(Chilling story) Airlines watched and worked in horror as hijackings unfolded

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ^ | Oct. 15 , 2001 | Scott McCartney and Susan Carey

[jern]

I did about 5 different searches to see if this article has been posted, what a chilling article....

[ScholarWarrior]

Thanks, I hadn't seen that.
The spray in the eyes -- could that have been the reason for the hair dye that the Texas guys they caught on the train had?

[KirklandJunction]

For reasons I don't understand, the searches are not fool proof. Probably not user friendly?
Regardless, this is one of the very few worth reposting.
Thanks!

(Retired pilot)

[afraidfortherepublic]

Thanks for the post. Bookmarked and a copy printed to share.

[afraidfortherepublic]

The spray in the eyes --

This is the first I've heard of this. I wonder what it could have been -- I'm sure that they didn't allow pepper spray aboard. I imagine any areosol would disorient the victim long enough for the hijacker to overcome them, however.

[DWSUWF]

"...We’ll never be the same company or the same country.”..."

That's true.

But we can bleed and burn and break the whole stinking hive of subhuman bastards who did this to our people...

And, "Good Lord willing and the creek don't rise," we WILL.

Note to the 'turn the other cheek, that won't bring them back' crowd...

Spare me. I'm not buying any.

[DoughtyOne]

This is what I think of when the UN and the EU talk of demanding the bombing stop. Folks, if these two entities don't understand the need for what we are doing, they are ultimately worthless.

[GOPJ]

When all the monsters have gone, and the good guys win, joy will come back to our land.

“There is no kid left in me anymore,” Mr. Studdert replied. “I’ll never be the same person. We’ll never be the same company or the same country.”

[GOPJ]

When all the monsters have gone, and the good guys win, joy will come back to our land.

“There is no kid left in me anymore,” Mr. Studdert replied. “I’ll never be the same person. We’ll never be the same company or the same country.”

[OldFriend]

Interesting that the airlines were the ones to issue the order to land all planes. Mr. Mineta needs to GO!!!

[barker]

If this was posted before, I didn't see it. Thanks for posting it.

[Mulder]

As these 'behind the scenes' stories continue to be posted, I can't help thinking how different things would have been if only one CCW holder was aboard each plane, and armed with his or her gun.

There is a very high probability that more than one of these brutal acts of war would have been stopped. Not because of anything the federal government did, or Congress did, or some some airline bureuacrat did. But simply because the aforementioned entities got the hell out of the way of Free Americans excercising their right to keep and bear arms.

[Republic]

Powerful article. I had not considered it from this aspect, from the horrors of the traffic controllers and company execs. Rough stuff. They must have felt as if the Twilight Zone had suddenly become real. God Bless them. (And I hope the one controller finds the kid in himself once again, cause we must NEVER let Osama bin Pigpen and his fellow grunt mates win!)

[Slyfox]

The dispatcher...is reminded again of what happened, like when a United pilot recently told him,
“Your name is all over this airline,” as word spread of who handled both doomed flights.

Like the dispatcher could have prevented the hijackings.

[Ciexyz]

Murderous inhuman creeps, that they could do that to our country. And now the DC postal worker has the deadly form of inhaled anthrax, it doesn't look good for him. All these people, at the airlines, at the post office, just doing their jobs, and this happens to them. Makes ya sick.

[11th Earl of Mar]

Folks, if these two entities [UN and EU] don't understand the need for what we are doing, they are ultimately worthless.

...and dangerous.

[Mahone]

My thanks for the post, I hadn't seen this either. May we never forget!

[hillsborofox]

Great read (printing this big boy), thanks for posting.

[buickmackane]

Same here. I didn't see it either. Thanks!

[BunnySlippers]

Terrific artcle. Thanks. But it was from MSNBC not the Wall Street Journal as you state on the source.