This has nothing to do with breastfeeding. I saw a movie yesterday that was very appropriate for the anniversary of September 11th. The movie’s name is United 93. I’d never seen it before, but I highly recommend it (to adults). It shows, without any narration at all, what happened on the fourth hijacked plane on September 11, 2001. What I especially like about the movie is that it doesn’t seem to have an ulterior motive favoring either major political party. What there is is the raw story, as it unfolds, in real-time. It is terrifying, and it’s very real. Knowing the outcome doesn’t change the power of the story itself, or the relevance of watching the details that led up to the inevitable end. It is very worth watching, but spare young children. The beginning will bore them, and the middle and end would just be too horrifying to show them.

The film appears to have no other agenda than to tell this story. It neither argues for nor against the Iraq War… It doesn’t preach on what could have been done, or should have… There’s no mention of politics or criticism of the military, or even of the terrorists… It doesn’t even speculate on possible conspiracy theories. All it does is reenact the story of what happened September 11, 2001, with a special emphasis on the fourth hijacked plane, United 93. Watching it, you might find yourself reliving the oneness Americans all felt that day, a oneness that reverberated in sympathy from people all over the world, if only for a moment. After you’ve finished watching the movie, here’s the most brilliant part: even you won’t know what the best course of action could have been that day, given how completely unexpected it all was.

Some United 93 movie trivia.

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