Biography Todd Beamer

an american flag flies on gate 17 of terminal @ newark liberty international airport, departure gate of united 93.

beamer s work forced him travel 4 times month, long week. in 2001, earned five-day trip italy wife being top sales performer. returned home on monday, september 10, @ 5 pm (est). while beamer have left night tuesday business meeting in california, opted instead spend time family. wife due following january third child. left home @ 6:15 next morning, take flight newark san francisco meet representatives of sony corporation @ 1:00pm, planning return on red-eye flight night.

united flight 93 scheduled depart @ 8:00am, boeing 757 did not depart until 42 minutes later due runway traffic delays. 6 minutes later, american airlines flight 11 crashed world trade center s north tower. 15 minutes later, @ 9:03 am, united flight 175 crashed south tower, united 93 climbing cruising altitude, heading west on new jersey , pennsylvania. @ 9:25 am, flight 93 above eastern ohio, , pilot radioed cleveland controllers inquire alert had been flashed on cockpit computer screen beware of cockpit intrusion. 3 minutes later, cleveland controllers hear screams on cockpit s open microphone. moments later, hijackers, led lebanese ziad samir jarrah, took on plane s controls, disengaged autopilot, , told passengers, keep remaining sitting. have bomb on board. beamer , other passengers herded of plane. curtain between first class , economy class had been drawn, @ point beamer saw pilot , co-pilot lying dead on floor outside curtain, throats having been cut, flight attendant informed him. within 6 minutes, plane changed course , heading washington, d.c.. several of passengers made phone calls loved ones, informed them 2 planes had crashed world trade center in new york city , third pentagon in arlington county, virginia. beamer tried place credit card call through phone located on of plane seat, routed customer-service representative, passed him on gte airphone supervisor lisa jefferson. fbi agents listening in on call, beamer informed jefferson hijackers had taken on united 93, 1 passenger had been killed, , mentioned dead pilots. stated 2 of hijackers had knives, , 1 appeared have bomb strapped around waist. when hijackers veered plane sharply south, beamer briefly panicked, exclaiming, re going down! re going down!

flight 93 crash site

following this, passengers , flight crew decided act. according accounts of cell phone conversations, beamer, along mark bingham, tom burnett , jeremy glick, formed plan take plane hijackers. joined other passengers, including lou nacke, rich guadagno, alan beaven, honor elizabeth wainio, linda gronlund, , william cashman, along flight attendants sandra bradshaw , cee cee ross-lyles, in discussing options , voting on course of action, deciding storm cockpit , take on plane. beamer told jefferson group planning jump on hijackers , fly plane ground before hijackers plan followed through. beamer recited lord s prayer , 23rd psalm jefferson, prompting others join in. beamer requested of jefferson, if don t make it, please call family , let them know how love them. after this, jefferson heard muffled voices , beamer answering, ready? okay. let s roll. these beamer s last words jefferson.

according 9/11 commission report, after plane s voice data recorder recovered, revealed pounding , crashing sounds against cockpit door , shouts , screams in english. let s them! passenger cries. hijacker shouts, allahu akbar . jarrah repeatedly pitched plane knock passengers off feet, passengers continued assault , @ 10:02:17, male passenger said, turn up! second later, hijacker said, pull down! pull down! @ 10:02:33, jarrah heard plead, hey! hey! give me. give me. give me. give me. give me. give me. give me. give me. plane crashed empty field in shanksville, pennsylvania @ 580 miles per hour, killing on board. plane twenty minutes of flying time away suspected target, white house or u.s. capitol building in washington, d.c. according vice president dick cheney, president george w. bush had given order shoot plane down had continued path washington.