Heather Penney was only 26 years old when she received a suicide mission on September 11, 2001. The pilot was sent to intercept and collide with one of the planes involved in the coordinated attack on the United States.
The flight in question was Flight 93, one of four planes hijacked that day. The operation aimed to prevent the plane from reaching its target.
Heather Penney was one of the pilots designated to carry out this interception mission, which required her to deliberately collide with the hijacked aircraft.
At the time, Heather served as a military pilot and was called for this desperate mission on one of the darkest days in American history.
