His wife, author, lawyer and television commentator,
Barbara Olson, lost her
life while on board American Airlines Flight 77 which was 1 of the 4
hijacked planes that crashed into the Pentagon, the World Trade Center
and a Pennsylvanian field on that fatal day of September 11, 2001. She
was on the flight that crashed into the Pentagon building in Arlington,
Virginia while on her way to Los Angeles to tape her next guest
appearance on the series
Politically Incorrect (1993) on ABC-TV.