Jack Grandcolas remembers waking up at 7:03 that day. He looked at the clock, then out the window, where an image caught his eye — a vision that looked like an angel ascending. It was 10:03 a.m. ET. And United Flight 93 had just crashed in Pennsylvania.http://apne.ws/5oppDSW
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Grandcolas’ wife, Lauren, wasn’t supposed to be on that flight. But contained on his answering machine were two messages from Lauren. First, she said she was taking an earlier flight home from New Jersey. Then, she called from the plane. http://apne.ws/xtS74Xv pic.twitter.com/pKUjj04Sxg
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Flight 93 was the fourth and final plane to be hijacked on Sept. 11, 2001. Realizing the hijacking was part of a broader attack, passengers decided to fight back and try to regain control of the plane. All 44 people on board were killed when it crashed. http://apne.ws/phbBFW4 pic.twitter.com/tifUt4HX9W
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“What they did was amazingly dramatic,” Grandcolas said. It was "a selfless act of love to conquer hate.” For the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Grandcolas plans to travel to Pennsylvania to visit the Flight 93 National Memorial for the first time since 2003.http://apne.ws/KlgIuiP
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He had decided to wait to return to the memorial, instead spending the anniversary doing things Lauren loved. “Every year it’s a gut punch,” Grandcolas said. “We will live with the scars for the rest of our lives.”http://apne.ws/cxcuAHF
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