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Section size for United Airlines Flight 93 (19 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	7,184	7,184
Hijackers	9,547	9,547
Flight	2,969	12,183
Boarding	5,707	5,707
Hijack warnings issued	3,507	3,507
Hijacking	1,793	29,841
Cockpit transmissions and recordings	13,397	13,397
Passenger and crew phone calls	14,651	14,651
Passenger revolt	9,809	9,809
Crash	16,529	16,529
Aftermath	17,290	37,883
Possible targets	5,623	5,623
Fighter jet response	5,361	5,361
Memorials	9,609	9,609
Victims	874	874
See also	145	145
References	33	33
Further reading	786	786
External links	2,585	2,585
Total	127,399	127,399

Toxin-related deaths[edit]

I think it would be important to note in the Aftermath section that numerous individuals, particularly federal investigators, that participated in the response and subsequent investigation into Flight 93 have died from 9/11-related illnesses, particularly due to inhalation of carcinogens at the crash site.

These individuals are as follows:

- Special Agent Laurie Fournier, Federal Bureau of Investigation (December 26, 2009)

- Special Agent William Daniel Craig, Federal Bureau of Investigation (April 9, 2012)

Much better and specific attribution concerning O’Connor and Walker will be needed. Acroterion (talk) 04:14, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Added additional individual. Removing individuals lacking credible sources. Brandondsantos (talk) 19:45, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 3 September 2023[edit]

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There is a repeating sentence in the introduction.

I am requesting a change from:

"The hijackers planned to crash the plane into a federal government building in the national capital of Washington, D.C. The hijackers planned to crash the plane into a federal government building in Washington, D.C., the U.S. capital."

To:

"The hijackers planned to crash the plane into a federal government building in the city of Washington, D.C., the U.S. capital."

Or:

"The hijackers planned to crash the plane into a federal government building in the national capital of Washington, D.C." Omerhijazi404 (talk) 23:00, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 17:43, 3 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request: A small typo (I think) on 25 September 2023[edit]

I believe the following sentence in the Hijacking > Cockpit transmissions and recordings section makes more sense with the word "time" removed: "Officials believe that at around 09:28, the hijackers killed Mark Rothenberg,[47] assaulted the cockpit, and moved the remaining passengers and crew to the rear of the plane time to minimize any chance that either the crew or the passengers would interfere with the attack". Mcneda (talk) 19:41, 25 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

slight error[edit]

Picture box in "Hijackers" section is missing a photo of Ahmed al-Haznawi. So it describes 4 people in the caption, but only has photos for 3 of them. Violarulez (talk) 18:06, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Currently fails criterion 1.b.[edit]

At Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/I Missed Flight 93 I noted that there is no summary style paragraph of the various movie or TV dramatizations originating from this event. I would consider a comprehensive article to need at least some mention, in the body rather than hatnotes and "see also"s, of these derivative media. But I don't work in FA land much... am I wrong? Jclemens (talk) 06:36, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]