Tom McGuinness was 14 many years outdated on Sept. 11, 2001 when his father went to operate that day as a pilot for American Airlines. 

McGuinness’ father, whose name was also Tom, was the co-pilot of the American Airways flight 11, which was the to start with plane to crash into the World Trade Heart tower with 92 individuals on board.  

It was early in the flight — which had taken off from Boston and was certain for Los Angeles — when hijackers commandeered the aircraft and flew it into the North Tower of the Earth Trade Center, the first strike in a terror attack that reverberates to this day.

Two many years afterwards, that 14-yr-previous boy is also now a pilot for American Airlines. And this weekend, he’s urging his fellow pilots to honor the memory of people lost on 9/11 by being grateful for what they have.

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