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JetBlue passengers thought of 9/11's Flight 93

Tony Antolino, left, and and Paul Babakitis, right,

Photo credit: Gregan Wingert | Tony Antolino, left, and and Paul Babakitis, right, are two men helped restrain JetBlue Clayton Osbon pilot during the incident. (March 28, 2012)

When the pilot of JetBlue Flight 191 bolted through the plane's cabin, banged on the cockpit door and screamed about Iraq, bombs and al-Qaida -- all at 35,000 feet -- passengers thought of doomed 9/11 Flight 93.

Paul Babakitis, 51, of Jericho, a retired NYPD sergeant, watched the 49-year-old pilot's meltdown Tuesday afternoon from a seventh-row seat. So did Jason Levin, 39, of Farmingville,...

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