[Avodah] Pikuach Nefesh

[Hankman]

RRW wrote:

I think that the answer is obvious. These innocent passengers were going 
to be killed in any event, therefore, wouldn't it be logical to shoot down the plane 
to save even one person (let alone thousands) in the towers or pentagon since these 
passengers were doomed from the start. 

CM responds:

Of course you are right, they were all doomed. But we only know that with certainty with 20/20 hindsight. Prior to these events we had no certainty that the passengers were all doomed. The air force might have talked the hijackers down or some passengers could possibly have survived the crash (not likely in hindsight but a possibility that could have been possible without the benefit of hindsight) or they could have missed their target (the inexperienced novice terrorist pilot was piloting the plane).

Kol Tuv

Chaim Manaster
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