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Mark Wahlberg apologizes for 9/11 comments

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    Actor regrets remarks made about Flight 93

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After Mark Wahlberg says 9/11 wouldn't have -- went down the way it did as he put it.

Had he been on one of the hijacked planes that's according to an interview published in men's journal magazine quoting now.

If I was on that plane there would have been a lot of blood in that first class cabin.

And then.

Me saying okay we're going to land some place safely.

Wall -- now apologize for those comments after really they upset folks whose loved ones died on that day.

As one man pointed out real life isn't anything like the movies.

And as much as you might have one stop this whole thing.

You are not a superhero.

That your movies to -- and the magazine reports the actor was actually booked on one of the flights that hit the World Trade Center.

But that he -- just a few days earlier.

Trace Gallagher is following this in -- West Coast news -- and as we just heard some of these 9/11 families were none too pleased.

Yes it really struck a -- the comment ship for the families of those on flight 93 because they did rise up they did fight back and they sacrificed their lives.

The widow of Thomas Burnett wrote and I'm quoting here tip.

The planned for flight 93 was foiled by heroes for him to speculate that his presence on board could have stopped everything is silly and disrespectful.

Sounds like someone is grandstanding and -- -- Mark Wahlberg knows that he should not have said it because.

He issued this apology saying and I'm quoting here.

To suggest that I would have done anything differently than the passengers on that plane was irresponsible I deeply apologize to the families of the victims.

That my answer came as insensitive it was certainly not my intention.

Mark Wahlberg appears would like a do over in this case ship you did get beat up pretty good on the Internet they're Trace.

All over the Internet -- it was on Twitter was on FaceBook all over the blogs one Twitter poster kind of echoed the comments you put earlier saying hey Marky Mark.

Life is not an action film.

And then another person trying to add a little humor to a sensitive subject said and I'm quoting.

Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch -- would have been the greatest selling band of all time if Mark Wahlberg had not been there oh wait a minute.

And the comedienne.

Dane Cook.

Issued this week Mark Wahlberg said he could have fought terrorists on his plane preventing 9/11.

Sadly for us his movie rock star just could not be stopped then you might imagine the late night comics.

Might want to weigh in tonight as well on the issue they have a lot of material to work with tonight Trace thanks so much the --

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