I can certainly understand why people are upset over the quote, and it was a really dumb thing to say. But I also think he was making an emotional response as a parent (he talked about being on the plane with his children) and his mouth just moved faster than his brain. All of us would like to believe that, if our children were in a dire situation, we would be strong enough to save them no matter what the odds. I could be wrong, but my gut feeling is that is what happened here.
At any rate, I’m *far* more offended by swine like Rosie O’Donnell and her leftist ilk claiming that terrible day was an inside job or the Rev. Wright’s of the world claiming it was America’s fault because of our “arrogance”.
I agree. I think most of us would like to think we would rise to the challenge if it were us. I certainly hope that I could, and I think I could... but that’s a long way from really being there and doing it.
Walberg had been booked on Flight 11 from Boston to Los Angeles but changed his ticket at the last minute to attend the Toronto Film Festival. That flight, piloted by mastermind Mohamed Atta, was the first to hit the World Trade Center. I don’t think any passengers on flight 11 knew what was going to happen. Well the men of Flight 93 thought the same thing, as Wahlberg. But they knew the end game, and stopped another terrorist attack.