Somehow, people keep coming up with the idea that I want them to kill their neighbor. Well, I don't. And to be honest, I'm really getting sick and tired of it. Get it straight. Not only do I not want anybody to kill anyone, but I specifically commanded you not to, in really simple terms that anybody ought to be able to understand.
True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic.
It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost. The answer is that, based on history, resistance would have been irrational. That was the best way to preserve life and, in most cases, even to apprehend the hijackers. Nobody expected the plane to become a weapon. After yesterday, you will no longer be able to hijack a plane with a knife.