Underrated films

Flight 93 (2006)

PG-13 | Action, History, Thriller | On September 11th, 2001, four U.S. domestic flights are hijacked by al-Qaida terrorists. After the three other planes strike the terrorists' targets, some passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93 heroically attempt to take back control of the airplane.

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Trailers and Reviews:

• Rotten Tomatoes 

• IMDb

Facts: 

• Flight 93 National Memorial on the National Park Service (NPS) website. Passengers onboard were described on a page on the NPS website that was visible in 2023 but no longer exists. Excerpts:

  • Thomas E. Burnett, Jr.: "Burnett’s phone calls to his wife from onboard hijacked Flight 93 provided vital information to the passengers and crew and revealed the plans they were making to take back the plane. Burnett’s wife recalls him saying, “We have to do something. We can’t wait for the authorities . . . It’s up to us. I think we can do it.”

  • ​Todd Beamer: "In the midst of the hijacking of Flight 93, Beamer tried to reach his wife by Airfone. When the call failed, he dialed an operator . . . . At the end of his call, she says she heard Beamer say to others on the plane, “Are you guys ready? Okay. Let’s roll.”​​

  • Mark Bingham: "On the morning of September 11, Bingham overslept and nearly missed his flight; he was the last passenger to board. During the hijacking, he phoned his mother reporting that his plane had been hijacked by men who said they had a bomb."​

  • Jeremy Glick: "When confronted with the hijack situation on Flight 93, Glick phoned his wife. She recalls him calmly describing the terrorists and their threats. Glick, a former national collegiate judo champion and black belt, told his wife that the passengers and crew were making plans to rush the terrorists."

• Tom Burnett biography on Wikipedia