Thursday will mark the 13th year since 9/11. It has now become known as Patriot Day. Please remember to lower your flag (if you have one) to half-mast on that day. Also, regardless of what your religious beliefs, it has become customary for a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. (No need to explain that one.)
Just as a side note, Captain Jason Dahl, who was the Captain of United Flight 93 on that particular day that went down in a Pennsylvania farm field, was my instructor and certified me on the Boeing 767. He was a very social, spiritual and community committed individual. It was only by a stroke of bad luck that Jason piloted this flight. He switched assignments with another Captain, so that he could have the following weekend off to celebrate his anniversary by taking his wife to London. I only met his wife one time and she seemed to be a very charming lady. Another bit of bad luck for her in that she died of natural causes just a few years ago. I believe she was only in her 50's and Jason would have been in his 60's.
BTW, Jason was based in Denver, but flew to Washington the prior day to pilot this flight. The flight was scheduled to leave Washington, D.C. and land in San Francisco. From all of the reports that I have seen, read and was told, they believe the terrorists had either the Capitol or the White House as their intended target. Out of the four planes that were hijacked that day, only one of the planes, Flight 93, did not hit its intended target.
Thank you.
Just as a side note, Captain Jason Dahl, who was the Captain of United Flight 93 on that particular day that went down in a Pennsylvania farm field, was my instructor and certified me on the Boeing 767. He was a very social, spiritual and community committed individual. It was only by a stroke of bad luck that Jason piloted this flight. He switched assignments with another Captain, so that he could have the following weekend off to celebrate his anniversary by taking his wife to London. I only met his wife one time and she seemed to be a very charming lady. Another bit of bad luck for her in that she died of natural causes just a few years ago. I believe she was only in her 50's and Jason would have been in his 60's.
BTW, Jason was based in Denver, but flew to Washington the prior day to pilot this flight. The flight was scheduled to leave Washington, D.C. and land in San Francisco. From all of the reports that I have seen, read and was told, they believe the terrorists had either the Capitol or the White House as their intended target. Out of the four planes that were hijacked that day, only one of the planes, Flight 93, did not hit its intended target.
Thank you.
