according to ESPN.But Rome’s producer, Danny Schwartz, asked that he fly out a day later to accommodate the show’s schedule.Thompson told Schwartz that wouldn’t work and he was unhappy at the suggestion, but after Schwartz insisted, Thompson changed his flight.On Sept.
11, Thompson ended up feeling the impact of Flight 77 when it was hijacked by terrorists and crashed at the Pentagon, which was close to Thompson’s home.Ten years after that day, Thompson went on Rome’s radio show to reminisce, starting with a message Thompson’s assistant relayed to him.“You were supposed to be on that plane,” Thompson said of what his assistant told him. “If that kid hadn’t talked you out of it, you would’ve been on that plane.