"During the 1970s, the JRA carried out a series of attacks around the world, including the massacre in 1972 at Lod Airport in Israel, two Japanese airliner hijackings, and an attempted takeover of the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. In April 1988, JRA operative Yu Kikumura was arrested with explosives on the New Jersey Turnpike, apparently planning an attack to coincide with the bombing of a USO club in Naples, a suspected JRA operation that killed five, including a US servicewoman."

#52: We cannot assume that they would be on the passenger list (could they have gotten jobs as airline crew members? fueler? etc.?), nor that their names would lead us to more info. It's an obvious place to start, but I would hesitate to think that we would get all the information needed to determine responsibility from the passenger lists alone.

#56: I agree that something was done to the passengers in some method. The struggle that seems to have happened in United 93 (the PIT crash) also seems to support that the other planes' passengers weren't able to do anything.

#57: The passengers may not have every clue about what's going on, but one passenger on United 93 knew enough to phone 911 on his cell phone and exclaim, "We are being hijacked!". I think the passengers on these planes, if they were conscious, had enough of an idea about what was going on. I can't see a hijacker taking over the cockpit without anyone noticing something was wrong.

#64: The only reason is to prevent "problems" like what seem to have happened on United 93. I agree that the passengers were either unconscious or dead before the planes hit.

#66: Yes, the sharp angle (45-degrees by most accounts) indicates a struggle. I also have not heard of any survivors, nor do I expect to hear of any.

#71: Given the extent of damage in the WTC area, I suspect there will be a lot more buildings that will collapse before it's all over. The exclusive video on ABC (from a freelance cameraman) shows the damage to surrounding buildings and it looks like most are already on the verge of falling and they're still burning. ABC News is reporting that the "#7 WTC building" is on the verge of collapsing.

#73: You don't need a movie for a perfect blueprint of NYC or any city for that matter. There is plenty of information on the internet. But yes, I agree that the scenes are sickeningly similar to Independence Day. It looks so surreal watching some of the video coming from the heart of the destruction as it happened.

Olson was not even supposed to be on a flight today. She skipped her flight yesterday in order to have breakfast with her husband this morning on his birthday.

"1. Take time before this date to personally examine our own lives and priorities as citizens of Earth in this time of transition. This is a wake-up call."