Flight 93

On the morning of September 11, 2001, first officer LeRoy Homer Jr. gets dressed in his uniform, kisses his wife and his daughter, and leaves for duty. The scene establishes the personal stakes behind the day’s tragedy. His routine departure foreshadows the lives that will be affected by Flight 93.

Passengers board United Airlines Flight 93 at Newark Liberty International Airport, among them many named in the summary. The flight is scheduled to fly to San Francisco, setting the stage for the fateful journey. The boarding process highlights the diverse group of people aboard the plane.

Four Al-Qaeda hijackers—Jarrah, al-Ghamdi, al-Haznawi, and al-Nami—board Flight 93 and settle into their seats. Their plan remains concealed as other passengers take their places. The tension builds as the flight prepares for departure.

Flight 93 lifts off from Newark, bound for San Francisco. The crew conducts standard checks and passengers settle into the routine of a cross-country flight. The journey begins with ordinary calm before the day's events unfold.

46 minutes after takeoff, the hijackers move to seize control. Mark Rothenberg tries to negotiate, but is fatally stabbed as the 'bomb' is revealed and chaos erupts. The hijackers attack the pilots and wrest control of the aircraft.

Within minutes of the unfolding hijacking, Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The attack joins the other 9/11 events in a day of widespread terror. Authorities react with shock and urgency as emergency services respond.

Aboard Flight 93, passengers learn from family members via airphones that the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have been attacked. They decide to act, organizing a revolt to regain control of the aircraft. Don Greene’s flying experience provides some hope the passengers can influence the outcome.

The group arms themselves and prays together, steeling their resolve for a counterattack. They contact loved ones to relay what is happening and to seek comfort in a dire moment. The cabin atmosphere shifts from fear to purposeful unity as the plan forms.

Beamer rallies the others with the phrase 'Let's Roll!' and they begin the counterattack using a food cart as a weapon. The passengers push toward the hijackers, determined to reclaim the cockpit. Courage and solidarity define the tense assault.

Jarrah shakes the plane violently to throw the passengers off balance as they close in on the cockpit. The passengers overpower al-Nami, and Bingham kills him with a hot-water container after a brutal struggle. The hijackers’ control ebbs as the passengers close in.

The passengers breach the cockpit with the food cart, forcing al-Ghamdi and al-Haznawi to contend with the growing resistance. Realizing their mission may fail, Jarrah is told to crash the plane, and he steers into a nosedive as the passengers gain entry.

The plane dives, rolling violently and then crashing to the ground, killing everyone aboard. A ground observer notes the descent and the crater left behind as emergency workers approach. The film closes with a passage of time and the crater gradually disappearing from memory.