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This is all a distinction without a difference. So the passengers rushed the cockpit, as we always knew, but the terrorists flew it into the ground before they could get in the cockpit.

I can't for the life of me figure out why it is any less heroic. The point is that the passengers gave their lives to thwart the mission. Whether or not they actually breached the cockpit door before they died is a technicality of interest only to those DESPERATELY LOOKING FOR SYMBOLIC TOOLS TO DESTROY ANY AND ALL HEROES.

"I can't for the life of me figure out why it is any less heroic. "

Look at this another way- why is the media and who knows who else, spending so much effort to make the point that these heroes are not heroes? Why bring it up? Why now?

I agree with your comment about heroes- there is definitely an organized effort to eliminate heroes, Western cultural heroes. Anyone who is seen as good or righteous is to be denigrated. Martha Stewart was hated by some long before her current problems.

But if someone is deeply flawed, they seem to become heroes- BJC, NBA, NFL, gangsta rappers and so forth.