American Airways pilot remembers father who was traveling hijacked flight on 9/11: ‘We will under no circumstances forget’

Tom McGuinness, a pilot for American Airlines, is urging his fellow aviators to honor the memory of those people who died on 9/11 by exhibiting gratitude for what they have. McGuinness was just 14 when his possess father, also an American Airlines pilot, was flying a single of the planes that was hijacked by terrorists and flown into the Entire world Trade Centre. (Johan Ordonez/AFP through Getty Pictures)

CHICAGO (WGN) — Tom McGuinness was 14 a long time old on September 11, 2001. His father, also named Tom, went to do the job that day as a pilot for American Airlines. He was the initially officer on American Airways flight #11 when it took off from Boston heading for Los Angeles. 

Early in the

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