Saturday August 6, 2022, Mark Wahlberg gave an interview to Public. The 51-year-old actor has revealed he should have died in the September 11, 2001 attacks, which left 2,977 people dead.
That was twenty-one years ago… On September 11, 2001, four suicide attacks were perpetrated on the same day in midtown Manhattan, New York, Arlington, Virginia and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Carried out by members of the jihadist network Al-Qaeda, they had killed 2,977 people. Saturday August 6, 2022, in an interview granted to Audience, Mark Wahlberg assured that his life could have changed that day. “In September 2001, I was checked in on United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in a field in Pennsylvania after passengers rebelled against al-Qaeda terrorists. At the last moment, with my friends, we changed our plans and left from Toronto instead of Boston“, he confided before slipping: “Since then, I tell myself that my time is limited and that I have to take advantage of each day as if it were the last!“
Wednesday, January 18, 2012, in an interview granted to Men’s Journal, the actor had made controversial remarks about the September 11 attacks. Believing that he could have changed the course of events, he assured: “If I had been on the plane with my children, things would not have happened like this. There would have been a lot of blood in first class and afterwards I would have been heard saying, ‘Okay, we’re going to land in a safe place, don’t panic!’” Immediately, these remarks had shocked the widow of the pilot of the plane in questionbut also the people who lost loved ones on this tragic day.
Apologies from Mark Wahlberg
Having realized the awkwardness of his remarks, Mark Wahlberg apologized. In a press release relayed by his agent, he had indeed indicated: “To speculate on such a situation is ridiculous and to claim that I would have acted differently from the other passengers was irresponsible. I apologize to the families of the victims for my responses which lacked tact, it was not my intention.“
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Mark Wahlberg
Saturday August 6, 2022, in an interview with Public, Mark Wahlberg assured that his life could have changed that day.
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Mark Wahlberg
Mark Wahlberg said: “In September 2001, I was checked in on United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in a field in Pennsylvania after the passengers rioted against al-Qaeda terrorists.”
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Mark Wahlberg
Mark Wahlberg said: “At the last moment, with my friends, we changed our plans and flew from Toronto instead of Boston.”
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Mark Wahlberg
Miraculously, Mark Wahlberg added: “Since then, I tell myself that my time is limited and that I have to take advantage of each day as if it were the last!”
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Mark Wahlberg
Wednesday, January 18, 2012, in an interview with Men’s Journal, the actor had made controversial remarks about the September 11 attacks.
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Mark Wahlberg
Believing that he could have changed the course of events, he assured: “If I had been on the plane with my children, things would not have happened like that. There would have been a lot of blood in first class and then you would hear me say, ‘Okay, we’re going to land somewhere safe, don’t panic!'”
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Mark Wahlberg
Immediately, these words shocked the widow of the pilot of the plane in question, but also the people who lost loved ones on this tragic day.
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Mark Wahlberg
Having realized the awkwardness of his remarks, Mark Wahlberg apologized.
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Mark Wahlberg
In a press release relayed by his agent, he had indeed indicated: “To speculate on such a situation is ridiculous and to claim that I would have acted differently from the other passengers was irresponsible.”
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Mark Wahlberg
Mark Wahlberg apologized to the families of the victims.