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Mark Wahlberg

I Would Have Fought

9/11 Hijackers & Landed Plane

1/18/2012 9:05 AM PST BY TMZ STAFF

Mark Wahlberg claims he could have done what hundreds of other doomed passengers couldn't ... fought off the multiple 9/11 terrorists and saved one of the hijacked planes.

Wahlberg just gave an interview with Men's Journal ... in which he states, "If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn't have went down like it did. 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.'"

So the question ... is Wahlberg's braggadocio insulting to the dead passengers and their families?

1:15 PM PT: Didn't take long ... Mark just apologized for his comments.


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Shame on him for being so disrespectful and basically crapping on the memory of the real heros who risked (and lost) their own lives. Who knows how many lives these brave men saved. I agree with the people that say that this was not a movie, this was real life. Mark Wahlberg is clearly a HUGE douche.

786 days ago


Mark just doesn't have all the details. The hijackers blocked the door to the cabin so the passengers couldn't get through. Which gave the hijackers plenty of time to crash the plane.

786 days ago


I am hoping that this statement was taken out of context. What the h*** Mark Wahlberg... So, you were suppose to be on that flight. As a flight attendant I am completely sickend by this quote from you. Not one of us would ever sit back and allow the outcome of that horrible day. Do you think because you are a b-rate actor that the outcome would have been different. Go Away.

786 days ago


Geez, I like Mark Wahlberg, but what a ridiculous statement. What MANY people forget is that before 9/11, we were all told that when an airliner gets hijacked, you cooperate, because the plane usually just wants to fly to Cuba or somewhere. We had NEVER seen people deliberately crash planes into buildings, we never thought that would actually happen. He would have been like everyone else back then, worried, but staying calm in the belief that it would turn out peacefully (like they almost always did).

786 days ago


hey i would have fought too!!!!!

786 days ago

The Funky Bunch    

Really? Jeremy Glick was a black belt in judo and he couldn't break into the ****pit, but the guy from The Departed would have been able to.

786 days ago


He's getting reality mixed up with Hollywood movies. Again.

786 days ago


Never liked him as a person anyway. Anti-semitic and a racist. Go **** yourself Wahlberg you wannabe tough guy!

786 days ago


He's just self deluded. Look at that cruise ship that sank. People were fighting each other for life jackets. Crew and captain abandon ship. No reports of heroes.Wahlberg would have panic or froze like 99.9% of the rest of human cattle.

786 days ago

Different Rules Apply    

Mark, I'm a big fan of your work, BUT, you have no idea what you would or would not have been able to do under those extreme cir****tances. Terrorists are VERY GOOD AT IMPLEMENTING TERROR... I'm sure there were many brave souls on the planes that found they could not fix it... careful what you say, there is still a lot of grief over those we lost.

786 days ago


he's in lala land, what a douchebag, real life ******** not a movie where your 5 foot 2 inch ass can kick every body's ass, wake up to the real world son........

786 days ago


oh please! people get their feelings hurt so easily now a days. The man was simply stating he would of attempted anything and everything to save his kids lives. Any real parent would do the same but America is filled with ****ty people having kids over and over. Thats one of our biggest problems.

786 days ago

shannon ferguson    

I argee..hey if u know the plane was doomed..i'd go down wittn a fight. if ppl think thats disrespectful than judge yourself...bc you probably would have just sat there and did nothing.

786 days ago


He a freaking midget. What was he going to do? bite their knee caps

786 days ago

Marsha from The Bahamas    

RIP-9/11 victims. Only GOD can save you!

786 days ago

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