On my trip to Japan the past three days, I asked almost all the flight attendants and pilots if they were going to watch it--not one person said they could handle it. That we're United and most of us knew someone working on those planes only makes it worse, i think. I got emotional just seeing the title of this thread but had to come over and see what everyone was saying. I don't know anything else in America that causes such an emotional reaction--question for anyone of the Pearl Harbor generation, was it just as hard, or was 9-11 worse for you? As for 93, maybe difficult because we all know how easily it could have been one of us that day.

The other first officer I flew with this trip was flying as a captain of a 727 that day and when they forced her to land in Moline, she had no idea beyond that it was a "security breach" and that she had to LAND NOW. she was sure it was a bomb and she admitted the thought went thru her mind: please God, don't let Moline be the last thing I see. (apologies to any Moliners) It was a gripping tale. I'll probably blog about it sometime soon.