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What were the last words on United Airlines Flight 93?

Let's roll! —Todd Beamer's last words heard by operator Lisa Jefferson. The passenger revolt on Flight 93 began at 09:57, after the passengers voted on whether to act. The plane left its Washington, D.C. course after the passengers revolted and the hijackers began maneuvering the plane violently in response.



The last words recorded on the United Airlines Flight 93 cockpit voice recorder, as documented by the 9/11 Commission and subsequent investigations, were spoken in Arabic. At 10:03:09 AM, the final audible phrases were "Allah is the greatest" (repeated several times), followed by a final unintelligible cry as the plane crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Seconds before, at 10:01:08 AM, one of the hijackers asked, "Is that it? I mean, shall we pull it down?" to which another responded, "Yes, put it in it, and pull it down." The recording also captured the sounds of the heroic passenger revolt, including shouts of "In the cockpit! If we don't, we'll die!" and "Roll it!" as the passengers used a food cart to breach the cockpit door. The final moments were a chaotic mix of the hijackers' religious chants and the desperate struggle for control. These recordings remain a chilling and somber record of the bravery of the 40 passengers and crew who sacrificed their lives to prevent the aircraft from reaching its intended target in Washington, D.C.

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