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By Rodrigo Santos Andrade
Fighter pilot reflects on ‘suicide mission’ to intercept Flight 93
visibility comment0 event September 12, 2026 timer 03:42
Retired Air Force Major Heather "Lucky" Penney was one of two F-16 fighter pilots ordered to down United Airlines Flight 93 before it reached Washington, DC, airspace. Because there was no time to arm their jets, the mission would have required them to fly their aircraft directly into the hijacked commercial airliner. Penney describes that harrowing day to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.
0:00 What Penney remembers about that day
2:24 What was going through Penney’s mind when she took to the skies
4:31 What it was like learning about the heroics on Flight 93
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