomb on board. He said he was the captain and to stay in our seats and stay quiet.

He said that they were meeting these men’s demands and returning to the airport… It was very broken English, and… I’m telling you…it sounded fake!

Lisa: Ok sir, please give me your name.

Todd: My name is Todd Beamer.

Lisa: Ok Todd….my name is Lisa…Do you know your flight number? If you can’t remember, it’s on your ticket.

Todd: It’s United Flight 93.

Lisa: Now Todd, can you try to tell me exactly what happened?

Todd: Two of the hijackers were sitting in first class near the cockpit. A third one was sitting near the back of the coach section. The two up. front got into the cockpit somehow; there was shouting. The third hijacker said he had a bomb. It looks like a bomb. He’s got it tied to his waist with a red belt of some kind.

Lisa: So is the door to the cockpit open?

Todd: No, the hijackers shut it behind them.

Lisa: Has anyone been injured?

Todd: Yes, ..they…they killed one passenger sitting in first class. There’s been lots of shouting. We don’t know if the pilots are dead or alive. A flight attendant told me that the pilot and copilot had been forced from the cockpit and may have been wounded.

Lisa: Where is the 3rd hijacker now Todd?

Todd: He’s near the back of the plane. They forced most of the passengers into first class. There are fourteen of us here in the back. Five are flight attendants. He hasn’t noticed that I slipped into this pantry to get the phone. The guy with the bomb ordered us to sit on the floor in the rear of the plane……….oh Jesus.. Help!

Lisa: Todd….are you ok? Tell me what’s happening!

Todd: Hello…..We’re going down….I think we’re going to crash……Wait – wait a minute. No, we’re leveling off….we’re ok. I think we may be turning around…..That’s it – we changed directions. Do you hear me….we’re flying east again.

Lisa: Ok Todd…. What’s going on with the other passengers?

Todd: Everyone is… really scared. A few passengers with cell phones have made calls to relatives. A guy, Jeremy, was talking to his wife just before the hijacking started. She told him that hijackers had crashed two planes into the World Trade Center……Lisa is that true??

Lisa: Todd…..I have to tell you the truth…..it’s very bad. The World Trade Center is gone. Both of the towers have been destroyed.

Todd: Oh God —help us!

Lisa: A third plane was taken over by terrorists. It crashed into the Pentagon in Washington DC. Our country is under attack….and I’m afraid that your plane may be part of their plan.

Todd: Oh dear God. Dear God…….Lisa, will you do something for me?

Lisa: I’ll try….if I can….Yes.

Todd: I want you to call my wife and my kids for me and tell them what’s happened. Promise me you’ll call..

Lisa: I promise – I’ll call.

Todd: Our home number is 201 353-1073…….You have the same name as my wife…Lisa….We’ve been married for 10 years. She’s pregnant with our 3rd child. Tell her that I love her…….(choking up)..I’ll always love her..(clearing throat) We have two boys.. David, he’s 3 and Andrew, he’s 1…..Tell them……(choking) tell them that their daddy loves them and that he is so proud of them. (clearing throat again) Our baby is due January 12th…..I saw an ultra sound…..it was great….we still don’t know if it’s a girl or a boy………Lisa?

Lisa: (barely able to speak) I’ll tell them, I promise Todd.

Todd: I’m going back to the group—if I can get back I will…

Lisa: Todd, leave this line open…are you still there?……

Lisa: (dials the phone..) Hello, FBI, my name is Lisa Jefferson, I’m a telephone supervisor for GTE. I need to report a terrorist hijacking of a United Airlines Flight 93….Yes I’ll hold.

Goodwin: Hello, this is Agent Goodwin.. I understand you have a hijacking situation?

Lisa: Yes sir, I’ve been talking with a passenger, a Todd Beamer, on Flight 93 who managed to get to an air phone unnoticed.

Goodwin: Where did this flight originate, and what was its destination?

Lisa: The flight left Newark New Jersey at 8 A.M. departing for San Francisco. The hijackers took over the plane shortly after takeoff, and several minutes later the plane changed course – it is now flying east.

Goodwin: Ms. Jefferson…I need to talk to someone aboard that plane. Can you get me thru to the planes phone?

Lisa: I still have that line open sir, I can patch you through on a conference call…hold a mo…..

Todd: Hello Lisa, Lisa are you there?

Lisa: Yes, I’m here. Todd, I made a call to the FBI, Agent Goodwin is on the line and will be talking to you as well.

Todd: The others all know that this isn’t your normal hijacking. Jeremy called his wife again on his cell phone. She told him more about the World Trade Center and all.

Goodwin: Hello Todd. This is Agent Goodwin with the FBI. We have been monitoring your flight. Your plane is on a course for Washington, DC. These terrorists sent two planes into the World Trade Center and one plane into the Pentagon. Our best guess is that they plan to fly your plane into either the White House or the United States Capital Building.

Todd: I understand…hold on……I’ll…….I’ll be back..

Lisa: Mr. Goodwin, how much time do they have before they get to Washington?

Goodwin: Not long ma’am. They changed course over Cleveland; they’re approaching Pittsburgh now. Washington may be twenty minutes away.

Todd: (breathing a little heavier) The plane seems to be changing directions just a little. It’s getting pretty rough up here. The plane is flying real erratic….We’re not going to make it out of here. Listen to me….I want you to hear this….I have talked with the others….we have decided we would not be pawns in these hijackers suicidal plot.

Lisa: Todd, what are you going to do?

Todd: We’ve hatched a plan. Four of us are going to rush the hijacker with the bomb. After we take him out, we’ll break into the cockpit. A stewardess is getting some boiling water to throw on the hijackers at the controls. We’ll get them….and we’ll take them out. Lisa, …..will you do one last thing for me?

