They used cell phones aboard the plane to report it to the police . They sent f-16 fighter jets into the sky ,but by the time they got to the plane passengers were all ready storming the cockpit fighting off the 2 jihadi hijackers aboard. The fighter Pilots only remember seeing the plane flipping over and plummeting to the ground in a empty field outside of Pittsburgh . In total on September 11 , 2996 people died in all three locations . 126 passengers of United airlines flight 93, were killed trying to save this plane thought to be headed for the white house. The US government comes to their jihadi leader who was responsible for the attacks Osama Bin Laden . On October 7 , 2001 the United States Government launched an international manhunt for the assassination of Osama Bin Laden operation, Enduring Freedom. Osama bin Laden was a terrorist who created his terrorist Group Al Qaeda this group rose from Al Qaeda emerged from weapons and resources sent by the states to help fight off the soviets in 1989. Osama Bin Laden had raged war against the U.S in