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...injured in the resulting rush, though, and police have no leads on the identity of the perpetrator...
They seemed to be in a rush to fly the big planes. Long before they were really ready, before they had the 1,000 or so hours any airline would demand of a future jet pilot, they invested in expensive time in a training device. The 727 full-motion simulator is a multimillion-dollar contraption that twists and bucks and turns on hydraulic pistons like a Disney ride. But the technology is good enough that airline pilots use simulators regularly to train for emergencies that are too dangerous to practice in a real plane: a double-engine failure...
...RUSH LIMBAUGH, radio commentator We should resolve to make Sept. 11 each year as robust a day as we can. It should feature Americans behaving in their unique, extraordinary ways. Those whose lives were lost should be remembered as they died: in busy activity, never dreaming that that day would be their last on Earth. We will not need to shut down to remember...
...think they did it. We may never know. Yet Glick's last words to his wife Lyzbeth, like Burnett's vow of action to his wife, make us want to believe they prevailed, taking Flight 93 down in a Pennsylvania coalfield far from any metropolis. "We're going to rush the hijackers," said Glick. Then he put down the phone. --By Josh Tyrangiel...
...ridership numbers at rush hour have been down ever since the Sept. 11 attack, Pedro said, but had been on therise in the last few days—until this weekend...