Rob Baker’s Reviews > Out of the Blue: A Narrative of September 11, 2001 > Status Update

One of the hijackers bought his airplane ticket a couple of days before 9/11, and he signed up for a Frequent Flyer account.

They use the term "static" 'to describe the confusion, inconsistencies, and sheer volume of intelligence, which makes it very difficult to pick out ahead of time the few items that seem in retrospect to be crucial' (129).

In 1996, bin Laden issued a fatwa calling on "'every Muslim who believes in God and wishes to be rewared to comply with God's order to kill the Americans and plunder their money wherever and whenever they find it.'

"'The ruling to kill the Americans and their allies--civilians and military--is an individual duty for every Muslim who can do it in any country in which it is possible to do it'" (90).

"Like most of the passengers on flight 93, Jeremy Glick led a life striking for its openness.

That is what puts him in such stark contrast with the group of dark, clandestine figures who killed him and the 39 other people on flight 93. We cannot comprehend the people who perpetrated the crime, even as the people it was perpetrated against seem so guileless, almost innocent of the dark forces that destroyed them."