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...passengers on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, of course, could not come out; they crashed and died, along with the hijackers, in a field near Shanksville, Pa. But there are many Americans for whom the dark place of a movie auditorium is a last refuge from reality. The trailer for United 93 has upset viewers with its gritty evocation of that day, especially a shot of the plane hitting the second tower of the World Trade Center. Audiences who wouldn't flinch at slasher movies and serial-killer thrillers have shouted back at the previews. A multiplex in Manhattan...
Perhaps those who saw the trailer didn't realize that this was the one flight, of the four hijacked that day, with an inspiring ending. This was the one on which the good guys, following passenger Todd Beamer's John Wayne--like invocation, "Let's roll," foiled the bad guys. The saga of this flight makes for, in 9/11 terms, a feel-good movie. Just as important, United 93, at which TIME was given an exclusive first look, is a good movie--taut and implacable--that honors the deeds of the passengers while being fair, if anyone cares...
...reasons. And conversations with several embassy staffers who aren?t comfortable venturing into areas controlled by private contractors and Iraqis betray an unease about the changes at the checkpoints. A low-level U.S. embassy official who finds himself confining his movements more and more to the path between his trailer and his office, says that as more real estate is handed over to the Iraqi government, he?s watching the IZ become "more amber than green...
...Saturday morning, some 25 residents trickled into the trailer to learn how to be block captains from students nearly half their age. One 42-year-old, Frederica A. Anderson, had been recruited by a student...
...Contractors have nearly completed wiring her green house. She and her 8-year-old son, Trenton, have been living in her yard, in a trailer provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. She hopes her home will be ready to live in by June 1, the approximate start of hurricane season...