New York University professor Scott Galloway says he couldn’t help but think of the Flight 93 heroes of September 11 when casting his vote for president.
The marketing professor, who has lamented the “soft fascism” of President Trump, was panned on social media after linking his vote with the decision by passengers to resist terrorists aboard United Airlines Flight 93.
Victim Todd Beamer and a group of the 40 passengers and crew recited the Lord’s Prayer and said “let’s roll” before storming the cockpit.
Terrorists seeking to duplicate the attacks on the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Virginia were forced to crash the aircraft in a Somerset County, Pennsylvania, field at 563 miles per hour as a result of the group’s heroism.
“Whenever I do this, I think of flight 93 (9/11),” Mr. Galloway tweeted Wednesday while holding a picture of his ballot. “How did the passengers decide whether to rush the cockpit/hijackers, and attempt to retake control of plane? They voted.”
The post stunned observers and was quickly picked up by the social-media news aggregator Twitchy.
Some of the reactions in the professor’s feed include:
- “This is is worst tweet I’ve ever seen and you should feel really bad for having done it.”
- “The time to delete this garbage tweet is now.”
- “Really dude, 9/11? Braveheart, did you see any 3K dead on the way to the post office?”
- “Please don’t use the murder of innocent people by terrorists for favs and RTs. Also, call your shrink.”
- “I heard before they made their move to rush the cockpit they made an emergency call to the post master general to ask if they had paid the correct postage on the last letters to their loved ones.”
- “Wow. This is level 50 a—clownage. Kudos.”
Twitchy consolidated numerous responses with the added commentary: “Our teeth actually hurt from cringing so hard.”
Mr. Galloway teaches at NYU’s Stern School of Business and was elected to the World Economic Forum’s “Global Leaders of Tomorrow.”
Whenever I do this, I think of flight 93 (9/11). How did the passengers decide whether to rush the cockpit/hijackers, and attempt to retake control of plane?
— Scott Galloway (@profgalloway) October 28, 2020
They voted pic.twitter.com/bA7F4AD6en
• Douglas Ernst can be reached at dernst@washingtontimes.com.
Please read our comment policy before commenting.