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Originally Posted by Phoenix
I think his point got lost. I think he was trying to say and he can correct me if i am wrong here of course. Is that the hijackers weren't the roided up version that you see in True Lies who smash porcelain toilet fixtures with their bare hands. No these were skinny, small pathetic twerps, of the slack jawed variety, with a barely coherent look in their eyes.
Facing them on each of the four planes were men, and women from the U.S.A. and Canada, who both outweighed them and were far stronger. Men who all their life growing up had not just sat by and watched as chaos unfolded around them. Anywhere i go in the world i always see some American or some Canadian ready to poke his nose into the business of others when things don't jive with their particular world view. It is actually an endearing quality to put your own safety on the back burner to stick up for rights that some people are not even aware of.
Now my point in that tirade? Have you ever seen a crowd in an emergency situation? Heard the noise? It is ludricous and naive to think that the hijackers of that plane were able to keep the noise down. The pilots would have known exactly what was going on if there were indeed hijackers taking over the plane with some small razor blades. You know a 150 pound man standing 5^6 walking by a 280lb 6^4 guy who probably is missing the last time he got to smash someone.
Sorry it doesn't add up. The noise alone would have alerted the pilots to what was going on. I don't believe a skinny short dude from a cave stands much of a chance against another grown man when it is life on the line. I could believe one plane....but not four.
Sorry.
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It doesn't add up because you haven't bothered to get the facts.
First off, the muscle hijackers were seated very near the front of the plane, in first class. They didn't have to subdue anybody on the planes or create any noise at all. It would have taken nearly no time at all to kick down the cockpit door and slit the pilot's throats. By the time anybody could react, the planes were already in the hands of the hijackers.
Secondly, while size and strength are part of any fighting equation, training is always more important. Don't believe me? You're what, 6'0+ and more than 200 pounds? I know hundreds of guys much smaller than you that could take you out in under a minute flat. Worse than that, I know a handful of girls that could do the exact same thing.