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Originally Posted by Steve
The fact of the matter is that, prior to 9/11, nobody would've thought that a few guys armed with box cutters would be much of a threat. I would be surprised if too many people really ever considered the possibility that a few guys, armed with box cutters, could fly airliners into buildings.
I've no doubt that, had the hijackers annouced their intentions, that the threats would've been quelled. Ask yourself: If four or five guys, on a plane with 100 people on it, attempted to hijack a plane today, do you think people would sit idly by, or would they swarm and overcome the hijacker?
I truly believe it would be the latter.
My understanding of why #20 didn't make it is because a US Customs official wouldn't let him enter the country. I don't doubt that, had he made it onto one of those planes, he'd have taken part...
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Someone thought that a few guys with box cutters and some martial arts training could do this, and they recruited god knows how many into the plan and 19 showed up on game day.
I just wonder how they gamed it out, and what happened to the people who played the passengers and the crew in the mock up rehearsals.
I think the behavior of the hijackers on the plane with the 4 man crew argues that the fifth member was expected to show up at the airport and didn't.
I would bet he bailed, and that means everyone wants him. AQ wants him dead, because he knows too much, and the US wants him for the same reason, and nobody wants to give this guy a safe haven.