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September 11 2001: The date is now synonymous with the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York. Often overlooked are the heroic actions of passengers and crew on board the plane that didn't reach it's target: The White House.For the passengers on board it was an ordinary day on an ordinary flight. The situation they would find themselves in within minutes of take off would be the most terrifying and telling of their whole lives. The passengers decision to try and take back control of the aircraft from the terrorists would leave each one with a terrifying realisation: that if they took no action they would die along with the countless others on the ground.This documentary chronicles in depth the events leading up to the flight as well as on board derived from official records recorded telephone conversations eye witness accounts and interviews with close family and friends. This programme sensitively and accurately tells the true story of 33 heroes who were born on that fateful day. The day the world lost its innocence and woke up to the age of international terrorism.
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