re: 2nd plane from an angle I had not seen.

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Using jet liners as missiles against those towers had never occurred to people. It’s easy to see the potential in hindsight, but no one ever thought this would happen.

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This. 20 years later there’s a different lens/context to look back upon but historically and up to that singular day, a hijacked plane usually would end with the plane landed/parked somewhere in the world with demands and negotiations while passengers remained on the plane, but alive.