United 93 (film)

United 93 is a 2006 drama film written, coproduced and directed by Paul Greengrass, that chronicles events aboard United Airlines Flight 93, which was hijacked during the Septemberattacks of 2001. The film attempts to recount with as much veracity as possible there is a disclaimer that some imagination had to be used and in real time from the flights takeoff what has come to be known in the United States as a critical moment. According to the filmmakers, the film was made with the cooperation of all of the passengers families.

On the morning of September 11, 2001, four alQaeda terrorists Ziad Jarrah, Saeed alGhamdi, Ahmed alNami, and Ahmed alHaznawi pray in their respective hotel rooms before arriving at Newark Liberty International Airport. The quartet wait at a gate after getting through security to board San Franciscobound United 93. Afterminutes of delay due to traffic the plane takes off, flown by captain Jason Dahl and first officer Leroy Homer, with all four terrorists on board.Meanwhile, newly promoted FAA National Operations Manager Ben Sliney and his staff are dealing with a plane that has apparently been hijacked. American 11, headed to Los Angeles from Boston, is suspected of having been hijacked after Mohamed Atta is overheard on the radio saying, We have some planes. Americanthen crashes into the North Tower of the World Trade Center WTC, at 846a.m., much to Ben Sliney and his staffs horror. Soon thereafter, another plane, United 175, also headed to Los Angeles from Boston, is hijacked and crashes into the South Tower at 903a.m., witnessed by the control tower staff at Newark Liberty International Airport. Ben and his staff discover they are dealing with several hijackings and orders the military to be on the lookout for American 77, which has also been hijacked. Despite their efforts, American 77 crashes into The Pentagon. Ben then orders United States airspace closed and all flights leaving and entering the United States to be grounded. ........

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