On 9/11, planes full of passengers were hijacked. Passengers made phone calls to loved ones and emergency services, providing critical information of the tragic events unfolding before them.

A TWA pilot who narrowly averted collisions with hijacked planes headed to attack the World Trade Center and the US Capitol on Sept. 11, 2001, is being remembered 22 years later as an unsung hero.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Marc Sasseville, who was ordered to prevent one of the planes that had been hijacked by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001, from hitting its targets, has retired.

A pilot with the United States Air Force known for his role in preventing a hijacked plane on Sept. 11, 2001, from making its way to Washington D.C. is retiring after decades on the job.