LET'S ROLL: The Story of United Flight 93

On September 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 93 departed Newark International Airport bound for San Francisco. It would never reach its destination. While Flight 93 was still in the air, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 struck the World Trade Center in New York, and American Airlines Flight 77 was headed toward the Pentagon. The passengers and crew aboard Flight 93 initially had no way of knowing that America was under attack—or that their own aircraft would soon become part of it. In this special September 11 episode of Music City 911, we follow the story of United Flight 93 from its delayed departure from Newark through the hijacking, the increasingly alarming transmissions heard by air traffic controllers, the phone calls made by passengers and crew, and the realization aboard the aircraft that the hijackers likely intended to use Flight 93 as a weapon. Those calls changed everything. Passengers and crew began sharing what they had learned from people on the ground. Knowing what had already happened in New York and Washington, a group aboard Flight 93 made the decision to fight back. Their attempt to retake the aircraft ended when Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, at 10:03 a.m. All 40 passengers and crew members aboard were killed, along with the four hijackers. No one on the ground was killed. This episode uses actual air traffic control recordings, authentic passenger and crew voicemail recordings, historical photographs, archival material, documents, maps and visual recreations to tell the story of Flight 93 and the people aboard it. Some scenes in this episode are visual recreations of events for which no original video footage exists. They are included to help illustrate the documented sequence of events and are not presented as authentic archival footage. Real 911 Calls. Real 911 Dispatchers. 🌐 Website & Merch:⁠MusicCity911.com⁠ ⭐ Patreon — Bonus Content & Extras:⁠Join Music City 911 on Patreon⁠ ▶️ YouTube:⁠Music City 911 on YouTube⁠ 📘 Facebook:⁠Music City 911 on Facebook⁠ 👥 Facebook Group:⁠Join the Music City 911 Facebook Group⁠ 📸 Instagram:⁠Music City 911 on Instagram⁠ 𝕏 X / Twitter:⁠Music City 911 on X⁠ 🔗 All Links:⁠Music City 911 Linktree⁠ 📧 Business/Contact:⁠musiccity911@gmail.com Music City 911 tells the stories behind real emergency calls, critical incidents and the people on both sides of the radio. Subscribe for new episodes and stories told from the perspective of a veteran 911 dispatcher. For Music City 911, I'm Brandon, and y'all have a good'n. #Flight93 #September11 #911 #United93 #MusicCity911 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices