"If all the passengers on 9/11 had been carrying batons, 9/11 wouldn't have happened."
Incorrect. The 9/11 hijakers were successful not due to lack of weapons amongst the passengers. If you were a professional pilot, at age 63 now, you'd be old enough to remember standard Hijack training prior to 2001.
Why, prior to 9/11, would a passenger interfere in a highjacking and risk losing ALL his stuff due to being sued by some other passenger should things not go well?