United 93 (2006) is a movie revolved specifically around the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and (supposedly) the White House. United 93 is the name of the flight that was targeted for hitting the White House. Though it never hit the White House, it was very close to making the day an even bigger disaster.
The movie starts out with the three terrorists in their hotel rooms praying before they boarded United States Airline Flight United 93 at Newark Airport. Knowing what we know now (and did know in 2006) we are able to have compassion for the people loading the plane. We know that they would never come off the plane alive.
The plane starts out and people begin to get comfortable for the flight ahead when suddenly news breaks out that the Pentagon and North and South Towers have been hit by hijacked planes. The passengers become scared and start to make phone calls home. The pilot and staff get orders to land the plane (as do the rest of the planes flying that day).
The three hijackers appear; one with a bomb strapped to his stomach, one with a knife and red bandana, and the other (the brains) flying the plane in the cockpit that they took over by force. The shocked and scared people flee to safe spots in the back of the plane and are held hostage.
Knowing that they are trying to crash the plane into the White House, they come up with a plan to attack the two hijackers, diffuse the bomb, and attempt to fly the plane. They managed to kill one of them with fire extinguishers, food carts, and pepper spray. The other two are in the cockpit trying to hold them off until they can hit their target.
One of the people who were trying to safely gain control of the plane ended up snapping the second terrorist’s neck. Just before they got into the cockpit, the smart terrorist shakes the plane to disrupt the people’s balance. The plane takes a nosedive, and the screen goes black.
They landed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania in a field. The people that fought the terrorists didn’t win, but in my mind they did. They saved many more lives by corrupting the terrorists’ plans to bring down the nation’s capital. They did not die in vain. (397)
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