First victim died a hero on Flt. 11, 9/11 Attacks

[2RHPZ]

Ex-Israeli commando tried to halt unfolding hijacking
BY RICHARD SISK and MONIQUE EL-FAIZY
DAILY NEWS WRITERS

http://www.nydailynews.com/ips_rich_content/797-lewin.JPG

WASHINGTON - The man who was likely the first killed in the 9/11 attacks was a veteran Israeli commando and dot-com millionaire who died fighting to stop ringleader Mohamed Atta from taking over his plane.

According to new details revealed in the final federal report on the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, one of that dreadful day's unsung heroes was 31-year-old Daniel Lewin, who served four years in Israel's elite Sayeret Matkal special forces outfit and was flying from Boston to San Francisco on American Airlines Flight 11.

The terror began at 8:14 a.m., when two hijackers slashed two female flight attendants, and Atta and Abdulaziz Alomari rose from their seats to go to the cockpit.

Lewin, seated a row behind them, moved to stop the pair, "not realizing that another [hijacker] was sitting behind him," the report said.

The hijacker behind Lewin, probably Satam al Suqami, stabbed him in the back.

That was likely the only way they could have killed Lewin, his friends said.

"If anyone was going to get him, they were going to come from behind," said Todd Dagres, a venture capitalist who met Lewin when he was studying at MIT and later backed his company. "Nobody that approached him from where he could see him would ever get the better of him, ever."

"He was a militarily trained fighter, and none of us had any doubt... that Danny would have been able to assess the situation and understand what was going on," said Jonathan Seelig, a close friend and co-founder of Lewin's company, Akamai.

Lewin was "absolutely rock solid and thick," Seelig said. "He was a pretty burly guy and he was very strong."

No one was surprised to learn he tried to stop the hijacking.

"It was obvious to anyone who knew him," Seelig said. "It's like someone calling you tomorrow and saying, 'Hey, I just read a report that said the sky is really blue.'"

At 8:46:40, Flight 11 slammed into the north tower of the World Trade Center, killing all 92 aboard.

Lewin was born in Denver and moved to Israel with his family as a teenager.

In the military, he rose to the rank of captain in the Sayeret Matkal, the reconnaissance unit of the Israeli general staff known as The Unit. It specializes in antiterror operations and is considered the equivalent of the U.S. Delta Force.

After the military, Lewin attended MIT and went on to become co-founder of the Akamai Internet firm. He became a millionaire before age 30.

"He was quite a guy - an accomplished guitarist, a violinist and he could kill you with a common comb," Dagres said. "People like him just don't come along. This guy was intellectually brilliant, creatively brilliant; physically, he was ominous."

Originally published on July 24, 2004

[sgt.pepper]

RIP :(

[Hammy]

lol rofl

what a bunch of bull****! rofl

[admar2]

RIP



but how exactly did they figure out this is what happened?

[Sayeret]

RIP

Everyone just ignore the troll Hammy.

[fantassin]

Quote:


and thick


What a compliment....I would not want somebody to say I was thick in my obituary....


RIP

[Hammy]

I mean how can you belive such crap...

Its like id say my sister who was a professional assasin was on that plane and she could have killed anyone just by looking at him.

As for the so called hijackers i wonder how the author of that article got to knew where they were sitting becaus the ''hijackers'' were never listed as passengers on any of the planes...

And i am very suprised about the amount the details descripction about the hijackers movement rofl (wow dude they had cameras on the planes and everything was recorded!!!!!!!! :bash: ) rofl

[2Sheds_Jackson]

I mean how can you belive such crap...

Its like id say my sister who was a professional assasin was on that plane and she could have killed anyone just by looking at him.

As for the so called hijackers i wonder how the author of that article got to knew where they were sitting becaus the ''hijackers'' were never listed as passengers on any of the planes...

And i am very suprised about the amount the details descripction about the hijackers movement rofl (wow dude they had cameras on the planes and everything was recorded!!!!!!!! :bash: ) rofl

Looks like another case of mental diarrhea

[BadKarma26]

Yah, Hammy STFU before I stab you in the face.

[aartamen]

Hammy, eat a straight razor.

The 9/11 commission report is nothing what I imagined it would be. Very interersting reading. I only got through the first part though so far.

