'Daniel was an inspiration'

A hero's tale: Daniel Levin was murdered by the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11 just moments before they crashed it into the World Trade Center. A decade later, his family speaks for the very first time

Avigail Looshi

Published:  09.12.11, 00:11 / Israel News

Israeli-American Daniel Levin became the first victim of the 9/11 terror attacks, when he single-handedly tried to prevent the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11 from crashing the plane into the northern tower of the World Trade Center. Ynetnews brings you a glimpse into the life of an unsung hero.

 

 

צילום: חגי דקל, רויטרס, עריכה: גלי כץ סגור שליחה לחבר  כתובת דוא''ל של החבר שמך כתובת הדוא''ל שלך נושא  הקלידו את הקוד המוצג תמונה חדשה הסרטון נשלח לחברך סגור הטמעת הסרטון באתר שלך  קוד להטמעה: <object width='408' height='296' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' data='http://mediadownload.ynet.co.il/zeri/flowplayer.commercial-3.2.7.swf'><param name='movie' value='http://mediadownload.ynet.co.il/zeri/flowplayer.commercial-3.2.7.swf'/><param name='flashvars' value='config={&quot;key&quot;:&quot;#&#036;82d88990cf33aa2235a&quot;,&quot;clip&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;rtmp://cp100692.edgefcs.net/ondemand/hd/0911/0911092010danieleng.flv&quot;,&quot;scaling&quot;:&quot;fit&quot;,&quot;provider&quot;:&quot;rtmp&quot;},&quot;plugins&quot;:{&quot;rtmp&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;http://mediadownload.ynet.co.il/flowplayerlive/flowplayer.rtmp-3.2.3.swf&quot;},&quot;akamai&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;http://mediadownload.ynet.co.il/flowplayerlive/flowplayer.akamai-3.2.0.swf&quot;},&quot;controls&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;http://mediadownload.ynet.co.il/zeri/flowplayer.controls-3.2.5.swf&quot;,&quot;autoHide&quot;:false,&quot;height&quot;:26,&quot;zIndex&quot;:1},&quot;hiro&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;http://mediadownload.ynet.co.il/flowplayerlive/Flowplayer_Hiro_Ynet_2_9_0_15409.swf&quot;,&quot;site_id&quot;:&quot;19&quot;,&quot;flavor&quot;:&quot;YNET&quot;,&quot;AllowRegScreen&quot;:true,&quot;zIndex&quot;:2}},&quot;logo&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;http://mediadownload.ynet.co.il/flowplayerlive/ynetlogo.png&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:15,&quot;left&quot;:15,&quot;fullscreenOnly&quot;:false}}'/><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true'/><param name='quality' value='high'/><param name='cachebusting' value='true'/><param name='bgcolor' value='#000000'/><param name='wmode' value='opaque'/><param name='AllowScriptAccess' value='always'></object>

(Video: Reuters, Hagai Dekel; narration – Sivan Raviv)

 

 

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