Mark Wahlberg's 9/11 Comments 'Easy To Make In Hindsight,' Says Victim's Family

Posted on Jan 18, 2012 @ 02:30PM

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Tough guy Mark Wahlberg's insensitive comments claiming that he could have stopped Flight 93 crashing into the World Trade Center if he'd been on the plane as planned, have sparked reaction from victims' groups, RadarOnline.com can exclusively reveal.

“If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn’t have went down like it did," the Contraband star, who had cancelled his seat on the doomed plane just days before 9/11, told Men's Journal.

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"There would have been a lot of blood in that first-class cabin and then me saying, ‘OK, we’re going to land somewhere safely, don’t worry,'" said 40-year-old Boston-born action star.

Mary Shetchet, a spokesperson for the support group 'Voices Of 9/11,' told RadarOnline.com that it is easy for people to say what they would have done in hindsight of the global disaster.

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"People are much more vigilant now than they were on 9/11," Shetchet exclusively explained to RadarOnline.com. "10 years later it easy to say you would have responded in a different way.

"We know a lot more now about the threat of terrorism and we know we have to react."

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However, back in 2001 even the emergency crews didn't know the best response to such a mass act of terrorism.

"My son was in the 89th floor of Tower Two and he was told to stay in the building," revealed Shetchet. Sadly such actions lead to tragic results.

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"Even the airlines were still focused on protocol and if there was a hijacking they had a certain response to that. I don't think anyone anticipated the enormity of the real threat of a terrorism here in the U.S. at the time."

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Wow, talk about an ego. Apology not accepted. He was far too concise in his telling. This guy actually
believes he is a super hero. And he's right ....... meet "Captain Douche Bag!"

by carfar29
Posted Thu, 01/19/2012 - 10:29am

He may well have done what the people onboard the Pennsylvania flight did. But at the time, people onboard those other flights had no ideal they were planning to crash the plane. They'd been told they were landing at JFK.

by pholmes
Posted Wed, 01/18/2012 - 10:25pm

I believe that MARK WAHLBERG would of made a difference, but that's me saying BRAVO
MARK WAHLBERG & his FAB Fam!!! Yes, yes, yes, yes MARK WAHLBERG did apologize,
RELAX!!!!!!!!!!

by Lizzie2
Posted Wed, 01/18/2012 - 7:35pm

Seriously Lizzie2? He just makes movies he can't save the world okay? Omg when they were handing out brains you must have thought they said trains and took one far away....

by vermonster
Posted Wed, 01/18/2012 - 8:20pm

This isn't a movie, you nitwit! It's REALITY. These people didn't get to go home when the director yelled "cut". They lost their lives! You may play a hero, but you are NOT one. Thanks for representing DOT's finest.~thats from a Boston Girl!

by coconut1077
Posted Wed, 01/18/2012 - 7:11pm

Actors, is there anything they don't kow. "D'oh" Really, just when you think they can't sink any lower, here they come and prove you wrong. You have to wonder if they realize how idiotic they sound. Guess not.

by GingerK
Posted Wed, 01/18/2012 - 6:53pm