About this episode

The episode recounts the last moments of flight attendant Betty Ong during the 9/11 hijacking, featuring her emergency call.

A flight attendant on American Flight 11 spent the last 23 minutes of her life on the phone, calmly telling American Airlines everything she could about the hijacking underway around her — including actual audio from that call. Part of the 9/11 Stories series from The Conspiracy Podcast, marking 25 years since the attacks.

People in this episode

Host: The Conspiracy Podcast

Topics covered

• 9/11
• flight attendant
• hijacking
• American Flight 11
• emergency call
• historical events

Keywords

• 9/11
• Betty Ong
• American Airlines
• hijacking
• flight attendant
• emergency call
• audio recording

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Airlines

More episodes of The Conspiracy Podcast

• 9/11: Stories #6 - Rick Rescorla · September 11, 2026 · 9 min
• 9/11: Stories #5 - Richard Eichen & Lucy Gonzalez · September 10, 2026 · 7 min
• 9/11: Unanswered Part Three - EP 167 · September 8, 2026 · 1h 34m
• 9/11: Stories #4 - Officer Moira Smith · September 6, 2026 · 7 min
• 9/11: Stories #3 - John O'Neill · September 3, 2026 · 8 min
• 9/11: Unanswered - Part Two - EP 166 · September 1, 2026 · 1h 39m

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