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Flight attendants who contacted airline officials from the plane, including Betty Ong, reported that Lewin's throat was slashed, presumably by al-Suqami.
The official 9/11 Commission report does not say Betty Ong reported Lewin’s throat was slashed. It says Ong reported that someone was stabbed in business class, while Amy Sweeney separately reported that an unidentified man in first class had his throat slashed.
Full reasoning
The sentence conflates two different flight-attendant reports in the official 9/11 Commission account.
According to the Commission report:
- Daniel Lewin was seated in business class.
- The report says Lewin "was stabbed by one of the hijackers—probably Satam al Suqami."
- Betty Ong reported: "somebody's stabbed in business class."
- Amy Sweeney separately reported that "a man in first class had his throat slashed."
Because Lewin was in business class, and because the "throat slashed" report is separately attributed to a man in first class, the official account does not support the article's statement that flight attendants, including Betty Ong, reported that Lewin's throat was slashed. At minimum, the article merges distinct reports and misattributes the throat-slashing report to Ong.
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- National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, Chapter 1
As this was happening, passenger Daniel Lewin ... was stabbed by one of the hijackers-probably Satam al Suqami ... At 8:19, Ong reported: "The cockpit is not answering, somebody's stabbed in business class..." ... Sweeney calmly reported on her line that the plane had been hijacked; a man in first class had his throat slashed...