During this time, everyone was scared of the 4th hijacked plane. United Airlines Flight 93, the fourth plane to have been hijacked, people were scared about where the hijackers would crash the plane. It was suspected that the plane would be crashed into the White House, or the US Capitol. The White House is a very important place for the United States because this is the residence of the US President. The US President lives there.
And the United States Capitol building is the legislative seat of the US Federal Government. Basically, you can compare Capitol Hill to the Indian Parliament. They are equivalents. So it was suspected that the target of the 4th plane would either be the White House or the Capitol Hill building.
On the other hand, the people on this airplane, some of them had turned on their phones when the plane was hijacked. They started getting phone calls from their family members. They told them about what was happening in America then. That, three planes were crashed. World Trade Centre was attacked. And that, the World Trade Centre had collapsed. Soon the passengers in this plane had realized what was happening.
Their plane was also hijacked. And like the other hijacked planes were crashed, soon their plane could also be crashed. They didn’t have many options. They could either sit back and watch the hijackers crash that plane too. Or they could be brave and fight the hijackers. And these people showed the courage to fight the hijackers. The common people sitting in the United Airlines Flight 93 started to fight back against the hijackers.