[Pandy]

His a former commando in a country filled with terrorist... Everyone knows he tried to stop them from taking over the plane.

RIP.

[Sayeret]

Don't feed the ****ing troll Hammy, if you do he'll say more crap.

[agcsy]

RIP. To bad the planes werent full of morons like Hammy going to some idiot convention.

[memphiz]

RIP

[American Patriot]

Pretty shocking. Where were the other passengers during all this?

Remain in your seats, sheeple, everything will be alright. We are going back to the airport. Just stay quiet.

[Pooga]

Remain in your seats, sheeple, everything will be alright. We are going back to the airport. Just stay quiet.

Hey dude. Watch it.

[aartamen]

If you read the report it appears that the coach class did not realize there was anything wrong with Flight 11 until it hit the building at 8:46, or at least much later than 8:14. Those who knew, primarily the crew, were either dead or trained in non-confrontational tactics during a hijack. This leaves a few people from the first/business class, and they were probably well intimidated by the killings.

[Pooga]

You are going to be scared if that were to happen. Whether or not that fear will be paralyzing or not matters on your personality or training.

[n4292936]

I'm not genuinely doubting the authenticity of the story (yet), but does anyone know how a detail like that would have come off the flight? Had phone calls been made from all the planes?
If the answer is yes, Hammy, then the story is plausable.

[aartamen]

Read the report. This is where this thread essentially originated from.

Yes, calls were made, the hijackers and the victim identyfied by seat numbers.

[Pandy]

Well, the human body is naturally telling itself to stay alive... that's what your brain tells you when your scared in life or death type crisis. I tell you what, if part of your house is on fire and your in it, sleeping and you wake up... your going to get the **** out of there, right? (Human body trying to keep your ass alive.)

Only way around this is using the fear within your to the greater good, if you don't get scared or have fear of something... then your not human.

[n4292936]

right well I guess Hammy has his answer then.
If people would approach objections from people like Hammy by simply saying. "hammy, calls were made off the plane and individuals could easily have been identified by seat numbers" instead of "eat a razor" the level of dialalogue on this forum would rise 10 fold. grow up a bit people.

**edit** What makes Hammy's post not worth responding to was his "so-called hijackers" comment. I don't see how they could possibly not have been highjackers... go to dictionary.com and look up the word Hammy, if you're unclear about its meaning.

[Pooga]

Well, the human body is naturally telling itself to stay alive... that's what your brain tells you when your scared in life or death type crisis. I tell you what, if part of your house is on fire and your in it, sleeping and you wake up... your going to get the f*** out of there, right? (Human body trying to keep your ass alive.)
Yes, but having to disarm a terrorist in the cramped aisles of an aircraft is a wee different than a fire; your "fight or flight" response changes to "fight or crap-your-pants-and-sit-there."



Only way around this is using the fear within your to the greater good, if you don't get scared or have fear of something... then your not human.
Everybody's going to be scared, but that "feels" different for different people. Some people can get a hold on their fear, some people can't. It's dumb to criticize people for what they didn't do under pressure. Unless if…I don't know, somebody fill me in.
p-)

[Mongrel]

Why not look up the word "tasteless".

M.

[aartamen]

grow up a bit people.


I am frigging old by comparison to most people on this board. Do not tell my inner child what to do. I am scared of that mofo as it is.

[Pooga]

Why not look up the word "tasteless".

Who? Ham?

[Pandy]

Well, the human body is naturally telling itself to stay alive... that's what your brain tells you when your scared in life or death type crisis. I tell you what, if part of your house is on fire and your in it, sleeping and you wake up... your going to get the f*** out of there, right? (Human body trying to keep your ass alive.)
Yes, but having to disarm a terrorist in the cramped aisles of an aircraft is a wee different than a fire; your "fight or flight" response changes to "fight or crap-your-pants-and-sit-there."



Only way around this is using the fear within your to the greater good, if you don't get scared or have fear of something... then your not human.
Everybody's going to be scared, but that "feels" different for different people. Some people can get a hold on their fear, some people can't. It's dumb to criticize people for what they didn't do under pressure. Unless if…I don't know, somebody fill me in.
p-)

I like you Pooga - Unless you were trained and go over the actions needed to be done against an enemy. That's why our soldiers go though training, shooting targets that are sharped like humans and fall down after being hit... so if he does that in the real deal, it would be as if it was human natural.

