were 100 and 100-plus stories up, were hanging outside of the window. and i watched them. they were making a sign of the cross, holding hands, and jumping. to me those people were heroes. reporter: the pentagon was next. 9:37 a.m. we now have a report that fire has been confirmed at the pentagon. reporter: air traffic controllers were still trying to track down every plane. they hear sounds of a struggle from flight 93. negative contact. we re looking, united 93. hey! hey! mayday mayday! reporter: deena burnett s husband, tom, on board. you were actually on the phone with his mother when he clicks in, and he says to you i m on united airlines flight 93, newark to san francisco, and the airplane has been hijacked. he said that he was putting a
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MARTHA RAFFAELE SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) – Just before United Flight 93 crashed, some of the passengers learned of the attacks on the World Trade Center and may have tried to overpower their hijackers and keep the jetliner from hitting another landmark.
Authorities have not disclosed whether there was a struggle aboard the plane, and have not said what caused the airliner carrying 45 people to plunge into a Pennsylvania field.
But some of the victims telephoned relatives from the plane and said that they had resolved to wrest control of the flight back from their captors.
Passenger Jeremy Glick, 31, telephoned his wife, Liz, after terrorists took over, Glick’s uncle Tom Crowley said Wednesday. She conferenced the call to a 911 dispatcher, who told Glick about the New York attacks.