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POLITICS 10 LAW 11 SCI-TECH 12 SPACE 13 HEALTH 14 ENTERTAINMENT 15 TRAVEL 16 EDUCATION 17 CAREER 18 IN-DEPTH 19 QUICK NEWS 20 LOCAL 21 COMMUNITY 22 MULTIMEDIA 23 E-MAIL SERVICES 24 CNN ON PDA 25 ABOUT US CNN TV 26 what's on 27 show transcripts 28 CNN Headline News 29 CNN International 30 askCNN Passengers voted to attack hijackers NEW YORK (CNN) -- Passengers on board the hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 that crashed in rural Pennsylvania Tuesday apparently decided to attack the terrorists who had commandeered the plane, according to family members of one passenger. Passenger Jeremy Glick called his wife Liz and in-laws in New York on a cell phone to say the plane had been hijacked. All 38 passengers, and possibly the crew, had been herded to the back of the plane. Glick said they were aware a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center in New York and that some passengers were talking about retaking control of their plane. COM SPECIAL REPORT CNN NewsPass Video 33 Agencies reportedly got hijack tips in 1998 MORE STORIES 34 Intelligence intercept led to Buffalo suspects 35 Report cites warnings before 9/11 EXTRA INFORMATION Timeline: 36 Who Knew What and When? Interactive: 37 Terror Investigation 38 Terror Warnings System 39 Most wanted terrorists 40 What looks suspicious? In-Depth: 41 America Remembers In-Depth: 42 Terror on Tape In-Depth: 43 How prepared is your city? RESOURCES On the Scene: 44 Barbara Starr: Al Qaeda hunt expands? On the Scene: 45 Peter Bergen: Getting al Qaeda to talk Moments earlier, according to a partial transcript of cockpit chatter obtained by CNN Wednesday, air traffic controllers heard someone shout, "Get out of here," through an open microphone. The plane, which took off from Newark bound for San Francisco, was near Cleveland, flying at 35,000 feet. At that point, air traffic radar showed the plane abruptly turning 180 degrees, heading southeast, apparently toward Washington with the possible intention of crashing it into the White House or Capitol. Joanne Makely, Glick's mother-in-law, told CNN Wednesday the family called New York state police on another phone while Glick was still on the line and relayed messages to them from Glick. Glick told police he could see three men he described as Arabs and that the plane was over countryside, according to Makely. One of the hijackers "had a red box he said was a bomb, and one had a knife of some nature," Makely said. Glick was not the only person on the flight to make a phone call during the hijacking. Glick and Burnett both said in their calls the people on board knew of one or more attacks on the World Trade Center, evidently from the other phone calls. After Glick was told the reports were true, he left the phone for a while, returning to say, "The men voted to attack the terrorists," Makely said. Bingham's mother, Alice Hoglan said she thinks her son may have helped prevent the hijackers from hitting a more populated area. Makely described Glick as 6-feet-2, 220 pounds, and an athlete. She did not know how many men voted to attack the terrorists. Glick's father-in-law, Richard Makely, said he took the phone, hoping to hear Glick come back and say the passengers and crew had regained control of the plane.
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