A&E. Flight 93.

As the first plane hit the Tower in NYC, there was confusion. How could a plane not miss the building in such clear weather? A few minutes later, the second Tower was hit. America and the world knew that this was no accident.

That realization was showcased in the A&E documentary Flight 93. The phone calls made from 93 were heart-wrenching.
Three conversations were most impactful:

1. A young woman on Flight 93 calls her mother. The mom is aware of the carnage in NYC but she can't take the situation and attempts to console her daughter when in fact she is trying to calm her own self and be strong.
2. A man calls her wife and asks her about his options. She agrees with taking back the control of the plane. As he hangs up, she can only say, "Oh God," and after a few moments she can't literally stand and thus slowly drops and sits on the floor.
3. Todd Beamer on the phone right before "Let's Roll."

It is easy to forget that America didn't retaliate for the first time when she hit the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. Instead, just mere moments -- excruciating, emotional, and exceptional moments -- after the evil hit the Twin Towers, the passengers on Flight 93 were taking a vote on attacking the terrorists. In that instant, the one terrorist who was watching them had his look of terror transform into a look of horror.

Americans fought back on 9/11 and thanks to those brave souls the terrorists on Flight 93 failed to cause more mayhem and kill more innocents.

Repeat of A&E's Flight 93 (via Clayton Cramer):

Wednesday, Feb. 1
2:00am
9:00pm

Thursday, Feb. 2
1:00am