Editing United Airlines Flight 175 (section)

===Calls===
Flight attendant Robert Fangman and passengers Peter Hanson and Brian David Sweeney made [[phone call]]s from GTE [[airphone]]s in the rear of the aircraft. Airphone records also indicate that passenger [[Garnet Bailey]] attempted to call his wife four times.<ref name="P200018">{{Cite web |title=Exhibit #P200018, United States v. Zacarias Moussaoui |url=https://www.vaed.uscourts.gov/101cr00455-trial-exhibits |access-date=July 1, 2011 |publisher=United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia |archive-date=October 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018110847/https://www.vaed.uscourts.gov/101cr00455-trial-exhibits |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="staff4">{{cite web |url=http://www.9-11commission.gov/staff_statements/staff_statement_4.pdf |title=The Four Flights – Staff Statement No. 4 |publisher=9/11 Commission |access-date=July 1, 2011 |archive-date=June 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616203848/http://www.9-11commission.gov/staff_statements/staff_statement_4.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>

At 08:52, Robert Fangman called a United Airlines maintenance office in San Francisco and spoke with Marc Policastro.{{sfn|9/11 Commission|2004a|pp=7-8}}{{sfn|Davidsson|2013|p=173}} Fangman reported the hijacking and said the hijackers were likely flying the plane. He mentioned that both pilots were dead and that a flight attendant had been stabbed.{{sfn|9/11 Commission|2004a|pp=7-8}} After a minute and 15 seconds, the call was disconnected.<ref name="P200018" /> Policastro subsequently made attempts to contact the aircraft's cockpit using the [[Aircraft Communication Addressing and Reporting System]] (ACARS) message system. He wrote, "I heard of a reported incident aboard your acft [aircraft]. Plz verify all is normal." He received no reply.{{sfn|9/11 Commission|2004b}}

Brian David Sweeney tried calling his wife, Julie, at 08:59, but ended up leaving a message letting her know the plane had been hijacked. He then called his parents at 09:00 and spoke with his mother, Louise. Sweeney told his mother about the hijacking and mentioned that passengers were considering storming the cockpit and taking control of the aircraft.{{sfn|9/11 Commission|2004a|pp=7-8}} Concerned that the hijackers would return, he informed her that he might have to hang up quickly. After saying their goodbyes, he hung up.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/03/10/911.call/ |title=Widow: 9/11 passengers planned to resist |date=Mar 10, 2004 |website=CNN |access-date=May 12, 2021 |archive-date=April 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411033817/http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/03/10/911.call/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

At 08:52, Peter Hanson called his father, Lee Hanson, in [[Easton, Connecticut]]. Hanson was traveling with his wife, Sue, and their two-year-old daughter, Christine, the youngest victim of the [[September 11 attacks]]. The family was originally seated in Row 19, in seats C, D, and E; however, Peter placed the call to his father from seat 30E. Speaking softly, Hanson said the hijackers had commandeered the cockpit, a flight attendant had been stabbed, and that possibly someone else in the front of the aircraft had been killed. He also said the plane was flying erratically. Hanson asked his father to contact United Airlines, but Lee could not get through and instead called the police.{{sfn|9/11 Commission|2004a|pp=7-8}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-11-na-moussa11-story.html |title=Moussaoui Jury Hears the Panic From 9/11 |author=Serrano, Richard A. |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 11, 2006 |access-date=October 24, 2008 |archive-date=December 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225172359/http://articles.latimes.com/2006/apr/11/nation/na-moussa11 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Peter Hanson made a second phone call to his father at 09:00:
<blockquote>It's getting bad, Dad. A stewardess was stabbed. They seem to have knives and [[Mace (spray)|Mace]]. They said they have a bomb. It's getting very bad on the plane. Passengers are throwing up and getting sick. The plane is making jerky movements. I don't think the pilot is flying the plane. I think we are going down. I think they intend to go to Chicago or someplace and fly into a building. Don't worry, Dad. If it happens, it'll be very fast{{nbs}}... Oh, my God{{nbs}}... oh, my God, oh, my God.<ref name="LearningChannel"/></blockquote>

As the call abruptly ended, Hanson's father heard a woman screaming.<ref name="LearningChannel"/> He then switched on the television, as did Louise Sweeney in her own home, and both witnessed as the plane struck the South Tower.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2006/LAW/04/10/moussaoui.victims/ |title=Father recalls son's last words on 9/11 |author=Hirschkorn, Phil |work=CNN |date=April 11, 2006 |url-status=live |access-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-date=December 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207062054/http://edition.cnn.com/2006/LAW/04/10/moussaoui.victims/}}</ref>
[[File:New York Control tower to NY TRACON.ogg|thumb|Two New York air traffic controllers communicate the positioning of United Airlines Flight 175 live.]]