United Flight 93 aircraft days before it was hijacked

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Todd Beamer

Betty Ann Ong

Smoke rising from crash site

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United Flight 93 crash site in Somerset County, Pennsylvania

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The heroic passengers of United Flight 93 on September 11th

Episode sources:

1. The 9/11 Commission Report

2. “Preserving the Selfless Heroism of the Passengers of United 93” by Paige Williams (The New Yorker, September 10, 2021)

3. “The final call from Flight 93” (CBS News, September 21, 2001) 

4. “Timeline: The September 11 Terrorist Attacks” by Katherine Huiskes (The Miller Center)

5. “I Promised I Wouldn't Hang Up” (Beliefnet)

6. “Lisa Beamer’s Strength” (NBC, 2002) 

7. “Fact check: Transcript of famous call from Flight 93 on 9/11 does not exist” by Ana Faguy (USA Today, June 15, 2022) 

8. “When War Drums Roll” by Hunter S. Thompson (ESPN Page 2, September 18, 2001)