On 9/11/01, 33 civilians and at least 2 crew members staged a revolt aboard United Airlines Flight #93. The plane had been hijacked. These ordinary people did something extraordinary. They stormed the cockpit, and crashed the plane into an empty field in Pennsylvania. Their heroism very likely saved The Capitol from a terror attack like the ones that hit The World Trade Center and The Pentagon.
Imagine getting on an early morning flight to San Francisco and finding yourself facing death. Imagine rising to the occasion and saving lives and a symbol of our democracy.
Imagine being the loved one of one of those passengers, watching this unfold at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
The House Minority Leader doesn't want to cooperate with the investigation of the January 6 riot. He doesn't want his phone records to reveal whether or not he spoke to The President of the United States that day, because the President of the United States that day had addressed this "loving crowd" immediately before they attacked the Capitol, promising, "I'll be there (at the Capitol) with you."*
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| Remains of UA 93 |
But also say a prayer for them every time you hear Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger vow to get to the bottom of what happened on January 6. As a nation, we owe them at least that much.
*As per usual, Corporal Bone Spurs avoided physical conflict that day.
I remember how I felt that day when I hear about the Twin Towers and NY. I was on the other side of the states and had never been to NY. But I felt deeply saddened that the US, my home was attacked. I felt the same way watching the news on Jan. 6 when the People's House was attacked. It was so hard to see knowing that we were attacked by the enemy within our country, not foreigners. I don't think the US. will ever be the same.
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