Joe Franek works as a baggage handler in Boston and dreams of becoming a pilot. But as financial pressures mount and his dream seems too far off, he breaks open and steals from a suitcase belonging to a certain Mohammed Atta booked on the American Airlines flight 11 on September 11th, 2001. As a result, the suitcase misses the flight, so Franek re-tags it for a later departure. When flight 11 crashes into the World Trade Center, Frank’s world is turned upside down. All air traffic is grounded and amidst the chaos, the airport is locked down. Tortured by his careless actions, he becomes obsessed with tracking down the bag …