• Rooskie91@discuss.online
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    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.

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        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.

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      It was headed for some important federal building in Washington DC

      The US Capitol building (i.e. Congress), IIRC.