That's why you find people who were though bull**** in their lives, fought in schools a lot more, got beaten the **** out of all the time by parents, etc. Will fight off someone later in life because they've been though hell. Unlike someone who hasn't been though bull**** their whole lives, will more likely '****-themselves' in an event of a crisis.

Like I said on top, if someone knows their lives are going to end if they don't do anything, then the human mind will do a lot of things to keep itself a live... like that last flight that crashed, not hitting it's target.

[Mongrel]

Why not look up the word "tasteless".

Who? Ham?

Who ever needs to, but esp' Ham.

Cheers!
M.

[Pooga]

I like you Pooga
Teehee! :oops:

Naw, just kiddin. Either that or you gotta listen to Eye of the Tiger and psyche yourself up.

[szr]

right well I guess Hammy has his answer then.
If people would approach objections from people like Hammy by simply saying. "hammy, calls were made off the plane and individuals could easily have been identified by seat numbers" instead of "eat a razor" the level of dialalogue on this forum would rise 10 fold. grow up a bit people.

**edit** What makes Hammy's post not worth responding to was his "so-called hijackers" comment. I don't see how they could possibly not have been highjackers... go to dictionary.com and look up the word Hammy, if you're unclear about its meaning.

Hammy is just your classic board troll. Responding to him like he is a legitimate poster, is like negotiating with terrorists.

[Sayeret]

I'm not genuinely doubting the authenticity of the story (yet), but does anyone know how a detail like that would have come off the flight? Had phone calls been made from all the planes?

Yes phone calls were made on every flight, the hijackers allowed the passengers to do so, so they wouldn't suspect anything odd unless the person on the other line told them.

[usa320]

You cant blame most of the passnegers for inaction...

Up until 9-11 the procedure for hijackings WAS to sit quietly... but the hijackers of the past decades used to turn the plane around and demand money and free passage. Not turn it into a weapon.

There will NEVER, EVER be another hijacking in the United States.

THere are now many air marshalls, Federal Flight deck officers on flights.

And the passengers simply will not let a few loons with razor blades take over the plane.

Weve seen this a few times when unruly passengers have caused problems- they were quickly tackled and beaten to hell by passsengers.

[Mudcat]

Weve seen this a few times when unruly passengers have caused problems- they were quickly tackled and beaten to hell by passsengers.
:slap: :lol:

[Mongrel]

Yup now it would be a bad day for a scumbag terrorist trying Crap on a plane. I know I'd rather go down fighting the scumbags then sitting there waiting for the bad stuff. :slap:

[Pandy]

Yea...

If I am on a plane and I see anything bad going down... you know I am going to grabbing my pen and getting ready for action!

[Hammy]

Ok, look.

I have my own opinion and you have yours.

1st. The hijackers were not enlisted as passengers or members of the flight crews. So their names were made up (Mohamed Atas passport at ground zero? rofl :roll: ) I dont know about you but i dont belive that horsecrap.

2nd. The amount of details described in the stroy. People were calling home and saying goodbye paralyzed by fear. And dont tell me that someone described every movement on the plane...

The story is cheap pro-israeli propaghanda.

[Pooga]

My opinion is a wee bit more believable:

1) You suck.

2) It's funny how you can just write things off as being pro-peopleIdon'tlike "propoghanda" [sic] when, in fact, they may very well be true and you are besmirching the dead's honor. Think about that for a while.

[usa320]

Heres my opnion on the issue.

1. Hammy is teh suck.

2. Hammy is a pussy faggot who wants to make love with osama.

[Pooga]

Interesting.

[Macs.]

2nd. The amount of details described in the stroy. People were calling home and saying goodbye paralyzed by fear. And dont tell me that someone described every movement on the plane...


Why not ? The people on board didn't know that they are a part of suicide attack. Mostly they did think that the plane is gonna land somewhere and that the terrorist would make demands.

[StarvingStudent47]

The story is cheap pro-israeli propaghanda.

Several-year-long, bipartisan congressional investigation DOES NOT EQUAL cheap pro-israeli propaganda. Sorry buddy.

Buy the book. Read it. The incident in question is on page 5.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0393326713.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Buy it at Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com).

[Pooga]

Now why didn't I think of that? p-)