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Two police officers struggle to survive when they become trapped beneath the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.


“September 11, 2001. Four planes were hijacked. Three of them reached their target. This is the story of the fourth.”
A real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
J.J. Johnson
Captain Jason M. Dahl
Gary Commock
First Officer LeRoy Homer

Polly Adams
Deborah Welsh

Opal Alladin
CeeCee Lyles

Starla Benford
Wanda Anita Green

Trish Gates
Sandra Bradshaw

Nancy McDoniel
Lorraine G. Bay

David Alan Basche
Todd Beamer

Richard Bekins
William Joseph Cashman

Susan Blommaert
Jane Folger
United 93 is a drama, history, crime, thriller, action film released in 2006 exploring themes of airplane, war on terror, hijacking, terror cell, based on true story, emergency landing. Directed by Paul Greengrass, it stars J.J. Johnson, Gary Commock, Polly Adams. A real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
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