Summary Of F 16 Pilot Was Ready To Give Her Life By Steve Hendrix

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In “F-16 Pilot Was Ready to Give Her Life on September 11,” penned by Steve Hendrix, he describes the actions taken place after the September 11th attacks, and the bravery and willingness of a female F-16 pilot, who was prepared to give her life, to save the American people. Hendrix begins the essay by clearly illustrating the position of Lieutenant Heather Penney on the morning of September 11th, as “She had her hand on the throttle of an F-16 and… had her orders: Bring down United Airlines Flight 93” (224). Colonel Marc Sasseville and her devising a quick plan, “‘I’m going for the cockpit,’ Sasseville said. She replied without hesitating. ‘I’ll take the tail’” (227). Hendrix engages the readers of Penneys life in the past. As her father