Anyone see “Flight 93: The Flight That Fought Back”?

This past Friday, I blogged about the Arthur Chrenkoff’s outstanding review of this movie/documentary about the heroes on Flight 93 and dang if I didn’t miss it last night I got caught up in a book I was reading and lost track of time. I’ve checked to see if it re-airs any this week and haven’t been able to find any other times, outside of the three times it was shown on the Discovery Channel.

I did some blog surfing this morning and read that Jim at bRight and Early watched it. His review of the movie is well-worth reading and back up Chrenkoff’s postive review of it. Here are some of Jim’s comments:

Not last night. Watching Flight 93: The Flight That Fought Back was a tremendously emotional experience. The docu-drama itself was well made, and well presented. It used actuall recordings, information from interviews with those connected to the event, and official conclusions and combined them with credible recreations. But it was the interviews with family and friends as they described these events, and these heros, that had me weeping. It wasn’t sadness, although I did, and do, feel sorrow for those who lost their loved ones. It was that some were willing to do more than they should be able to do, that these people were not going to submit willingly to their fate, and most of all the willingness to do what was right in spite of the odds.

In all of the destruction surounding 9/11 you can’t help but to feel for the loss of so many. At the World Trade Center, The Pentagon, and in that field in Pennsylvania it is the heros that stick out in my memories. Those who went against the tide into the towers in their attempt to save others. The tireless effort to rescue people from the wreckage even after the odds for success dropped below zero. The workers who unfurlled a flag over a hole in the Pentagon. And fourty people who said, “No” to terrorists on Flight 93.

More: Captain Ed watched it also and gave it high marks.

Did any of you get a chance to view it and if so, what are your thoughts?

8 Responses to "Anyone see “Flight 93: The Flight That Fought Back”?"

Romeocat says:

September 12, 2005 at 1:00 pm

Just saw it (thank God for TiVo!), and it was very good.

I’m debating getting it and the Natn’l Geo program (on the history of 9/11) on DVD.

— R’cat
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Richmond says:

September 12, 2005 at 1:21 pm

It was really well done. They incorporated the actual voice recordings where they could which was both inspirational and sad. All in all, it was a great tribute to some extremely brave Americans.
wordsmith says:

September 12, 2005 at 1:26 pm

It was alright. I’m not a fan of recreations though, and it’s tone reminded me much of that forensic detective series I used to watch on Discovery Channel…”New Detective”, I think it was. Still, it’s probably as good as any documentary that could have been done with the available facts. It inspires and I have no doubt that the passengers averted a 4th catastrophe. Thank God for cell phones and that they were able to get a grasp of what was going on with the other attacks that happened, and that they had the courage and resolution to make a choice and not just be passive victims.

I just am bothered by assumptions and guesswork as to how individuals might have been responding. I know we need heroes, and heroes they were…but I don’t like to overstretch the physical prowess of some of the passengers.

There’s a good chance, too, that the heroic struggle was more dramatic than even we could possibly be imagining.
Sitting At The Gates says:

September 12, 2005 at 1:38 pm

Discovery Channels “Flight 93, the flight that fought back”

I just finished watching this amazing documentary on the Discovery Channel. I am in awe. If anyone wants to gain a real understanding of what went on that day, I wouldn’t have a higher recommendation….
Sister Toldjah says:

September 12, 2005 at 3:03 pm

Thanks for the reviews, ya’ll. If any of you hear of it being rebroadcast any this week, please let me know.
The Political Teen » Quick Hits 9/12 says:

September 12, 2005 at 5:48 pm

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MVP says:

September 12, 2005 at 6:20 pm

I was moved that these Americans decided they had to do something and they did. I think it did make the highjackers look rather cowardly and incompetant once the passengers decided to fight back (show them the axe through the peephole).

I wish they would have talked about whether it made a difference that this flight had four highjackers instead of five like the others.

Also, what are the details about an ongoing criminal investigation that the actual recordings of the struggle in the cockpit. What criminal activity could be riding on these recordings after four years? Is this related to the 20th highjacker?
Evon says:

September 12, 2005 at 9:59 pm

Before I watched it I watched a History Channel on a man who predicted the attack on the WTC. He was from Great Britian and during WWII grew up admiring GIs. He became an American and eventually worked security for a company in the WTC. On 9/11 he grabbed a megaphone and had people follow the “practice run” procedures he had them do many times before. His admonition to the people evacuating the WTC on 9/11, “Remember, you are Americans.” He died when the towers fell.

The people who were on Flight 93 apparently didn’t even consider not being Americans. When they learned that planes were being used to target large buildings on the ground, these strangers most of whom did no know each other TOOK A VOTE and decided to storm the cockpit. They are all heroes in my eyes.

The movie is somewhat choppily put together with a lot of repeats but well worth watching. I especially enjoyed hearing the actual voice recordings of people involved.

The Pentagon was damaged, the towers went down but Americans are still standing.

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