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Cockpit Recording from Hijacked Plane Played at Moussaoui Trial

Jurors in the death penalty trial of
convicted terror conspirator ZacariasThe hijacker in control of the plane began to
Moussaoui heard chilling tapes from therock it from side to side in hopes of
cockpit of United Airlines Flight 93, one ofpreventing the passengers from crashing into
four planes hijacked as part of the Septemberthe cockpit with a food cart. One of
11,  2001  terrorist  attacks.hijackers yelled, "Allah is the greatest,"
right before the plane crashed into a field
A federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, mustin  southwestern  Pennsylvania.
decide whether Moussaoui should be executed
or  sent  to  prison  for  life.The dramatic airing of the audiotapes from
Flight 93 helped to wrap up the prosecution's
As part of the prosecution's arguments inarguments in the Moussaoui case. They
favor of the death penalty, cockpit tapesmaintain Moussaoui lied about his knowledge
from Flight 93 were played in court for theof the 9/11 plot when he was arrested in
first  time.Minnesota  three  weeks  before  the attacks.
Flight 93 is the plane that crashed into aHamilton Peterson favors the death penalty
field in Pennsylvania after passengers triedfor Moussaoui. He lost his father and
to retake control of the aircraft from fourstepmother in the crash of Flight 93 and has
hijackers  on  September  11th,  2001.heard  the  tapes  before.
The cockpit tape begins with the voice of one"I think it captures the American spirit," he
of the hijackers warning passengers thatsaid. "It is truly remarkable that when one
there is a bomb on board and telling them toappreciates the brutality and the complexity
sit  down  and  shut  up.of the conspiracy, that in a matter of
moments, these brave Americans overcame a
Later, another voice from cockpit, possibly ahorrific  challenge."
crewmember, is heard to say, "Please do not
hurt me, oh God." Seconds later, anotherWhen the trial resumes, Moussaoui's defense
person is heard to say, "I do not want toattorneys will have their turn to try and
die."convince the jury to spare their client's
life and send him to prison for life without
Passengers on board already knew of thechance  of  parole.
attacks on the World Trade Center in New York
and the Pentagon outside Washington andGeorge Washington University legal expert
decided to storm the cockpit in an effort toJonathan Turley predicts that Moussaoui's
retake  control  of  the  plane.defense  team  will  have an uphill struggle.
Later on the tape, as a struggle apparently"This is going to be a very difficult role
ensues in or near the cockpit between thefor the defense because there is virtually
hijackers and passengers, one of thenothing that they can present," he explained.
passengers urges on the others, saying, "If"They will very likely try to chip away, as
we don't, we die." One of the hijackers isbest they can, at Moussaoui's instability and
heard to say, "They want to get in. Holdthe fact that he seems to relish the idea of
from  within."dying  in  connection  with  9/11."
At this point, signs of an apparent struggleMoussaoui's lawyers maintain their client
are heard on the tape, with one of theknew little of the 9/11 plot and that the
hijackers saying, "Give it to me, give it toU.S. government bungled other clues that
me," likely referring to the plane'smight have helped unravel the conspiracy
controls.before the attacks.



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