Used to be, if a plane got hijacked, the passengers were compliant and waited for it to be over. United 93 changed that forever.
For a little more context, it was because the hijackers were holding it hostage until some demand was met, or they were flying it to Cuba or wherever, and then the plane and passengers would be released. On 9/11, they turned the planes into missiles with innocent passengers aboard, and they were all expected to die. When the passengers realized this, they took action.
The same thing seems to be happening with regard to regular citizens and ICE raiders, and I’m here for it.
Agreed, I love to see it.
I’ma homebody and live in bumfuck where thankfully almost nothing ever happens, but I’ve signed up for an action newsletter for news and information on how I can help, and I do my part to donate locally to my food bank and other things I care about. Dunno that it helps with the current state of things, but it’s something. Hopefully more opportunities to help in the future as I hate this draconian shit going down.
Apologies for misunderstanding your comment, that’s on me.
United Flight 93 was the plane that crashed in a field in Pennsylvania on 9/11. It was headed for some important federal building in Washington DC, but was detoured to the ground directly below it because of the intrepid actions of the plane’s passengers and flight crew. They sacrificed their lives to prevent a (potentially) greater tragedy.
I think the connection op is making is that collective action and bravery can, even in the 11th hour, prevent a larger disaster.
The good ordinary people on board flight 93 heroically prevented the terrorists from causing even more destruction by banding together to fight them at the cost of their own lives
When we stand up together we can stop atrocities from happening. But we have to stand up and we can’t wait and see.
United Flight 93
What does that have to do with anything? Terrorists hijacked a plane 14 years ago and now we’re here.
The terrorists today are domestic, running around in tacticool gear and working for our government.
Some other people gave more context, and maybe I should have, too.
Used to be, if a plane got hijacked, the passengers were compliant and waited for it to be over. United 93 changed that forever.
The same thing seems to be happening with regard to regular citizens and ICE raiders, and I’m here for it.
For a little more context, it was because the hijackers were holding it hostage until some demand was met, or they were flying it to Cuba or wherever, and then the plane and passengers would be released. On 9/11, they turned the planes into missiles with innocent passengers aboard, and they were all expected to die. When the passengers realized this, they took action.
Agreed, I love to see it.
I’ma homebody and live in bumfuck where thankfully almost nothing ever happens, but I’ve signed up for an action newsletter for news and information on how I can help, and I do my part to donate locally to my food bank and other things I care about. Dunno that it helps with the current state of things, but it’s something. Hopefully more opportunities to help in the future as I hate this draconian shit going down.
Apologies for misunderstanding your comment, that’s on me.
You weren’t the only one. Your comment and the other guy’s subsequent explanation helped me, too.
United Flight 93 was the plane that crashed in a field in Pennsylvania on 9/11. It was headed for some important federal building in Washington DC, but was detoured to the ground directly below it because of the intrepid actions of the plane’s passengers and flight crew. They sacrificed their lives to prevent a (potentially) greater tragedy.
I think the connection op is making is that collective action and bravery can, even in the 11th hour, prevent a larger disaster.
Ah, gotcha. Weirdly vague comment, but in that case, I agree.
It’s not weirdly vague, you just didn’t know what they were talking about and didn’t look into it in enough detail to understand.
You know what? That’s entirely fair.
The US Capitol building (i.e. Congress), IIRC.
24 years. Oof.
Holy shit, my brain did the 10 year skip again. Fuck, it’s been a long, long mess.
The good ordinary people on board flight 93 heroically prevented the terrorists from causing even more destruction by banding together to fight them at the cost of their own lives
When we stand up together we can stop atrocities from happening. But we have to stand up and we can’t wait and see.
The courage of the common people?
Let’s roll…some fucking ice agents