The impact of their sacrifice is wildly underappreciated

Posted on September 12, 2026 at 12:11:44 AM by ricomontoya (edited September 12, 2026 at 12:13:56 AM)

That plane would have destroyed the Capitol building. The smoldering remains would be *the* image we remember today.

Even more significantly, it would have killed hundreds of elected Representative and Senators. Congress was in session. The procedures for replacing deceased representatives vary from state to state, most taking weeks or months to elect replacements. There would have been a nonfunctioning Congress for a long time.

It’s hard to comprehend in these truly weird times how important it is for a functional Congress to exist. Pure chaos, smoldering Capitol. Those guys did way, way more than save several hundred lives.

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I still wonder what went through the minds of the heroes on Flught 93. - By Alpo September 11, 2026 at 10:21:52 PM
- After that happened I predicted we would never see terrorists take over an airliner like they did. Passengers won’t just sit and take it. Kudos to these heroes. * - By jhamm September 12, 2026 at 11:19:42 AM
- 100%. I felt like an old man telling my daughter this story today, about how heroic those people were.* - By DetUMICH September 12, 2026 at 03:07:02 AM
- If you go to the Flight 93 memorial in Pa. you can get a pretty good sense of what they were thinking by listening to the recodings of their phone calls - By UMdad September 12, 2026 at 12:28:09 AM
  - yeah I think they clearly understood the stakes and that their only hope of survival was to retake control of the plane - By DoctorD September 12, 2026 at 08:03:28 AM
- The impact of their sacrifice is wildly underappreciated - By ricomontoya September 12, 2026 at 12:11:44 AM
  - Had the Capitol been destroyed on 9/11, IMO there would have been nuclear war that day... - By GlassOnion September 12, 2026 at 11:05:49 AM
- The movie about it is quite good. Emotional* - By Poster P September 11, 2026 at 11:06:39 PM
- Re: I still wonder what went through the minds of the heroes on Flught 93. - By django September 11, 2026 at 10:52:29 PM
- Acknowledging the Flight 93 heroes forces us to consider what we would each do in their place. Too many of us would fall short, so it's easier to say "oh, and them" than to confront our own instincts and discover cowardice. They deserve much more recognition than they get for many more reasons.* - By SmilingChewbacca September 11, 2026 at 10:51:35 PM
- 👍*. - By kccambo September 11, 2026 at 10:44:31 PM
- 100%* - By Daytripper September 11, 2026 at 10:34:22 PM
- with you man. Amazing balls on those guys * - By ajs September 11, 2026 at 10:31:47 PM
- It reminds me so much of Trump.* - By jjwalker September 11, 2026 at 10:23:09 PM

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The impact of their sacrifice is wildly underappreciated