died in late December in California. Hoagland, 71, suffered from the endocrine disorder known as Addison's disease. Hoagland spoke to her son on the morning of September 11, 2001, shortly before he helped storm the cabin of his hijacked plane, bringing it down in a Pennsylvania field instead of the terrorists' intended target, the U.S.
Capitol. Hoagland said she talked to her son for three minutes before the call was cut off. She then left several messages on his cell phone where she advised him to try to commandeer the plane from the terrorists, knowing they intended to use the jet as a weapon of mass destruction.
Rather than panic, Hoagland — a former flight attendant — remained calm and assertive through a parent's worst nightmare.In the.