> Either it was shoot down, or would have been later

The jets were scrambled in such a hurry to intercept Flight 93 that they weren’t loaded with ammunition. I’m afraid that the plan was to collide the fighters with the plane if necessary. It was a suicide mission. [1] However, we have plenty of evidence that the passengers resisted and in the course of that the plane crashed.

1. https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/fighter-pilot-reflects-911-sui...