Goodwin: Where did this flight originate, and what was its destination? Lisa: Yes sir, I’ve been talking with a passenger, a Todd Beamer, on Flight 93 who managed to get to an air phone unnoticed. I understand you have a hijacking situation? I need to report a terrorist hijacking of a United Airlines Flight 93….Yes I’ll hold. Lisa: (dials the phone.) Hello, FBI, my name is Lisa Jefferson, I’m a telephone supervisor for GTE. Lisa: Todd, leave this line open…are you still there?…… Todd: I’m going back to the group-if I can get back I will… Lisa: (barely able to speak) I’ll tell them, I promise Todd.
(clearing throat again) Our baby is due January 12th….I saw an ultra sound….it was great….we still don’t know if it’s a girl or a boy………Lisa? David, he’s 3 and Andrew, he’s 1….Tell them……(choking) tell them that their daddy loves them and that he is so proud of them. Tell her that I love her…….(choking up).I’ll always love her.(clearing throat) We have two boys. Todd: Our home number is 201 353-1073…….You have the same name as my wife…Lisa….We’ve been married for 10 years. Todd: I want you to call my wife and my kids for me and tell them what’s happened. Dear God…….Lisa, will you do something for me? Our country is under attack….and I’m afraid that your plane may be part of their plan. It crashed into the Pentagon in Washington DC. Lisa: A third plane was taken over by terrorists. Lisa: Todd….I have to tell you the truth….it’s very bad. She told him that hijackers had crashed two planes into the World Trade Center……Lisa is that true? A guy, Jeremy, was talking to his wife just before the hijacking started. A few passengers with cell phones have made calls to relatives. What’s going on with the other passengers? I think we may be turning around….That’s it – we changed directions. Todd: Hello….We’re going down….I think we’re going to crash……Wait – wait a minute.
Lisa: Todd….are you ok? Tell me what’s happening! The guy with the bomb ordered us to sit on the floor in the rear of the plane……….oh Jesus. He hasn’t noticed that I slipped into this pantry to get the phone. There are fourteen of us here in the back. They forced most of the passengers into first class. Lisa: Where is the 3rd hijacker now Todd? A flight attendant told me that the pilot and copilot had been forced from the cockpit and may have been wounded. We don’t know if the pilots are dead or alive. they…they killed one passenger sitting in first class. Todd: No, the hijackers shut it behind them. Lisa: So is the door to the cockpit open? He’s got it tied to his waist with a red belt of some kind. front got into the cockpit somehow there was shouting. A third one was sitting near the back of the coach section. Todd: Two of the hijackers were sitting in first class near the cockpit. Lisa: Now Todd, can you try to tell me exactly what happened? Lisa: Ok Todd….my name is Lisa…Do you know your flight number? If you can’t remember, it’s on your ticket. He said that they were meeting these men’s demands and returning to the airport… It was very broken English, and… I’m telling you…it sounded fake! He said he was the captain and to stay in our seats and stay quiet. Todd: Someone announced from the cockpit that there was a bomb on board. They sound like they’re from the mid-east.
Lisa: Can you tell what country these people are from? Todd: No, these are razor knives…like box cutters. they don’t have guns….they have knives – they took over the plane with knives. Lisa: Can you see any weapons? What kind of weapons do they have? Lisa: Can you tell me how many hijackers are on the plane? Lisa: (exhaling a deep breath to herself) I understand… Can the hijackers see you talking on the phone? Our plane has been hijacked….can you understand me? I’m a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco. Todd: Hello… Operator…listen to me…I can’t speak very loud. During the struggle, the Boeing 757 lost control and crashed into a field in Stonycreek Township near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing everyone on board, but saving the hijackers’ intended target, likely the U.S. He was one of the passengers who attempted to regain control of the aircraft from the hijackers. Todd Beamer (Novem– September 11, 2001) was an American man aboard United Airlines Flight 93, which was hijacked and crashed as part of the September 11 attacks in 2001.
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