Barbara Kay Olson ( née Bracher ; December 27 , 1955 September 11 , 2001 ) was an American lawyer and conservative television commentator who worked for CNN , Fox News Channel , and several other outlets . She was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 77 en route to a taping of Bill Maher 's television show '' Politically Incorrect '' when it was flown into the Pentagon in the September 11 attacks . Her original plan had been to fly to California on September 10 , but she delayed her departure until the next morning so that she could wake up with her husband on his birthday , September 11
American Airlines Flight 77
American Airlines Flight 77
Barbara Olson