By David Dolan
On the night of Monday, Sept. 10, 2001, the New York Giants kicked off the 32nd season of Monday Night Football in the Mile High altitude of Denver, Colo., hoping to defend their NFC crown. In what was the first game at what’s now known as Empower Field, they lost to the Broncos 31-20. A fair chunk of Giants fans overslept the following morning. Meanwhile, the team landed in Newark, N.J. after a red-eye flight home and ended up walking by United Airlines Flight 93. At the time, no one thought anything of walking by another flight or missing the alarm clock. For some, it may have been destiny.
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