In the essay, “F-16 Pilot Was Ready to Give Her Life on Sept. 11”, Steve Hendrix shares a profile regarding Lt. Heather Penney, who was supposed to be responsible for crashing her own plane against the hijacked aircraft on September 11, 2001. Having no other alternatives, she came into the conclusion that the kamikaze mission was only solution in order to prevent the fourth airliner hijacker from reaching Washington. She received orders from Col. Sasseville that she would be apart of stopping United Airlines Flight 93. Their counterattack goal was to hit the cockpit or the wing― not the engine that would cause the hijacked aircraft to evidently hit the target. However, Penney and Sasseville learned that hours before, the United 93 went down
