I reread this every year.
I cry like a baby every year.
Todd Beamer died a father, husband, and hero.
Todd: Helloโฆ Operatorโฆ listen to me. I canโt speak very loud. This is an emergency. Iโm a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco. Our plane has been hijacked.
Lisa: I understand. Can they see you?
Todd: No. There are three that we know of. They have knives โ razor knives, like box cutters. Someone announced from the cockpit there was a bomb. It sounded fake.
Lisa: Your name?Todd: Todd Beamer. United Flight 93.Todd: They killed one passenger in first class. They forced most of us back. Fourteen of us here. Five flight attendants. The guy with the bomb ordered us to sit on the floor.
Lisa: Are you okay?
Todd: Weโre going downโฆ wait. No. Weโre leveling off. We changed directions. Weโre flying east again.
Todd: A guy named Jeremy called his wife. She told him two planes hit the World Trade Center. Lisa, is that true?
Lisa: I have to tell you the truth. Itโs very bad. Both towers are gone. A third plane hit the Pentagon. Our country is under attack. Iโm afraid your plane may be part of their plan.
Todd: Oh God. Lisa, will you do something for me? Call my wife and my kids. Promise me youโll call.
Lisa: I promise.
Todd: Our home number isโฆ You have the same name as my wife. Lisa. Weโve been married ten years. Sheโs pregnant with our third child. Tell her I love her. Iโll always love her. We have two boys โ David, heโs 3, and Andrew, heโs 1. Tell them their daddy loves them and he is so proud of them. The baby is due January 12th. I saw an ultrasound. We still donโt know if itโs a girl or a boy.
Lisa: Iโll tell them. I promise, Todd.(Lisa patches in the FBI.)
Agent: Todd, your plane is on a course for Washington. Best guess is the White House or the Capitol.
Todd: I understand. Iโll be back.
Todd: Everyone knows this isnโt a normal hijacking. We have decided we will not be pawns in their plot.
Lisa: What are you going to do?
Todd: Four of us are going to rush the one with the bomb. Then the cockpit. A stewardess is getting boiling water. Weโll take them out.
Todd: Would you pray with me?They pray the Lordโs Prayer. Then: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.
Todd: God help me. Jesus help me.Are you guys ready? Letโs Roll.