United 93

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Rightly or wrongly every year since 9/11/01 there have been films and documentaries about the attacks on that dreadful day, lest we forget. United 93 had been on before but last night was the first time I watched it all the way through. This discussion isn't about whether or not you think the story was true but..whichever way you think about it..how terrifying it must've been for the passengers and crew of that plane. What would you have done in that situation? I cannot think of anything worse than to be hijacked in mid-air. As for the German guy, criticism persists on how he was portrayed although I didn't think of him as a coward when I was actually watching the film, not at all. They were all heroes in my book. The only thing I find strange is that they didn't try to stop the hijackers until they found out about the attacks on the World Trade Center. I also think that if the bomb had been real (which it wasn't) on the hijacker then he would've blown himself up and the plane with him. I know the target was (probably) the White House but no way would he have lasted that long if the bomb had been real. I suppose in all the confusion the passengers and crew thought that the plane was being landed at an airport and not flown into a building. The latter would be the furthest from their minds at that point. I found out on Wikipedia that a lot of it was actually filmed in the UK - mainly to protect actors from media-hype in the US. I am quite proud that this nation helped in making such an important film and hope that nothing like this ever happens again. As for the Pastor, what an idiot. He shouldn't be given any air-time whatsoever because that is what he wants; publicity for his little church that no-one will ever want to be associated with now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_93_%28film%29