Widow: Passengers (on Flight 175!) defied WTC hijackers

NEW YORK - The widow of a Gulf War veteran aboard doomed United Airline Flight 175 has revealed for the first time that passengers tried to stop hijackers from crashing the plane into one of the Trade Center towers.

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The account was related to the New York Daily News by Sweeney's widow, Julie.

Until now, the only known rebellion against Osama bin Laden's hijackers was on United Airlines Flight 93, where passengers forced the hijackers to crash the Washington-bound plane in a Pennsylvania field.

"There was no time for 'Let's roll,' " said the widow, referring to the Flight 93 battle cry. "He called me at 8:58. É The plane crashed a few minutes later."

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