Friday, September 19, 2014

9/11: F-16 Pilot Heather Penney Prepared to Do the Unthinkable-- Part 3

Continued from September 11th.

She and Marc Sasseville took off and were prepared to stop the last plane, Flight 93) reported to be a threat to America.

PARADE: WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND AS YOU TOOK OFF?

"I was thinking this was the one thing in my life that I had to get right.  I had already given myself up, knowing what my duty was.

PARADE:  WHAT WAS THE PLAN?

"Sass said, 'I'll take I'll take the cockpit'--  meaning he would ram the airliner.  I knew I'd take the tail.  If you take the tail off an airplane, it can't fly."  Their planes didn't have any missiles or high-explosive bullets at the time.




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