Mark Wahlberg Apologizes for 9/11 Comments
Mark Wahlberg issued an apology for comments he made suggesting that he would have stopped 9/11 hijackers had he been a passenger on one of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center.
Actor Mark Wahlberg got a little carried away during a recent interview with Men's Journal magazine and has offered an apology for his mindless comments. In the course of the interview, Wahlberg stated that he would have done more to stop the terrorist hijackers that flew American Airlines Flight 11 into the World Trade Center. By doing so, of course, Wahlberg implied that the passengers who died on that flight should have done more themselves or that they were incapable of doing more, whereas he would have been capable.
Of course, such sentiment is ludicrous, even more so in light of the context of the tragedy of 9/11. When 9/11 occurred, conventional wisdom was to obey hijackers and let them safely land the plane and negotiate their demands. No one had seen hijackers fly planes into buildings before, so the protocol to stop it didn't exist. It wasn't until the planes had crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that the passengers on Flight 93 heroically charged the cockpit of their doomed flight. They were the only ones who knew what was happening and they did the only thing they could to try to stop the attack.
It appears that Wahlberg is well aware of the stupidity of his comments and issued the following statement: "To speculate about such a situation is ridiculous to begin with, and to suggest I would have done anything differently than the passengers on that plane was irresponsible. I deeply apologize to the families of the victims that my answer came off as insensitive, it was certainly not my intention."
In fairness to Wahlberg, the comments were made in response to a question about his being scheduled to be on one of the hijacked flights on 9/11. It's understandable that he would get a little carried away in responding to that question, especially when promoting a movie in which he plays another tough-guy character.
Of course, such sentiment is ludicrous, even more so in light of the context of the tragedy of 9/11. When 9/11 occurred, conventional wisdom was to obey hijackers and let them safely land the plane and negotiate their demands. No one had seen hijackers fly planes into buildings before, so the protocol to stop it didn't exist. It wasn't until the planes had crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that the passengers on Flight 93 heroically charged the cockpit of their doomed flight. They were the only ones who knew what was happening and they did the only thing they could to try to stop the attack.
It appears that Wahlberg is well aware of the stupidity of his comments and issued the following statement: "To speculate about such a situation is ridiculous to begin with, and to suggest I would have done anything differently than the passengers on that plane was irresponsible. I deeply apologize to the families of the victims that my answer came off as insensitive, it was certainly not my intention."
In fairness to Wahlberg, the comments were made in response to a question about his being scheduled to be on one of the hijacked flights on 9/11. It's understandable that he would get a little carried away in responding to that question, especially when promoting a movie in which he plays another tough-guy character.
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