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Something that never made sense to me about 9/11 is how did the hijackers succeed against 200+ people while armed with some box cutters?
The attitude regarding hijackers was different at the time - most hijackers were there for money or political stunts, often taking planes as they were full of hostages with few exits. Most of the time hijackings were not much worse than a bank robbery: starting trouble would make it worse for everyone and if you just waited it out, the hijackers would be on their way to other mischief.