How was suspense created in United 93?

- Images from 'United 93'


United 93 is a film about the events that took place on 11/0/2001. the story is mainly about why the plane (United Airlines Flight 93) never managed to reach it's destination (possibly Capitol).

United 93 had many moments of suspense. One of the moments I felt was very suspenseful was when the Terrorist (Ziad Jirrah) makes a call to somebody telling them he loves them. I found this very suspenseful because at first we don't know who he is calling but when we hear him tell the person he loves them we feel a slight relief that the call was not made to anyone else or that it is not a mobile bomb.
Another part that I though built up some supsense was when the Pilot tells the passengers that they can see New York city, at which makes Ziad Jirrah lean over and look at the Twin Towers. We then have another terrorist get up and walk to the front of the plane and we don't know what he's about to do. For a moment we think that he's going to go to the Cockpit but instead goes to the bathroom.

Although our teacher (Bernard) did tell me that the plane does crash in the end it didn't ruin the film for me, because I knew they would crash but the suspense in the film is what made the film so interesting to watch.