![]() ![]() “This year, due to COVID-19 restrictions, (tonight’s) ceremony will be abbreviated and without the traditional public audience,” Litchfield said. The ceremony will be livestreamed on the police department’s Facebook page instead. But this year’s ceremony is closed to the general public because of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, said Andrea Litchfield, a spokeswoman for the Hilliard Division of Police. Todd Beamer’s name is on the granite wall at Hilliard’s First Responders Park, where the city will stage its annual memorial at 7 p.m. The 32-year-old father of two sons - and whose wife, Lisa, was pregnant with their third child - was among the four passengers who organized other passengers to retake the plane from the hijackers, ultimately causing its crash in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, about 20 minutes away from the its likely intended target, believed to be the U.S. Todd Beamer was among the passengers on the fourth airline - United Airlines Flight 93 en route from Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco. 11, 2001, when 19 terrorists hijacked four airlines, crashing two into the World Trade Center towers, one into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and the fourth into a barren field about 60 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. His only son, Todd Beamer, was among the 2,977 people killed Sept. Burnett Jr., Georgine Rose Corrigan, Jason Dahl, Edward Porter Felt, Andrew Garcia, Jeremy Glick, Lauren Grandcolas, Donald Greene, Richard Guadagno, Leroy Homer Jr., CeeCee Lyles, Nicole Carole Miller, Christine Snyder, and all other people who lost their lives on this tragic day.David Beamer can find blessings in places where they aren’t readily apparent. In memory of: Todd Beamer, Alan Beaven, Mark Bingham, Deora Bodley, Sandy Bradshaw, Thomas E. One thing is for sure, it takes pride and courage to do what they did, and in my mind they are some of the greatest heroes to ever live! Many people wonder what it would have been like if these brave men did not do what they had done. And he would not let other people overpower him," his wife said. He would have had his family in the forefront of his thoughts. Todd Beamer is a great and heroic leader along with the other passengers who risked their lives for our country. and officials say that the plane crashed at 9:58 A.M. Lisa Jefferson hung up the phone at 10:00 A.M. ![]() It was going about four hundred miles per hour when it hit the ground. The plane "disintegrated" right when it hit the ground. Before the attack on the three hijackers, Todd's last words that Lisa heard were: "Are you guys ready? Let's roll!" All of the men then put all of their hearts and strength into trying to regain control of the plane.Īt the last minute the hijacker controlling the plane drove it straight into the ground in an open farm field about ten minutes away from the White House in Pennsylvania. Todd got together with the other men and came up with a plan to try and take back control of the plane. They said it together, and it got him thinking. ![]() He then asked Lisa if she would pray the Lord's Prayer with him. About nine minutes into the call Todd yelled, "Oh! We're going down!" They quickly regained position at a steady rate and he knew that they had to do something or else the Capitol was going to be hit. While in conversation, Todd told Lisa what was happening and that whatever happened to call his wife and their two sons. Todd Beamer called from an onboard telephone to a GTE (General Telephones and Electronics) operator. The other passenger tried in advance to stop the nonsense, but was stabbed to death. Thirty-seven of the passengers had been forced to move to the back of the plane. The other hijacker stood on guard with what seemed like a bomb strapped to his stomach. Two out of the three hijackers stayed in the cockpit trying to control the flight. About forty-five minutes to an hour into the flight three hijackers stood up and claimed control of the plane. There were thirty-eight passengers who boarded a plane heading to San Francisco that morning not knowing what was coming of them. Unfortunately, the morning soon turned bad. The morning of September 11, 2001, was a beautiful day without a cloud in the sky. This day soon became a historic event that started a war that has yet to end. "Are you guys ready? Let's roll!" commanded Todd Beamer, a 32 year old man who on September 11, 2001, lead an assault against three hijackers on Flight United 93. ![]()
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