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During the September 11 terrorist attacks, passengers on United Airlines Flight 93 overcame their hijackers by sacrificing their own lives in the process. Exactly how they did so remains unknown, but Croatian-born Igor Kordey dramatically envisions their heroism. Three passengers advance toward the viewer, their brightly illuminated figures countering the darkly shadowed terrorists in the foreground. Kordey draws on experience in depicting action-filled comics to infuse this scene with great immediacy.
During the September 11 terrorist attacks, passengers on United Airlines Flight 93 overcame their hijackers by sacrificing their own lives in the process. Exactly how they did so remains unknown, but Croatian-born Igor Kordey dramatically envisions their heroism. Three passengers advance toward the viewer, their brightly illuminated figures countering the darkly shadowed terrorists in the foreground. Kordey draws on experience in depicting action-filled comics to infuse this scene with great immediacy.