What might have happened on Sept. 11...

Zombywuf 0094247 at sms.ed.ac.uk
Sat Sep 22 13:33:17 PDT 2001


Quoting "Trei, Peter" <ptrei at rsasecurity.com>:

> What would actually happen is that there would not be an attempt
> to hijack the plane. The only reason the terrorists pulled it off
> on the first three was that the usual protocol for hijacks involves
> landing, and letting most/all of the passengers off unharmed.
> For disarmed passengers, the best option for survival was to 
> anticipate this protocol, and sit tight.

What would actually happen is that in order to commit an act of suicidal 
terrorism all you'd have to do is stand up and rely on the other passengers to 
shoot up the plane for you. It's a great stratagy, requires almost no effort 
and no weapons. I everyone in the Us had that kind of attitude and a handgun 
how many innocents would hav been killed for looking suspicious so far?

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