"Come on guys, what are we waiting for? Let's roll."

Rating: 8/10 (8 April 2018)

Knowing the outcome does not help ease the tension one experiences while watching this movie. I've waited a long time before seeing this film since one's senses were inundated on that infamous day, with ubiquitous follow-ups and documentaries to capture the horror of 9/11. Besides confirming the heroic actions of a handful of airline passengers who decided to take fate into their own hands, one will come away with an appreciation for the tough job air traffic controllers have in maintaining order in the skies. I don't know if it still holds, but at one time, air traffic controllers held an unenviable first place for suicide rates among all occupations. The unbelievable stress these folks must have experienced that day was palpable on the screen. I particularly appreciated the way the principal aviation officer took control and made decisions that were correctly concerned with saving lives rather than worry about the business aspect of shutting down flights as a result of the chaos resulting from the Twin Towers being struck. What's personally troubling to me is how some of the reviews on this board disparage the real heroes of that day and how so many are quick to accept a government conspiracy behind the downing of the Twin Towers by our own government. Yeah, I've heard them too and they reek of unbridled nonsense. Aside from the 12/7/1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, there's no personification of evil greater than the cowardly act of those terrorists on 9/11/2001, a day of infamy that Americans should never forget.