03:54Inflight coordinator for United Airlines Flight 93 Terry Horniacek shared her reflections on the day the flight was hijacked on September 11, 2001.
Horniacek has written a book on her experiences from the day, titled: 'My 9/11 - Through inflight Eyes.'
"My job was to check in the flight attendants before their departure. Let them know if there was anything wrong with the services on the plane, give them their inflight boarding sheet, let them know if there was any VIPs travelling on the trip." explained Horniacek, at her home in Mattawan, New Jersey, on Monday.
"I was there (when the hijacking happened) and I took those phone calls. The frantic phone calls of the people from the plane. You know, Flight 93, they were calling our office.", said Horniacek.
“They were calling in, saying: 'We're being hijacked.' You know, by men with box cutters and red bandanas, they were calling our desk," added Horniacek.
Horniacek also shared insights onto the situation on-board, where passengers decided to fight back against four hijackers.
In the light of the withdrawal of the US from Afghanistan, Horniacek said that the "war was necessary" but agreed with the decision to leave the country as "too many Americans died."
Horniacek further believes that that documents regarding the attack should be declassified.
The domestic flight was scheduled to fly from Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco, California, when 46 minutes into the trip the United Airlines-operated aircraft carrying 44 people was hijacked and eventually crashed into a field in Pennsylvania, killing all on-board.
The flight was one of four planes hijacked as part of the 9/11 attacks, which later led to the military intervention by the US in Afghanistan.
USA: Inflight Coordinator for United Flight 93 Terry Horniacek shares insight of day of attack
Inflight coordinator for United Airlines Flight 93 Terry Horniacek shared her reflections on the day the flight was hijacked on September 11, 2001.
Horniacek has written a book on her experiences from the day, titled: 'My 9/11 - Through inflight Eyes.'
"My job was to check in the flight attendants before their departure. Let them know if there was anything wrong with the services on the plane, give them their inflight boarding sheet, let them know if there was any VIPs travelling on the trip." explained Horniacek, at her home in Mattawan, New Jersey, on Monday.
"I was there (when the hijacking happened) and I took those phone calls. The frantic phone calls of the people from the plane. You know, Flight 93, they were calling our office.", said Horniacek.
“They were calling in, saying: 'We're being hijacked.' You know, by men with box cutters and red bandanas, they were calling our desk," added Horniacek.
Horniacek also shared insights onto the situation on-board, where passengers decided to fight back against four hijackers.
In the light of the withdrawal of the US from Afghanistan, Horniacek said that the "war was necessary" but agreed with the decision to leave the country as "too many Americans died."
Horniacek further believes that that documents regarding the attack should be declassified.
The domestic flight was scheduled to fly from Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco, California, when 46 minutes into the trip the United Airlines-operated aircraft carrying 44 people was hijacked and eventually crashed into a field in Pennsylvania, killing all on-board.
The flight was one of four planes hijacked as part of the 9/11 attacks, which later led to the military intervention by the US in Afghanistan.
Inflight coordinator for United Airlines Flight 93 Terry Horniacek shared her reflections on the day the flight was hijacked on September 11, 2001.
Horniacek has written a book on her experiences from the day, titled: 'My 9/11 - Through inflight Eyes.'
"My job was to check in the flight attendants before their departure. Let them know if there was anything wrong with the services on the plane, give them their inflight boarding sheet, let them know if there was any VIPs travelling on the trip." explained Horniacek, at her home in Mattawan, New Jersey, on Monday.
"I was there (when the hijacking happened) and I took those phone calls. The frantic phone calls of the people from the plane. You know, Flight 93, they were calling our office.", said Horniacek.
“They were calling in, saying: 'We're being hijacked.' You know, by men with box cutters and red bandanas, they were calling our desk," added Horniacek.
Horniacek also shared insights onto the situation on-board, where passengers decided to fight back against four hijackers.
In the light of the withdrawal of the US from Afghanistan, Horniacek said that the "war was necessary" but agreed with the decision to leave the country as "too many Americans died."
Horniacek further believes that that documents regarding the attack should be declassified.
The domestic flight was scheduled to fly from Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco, California, when 46 minutes into the trip the United Airlines-operated aircraft carrying 44 people was hijacked and eventually crashed into a field in Pennsylvania, killing all on-board.
The flight was one of four planes hijacked as part of the 9/11 attacks, which later led to the military intervention by the US in Afghanistan.