The Write Team Daily: "United Flight 93"

The Write Team Podcast · Sep 11, 2026 · 33m

On September 11, 2001, passengers aboard United Airlines Flight 93 learned that America was under attack—and realized their hijacked airplane was intended to become another weapon.

Through phone calls with loved ones on the ground, passengers discovered that two airplanes had struck the World Trade Center and another had hit the Pentagon. They understood what was happening. And they made an extraordinary decision.

They would fight back.

At approximately 9:57 a.m., passengers and crew launched their counterattack. Among the words forever associated with their courage were those spoken by…