United 93: A Strange Theological Reverberation

In both films there is a key moment which violates the terse realistic style. United 93 starts with kidnappers in a motel room praying, getting ready. There are no direct shots of the planes hitting the twin towers in World Trade Center. All that we see seconds before the catastrophe is when one of the policemen is on a busy street,. An ominous shadow quickly passing over the crowd there.