Lisa: Yes…What is it?

Todd: Would you pray with me?

They pray: Our father which art in Heaven

Hallowed be thy name,

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

And forgive us our trespasses

As we forgive our trespassers,

And lead us not into temptation

But deliver us from evil

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory

Forever…..Amen

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want…

He makes me to lie down in green pastures

He leads me beside the still waters

He restores my soul

He leads me in paths of righteousness

for His name’s sake

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

I will fear no evil, for thou art with me…..

Todd: (softer) God help me…Jesus help me….(clears throat and louder)

Are you guys ready?……..

Let’s Roll……………………

[891movies]

408 to go

Laura (1944, dir. Otto Preminger): An all-time great noir to me. The unfolding mystery is so intriguing, the cinematography is incredibly effective at enhancing the mood, and the titular Laura is a lot more complex than she first appears.

M*A*S*H (1970, dir. Robert Altman): It's a pity the comedy in this movie has aged so terribly because the anti-war message is incredibly on point.

In the Heat of the Night (1967, dir. Norman Jewison): Sidney Poitier slapping an old racist across the face is cinema, actually.

The French Connection (1971, dir. William Friedkin): I acknowledge that this is a well-made and influential film but these gritty 70s crime thrillers are really not for me. Bored out of my mind for a lot of it tbh.

Paris, Texas (1984, dir. Wim Wenders): Got to see this one on the big screen and it enhanced the experience so much! But I still would have loved it regardless. What a tender, beautiful, brutal depiction of the human condition.

Murder, My Sweet (1944, dir. Edward Dmytryk): Another excellent noir from 1944, though it doesn't quite hit the same heights as Laura. Still great fun and stunning to look at, with a couple of really well done and inventive dream sequences.

United 93 (2006, dir. Paul Greengrass): For some reason I thought there hadn't been any good movies made about 9/11 but this is a really good movie, maybe even a great one.

[djdiscovery1]

Should The Val McCLatchy Photo Be a Part Of History HD

[missdc10-avgeek]

AVGEEKS REMEMBER 9/11

Today is September 11th, a dark day for us Avgeeks after those things most precious to us were used for an act of Mass Murder.

I always mark the date that I remember witnessing at the safe distance of the other side of the Atlantic, first in concerns whispers between the teachers at my school, and then the shocking coverage on every television channel for hours to come, my fifteen-year-old self watching in both horror and awe at the images I was seeing.

9/11 became one of my Special Interests as an Autistic and like many of my other interests was met with both anger and ridicule. I was either stupid or I was disrespectful.. Either way how dare I find it so interesting.

May we spend a few moments today to remember those who were lost to acts of mindless violence, including those of Flights AA 11, UA 175, AA 77 and UA 93.

[musicmags]

[ophilosoraptoro]

Never forget that jet fuel doesn't burn hot enough to melt steel. And all the fuel burned up in the impact fireball.

Never forget that no steel frame building has ever collapsed due to fire, before or since 9/11. Yet that day, it happened three times.

Never forget that no plane hit building 7.

Never forget that the military was distracted by dozens of war games running that day, including a few simulating almost that exact scenario.

Never forget that the steel wasn't just weakened, it was melted. There's video of molten steel dripping from one of the holes in the towers, and firefighters said there was pools of molten steel in the ruins after the collapse.

Never forget that a fire that was allegedly hot enough to melt steel allowed a paper passport that belonged to one of the "hijackers" to survive with minor damage.

Never forget that the day before, Donald Rumsfeld announced that several TRILLION dollars were missing and unaccounted for. On the 11th, the office that was supposed to be auditing the military budget was destroyed when a "plane" hit the Pentagon.

Never forget that no plane wreckage was ever recovered from the Pentagon, or from the flight 93 crash site in Virginia.

Never forget that only one witness claims to have actually seen a plane hit the Pentagon. His testimony is contradicted, by both the available evidence, and by all the other witnesses.

Never forget that the initial impact hole in the side of the Pentagon was smaller than the diameter of a 747 fuselage.

Never forget that Al Qaeda was indirectly funded by the CIA, via Pakistani intelligence.

Never forget that the Taliban agreed to hand Osama Bin Laden over to the US if we provided them with proof of his responsibility. That request was never acknowledged by American authorities.

Never forget traces of an experimental variant of nano-thermite were found in the dust left behind from the tower collapse.

[jeviensdevoir]

Vol 93 (United 93), Paul Greengrass, 2006

L’histoire du seul avion qui n’a pas atteint sa cible lors du 11 septembre. Le réalisateur sait faire monter la tension. C’est un film qui me remue énormément les tripes.

The story of the only plane that didn’t hit its target during 9/11. Greengrass knows how to make the tension rise real high. I’ve been deeply shaken up by this movie.

★★★★✰

[girlactionfigure]

[zef-zef]

Nurse With Wound & Current 93

Steven Stapleton & David Tibet - The Sadness Of Things from: Steven Stapleton & David Tibet - The Sadness Of Things (United Dairies, 1991)

[chelseajackarmy]

Premier League Away Shirts, 1992/93

[recursive360]

~In Memoriam~

[dchan87]

Part of me hopes that the passengers survive each time I rewatch it, but we all know how the real life event ended.

Watching the United 93 end like,

And then at the end,

But also, because you know they really did it to save thousands of others on the worst day of the 21st century,

[lonestarbattleship]

USS SAN JACINTO (CG-56) arriving in port of Aarhus, Denmark during exercise BALTOPS '93.

Photographed by CMDR. Nathan Jones on June 1, 1993.

NARA: 6488282