"A veteran of an elite unit in the
Israeli Defence Force who understood Arabic, Lewin appears to have immediately understood what was happening and challenged the terrorists, who were armed with box-cutters and knives."
"It was an act of extraordinary
courage which was to cost him his life. As the former commando fought
with Satam al-Suqami, one of the five who had taken the plane, he was
fatally stabbed.
Half an hour later, at 8.46am, the Boeing 767 became the first plane to crash into the Twin Towers. All 81 passengers, nine crew members and the two pilots died."
