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9:53 a.m. September 11, 2001: Hijackers Fear Passenger Retaliation

2001-09-11 9:53 a.m.

According to Flight 93’s cockpit voice recording, the hijackers grow concerned that the passengers might retaliate. One urges that the plane’s fire axe be held up to the cockpit door’s peephole to scare the passengers. [Longman, 2002, pp. 209-210]