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Families Hear Flight 93's Final Moments; Most Say Cockpit Recording Lifted Their Spirits and Confirmed Victims' Bravery

April 19, 2002 | David Snyder | Copyright

Family members of those who died at the hands of terrorists aboard a hijacked aircraft on Sept. 11 listened to a chilling recording of their loved ones' final 30 minutes today, leaving, for the most part, less devastated than before and in some cases with their spirits lifted.

"These were clearly people who were unafraid of the unthinkable," said Hamilton Peterson, whose father, Donald A. Peterson, died when the plane crashed in rural southwestern Pennsylvania. "They digested it and acted upon it in no time at all."

Some said the cockpit voice recording of United Airlines Flight 93 confirmed their beliefs that many passengers had attacked their hijackers with great force, in …

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