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Let's Roll!
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Published July 19, 2005
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July 25, 2024
THE WIFE OF UNITED FLIGHT 93 HERO TODD BEAMER TELLS HIS (AND HER) STORY
You've probably seen at least one of the movies about United Flight 93 (e.g., United 93, Flight 93: The Movie, The Flight That Fought Back), and heard about the heroics of the passengers, who kept the plane from being crashed into either Congress or the White House. This story is more "personal," as well as Christian-themed, being told by the wife of one of the passengers who fought back.
She recounts her feelings after the tragedy, "All at once I was caught in a dichotomy: I know I'm really important to God and he truly loves me. Yet at the same time, I'm a mere mortal with limited understanding. Who am I to question him?... It was then I made a conscious decision to stop questioning God and start trusting him." (Pg. 84)
She confirms that the words, "Let's roll!" were often used by her husband Todd: "he'd say, 'Come on, guys, let's go. Get your coats and shoes on; it's time to go. Let's roll!'" (Pg. 122) She later added, "That was 'so Todd.'... That's his phrase. We use that phrase all the time with our boys. When they hear, 'Let's roll!' they head for the door." (Pg. 216-217) It was during a surreptitious call to the GTE Airfone Customer Care Center from one of the plane's seatback phones that Todd spoke with representative Lisa Jefferson, who overheard him say, "Are you ready? Okay. Let's roll!" (Pg. 215)
Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle (where Todd worked), eulogized Todd's heroism in an E-mail sent to all Oracle employees, and Lisa mused, "Clearly Larry was convinced that Todd had been involved. How did Larry know that? The FBI hadn't made any announcement to that effect... Yet Larry, like many of us, couldn't imagine Todd Beamer sitting idly by while terrorists threatened to hurt others." (Pg. 184-185)
After President Bush paid tribute to Beamer and the other heroes of Flight 93 in a speech to Congress and the Congress stood and applauded, she records, "it was the most humbling experience of my life to know that they were applauding me, in an indirect effort to express their appreciation to Todd and the other heroes aboard Flight 93. I was overwhelmed."
A very moving book, of great interest to anyone who wants to know more of the "personal" side of 9/11.
You've probably seen at least one of the movies about United Flight 93 (e.g., United 93, Flight 93: The Movie, The Flight That Fought Back), and heard about the heroics of the passengers, who kept the plane from being crashed into either Congress or the White House. This story is more "personal," as well as Christian-themed, being told by the wife of one of the passengers who fought back.
She recounts her feelings after the tragedy, "All at once I was caught in a dichotomy: I know I'm really important to God and he truly loves me. Yet at the same time, I'm a mere mortal with limited understanding. Who am I to question him?... It was then I made a conscious decision to stop questioning God and start trusting him." (Pg. 84)
She confirms that the words, "Let's roll!" were often used by her husband Todd: "he'd say, 'Come on, guys, let's go. Get your coats and shoes on; it's time to go. Let's roll!'" (Pg. 122) She later added, "That was 'so Todd.'... That's his phrase. We use that phrase all the time with our boys. When they hear, 'Let's roll!' they head for the door." (Pg. 216-217) It was during a surreptitious call to the GTE Airfone Customer Care Center from one of the plane's seatback phones that Todd spoke with representative Lisa Jefferson, who overheard him say, "Are you ready? Okay. Let's roll!" (Pg. 215)
Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle (where Todd worked), eulogized Todd's heroism in an E-mail sent to all Oracle employees, and Lisa mused, "Clearly Larry was convinced that Todd had been involved. How did Larry know that? The FBI hadn't made any announcement to that effect... Yet Larry, like many of us, couldn't imagine Todd Beamer sitting idly by while terrorists threatened to hurt others." (Pg. 184-185)
After President Bush paid tribute to Beamer and the other heroes of Flight 93 in a speech to Congress and the Congress stood and applauded, she records, "it was the most humbling experience of my life to know that they were applauding me, in an indirect effort to express their appreciation to Todd and the other heroes aboard Flight 93. I was overwhelmed."
A very moving book, of great interest to anyone who wants to know more of the "personal" side of 9/11.
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