United Flight 93 Co-pilot’s Wife Challenges View of What Happened Onboard on 9/11
Photo Credit: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta lays a wreath at the Flight 93 Memorial Plaza Wall of Names in Shanksville, Pennsylvania., on September 10, 2011, the eve of the 11th anniversary. flickr.com / U.S. Navy
Skift Take
United Flight 93's passengers got all of the media glory. The co-pilot's widow doesn't downplay their efforts, but gives the crew its due.
If you missed Melodie Homer's recent talk at Wilmington, North Carolina's Barnes & Noble, you missed a sizzler.
Homer is the widow of LeRoy W. Homer Jr., the first officer (co-pilot) for United Flight 93, the airliner that crashed near Shanksville, Pa., on Sept. 11, 2001, after being hijacked by al-Qaida terrorists. Other planes hit the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon. The terror team on United 93 was apparently aiming for the U.S. Capitol but was thwarted by some action by the crew and passengers.
A decade later, this lady is still hurting — and she is not suffering in silence. In "From Where I Stand," she speaks her mind and takes names.
Terrorists aside, Homer ha
