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Todd: Helloâ€¦ Operatorâ€¦listen to meâ€¦I canâ€™t speak very loud. â€“ This is an emergency. Iâ€™m a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco.. We have a situation hereâ€¦.Our plane has been hijackedâ€¦..can you understand me? Lisa: (exhaling a deep breath to herself) I understandâ€¦ Can the ... View MoreTodd: Helloâ€¦ Operatorâ€¦listen to meâ€¦I canâ€™t speak very loud. â€“ This is an emergency. Iâ€™m a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco.. We have a situation hereâ€¦.Our plane has been hijackedâ€¦..can you understand me? Lisa: (exhaling a deep breath to herself) I understandâ€¦ Can the hijackers see you talking on the phone? Todd: No Lisa: Can you tell me how many hijackers are on the plane? Todd: There are three that we know of. Lisa: Can you see any weapons? What kind of weapons do they have? Todd: Yesâ€¦. they donâ€™t have gunsâ€¦.they have knives â€“ they took over the plane with knives. Lisa: Do you meanâ€¦like steak knives? Todd: No, these are razor knivesâ€¦like box cutters. Lisa: Can you tell what country these people are from? Todd: Noâ€¦..I donâ€™t know. They sound like theyâ€™re from the mid-east. Lisa: Have they said what they want? Todd: Someone announced from the cockpit that there was a bomb on board. He said he was the captain and to stay in our seats and stay quiet. He said that they were meeting these menâ€™s demands and returning to the airportâ€¦ It was very broken English, andâ€¦ Iâ€™m telling youâ€¦it sounded fake! Lisa: Ok sir, please give me your name. Todd: My name is Todd Beamer. Lisa: Ok Toddâ€¦.my name is Lisaâ€¦Do you know your flight number? If you canâ€™t remember, itâ€™s on your ticket. Todd: Itâ€™s United Flight 93. Lisa: Now Todd, can you try to tell me exactly what happened? Todd: Two of the hijackers were sitting in first class near the cockpit. A third one was sitting near the back of the coach section. The two up. front got into the cockpit somehow; there was shouting. The third hijacker said he had a bomb. It looks like a bomb. Heâ€™s got it tied to his waist with a red belt of some kind. Lisa: So is the door to the cockpit open? Todd: No, the hijackers shut it behind them. Lisa: Has anyone been injured? Todd: Yes, ..theyâ€¦they killed one passenger sitting in first class. Thereâ€™s been lots of shouting. We donâ€™t know if the pilots are dead or alive. A flight attendant told me that the pilot and copilot had been forced from the cockpit and may have been wounded. Lisa: Where is the 3rd hijacker now Todd? Todd: Heâ€™s near the back of the plane. They forced most of the passengers into first class. There are fourteen of us here in the back. Five are flight attendants. He hasnâ€™t noticed that I slipped into this pantry to get the phone. The guy with the bomb ordered us to sit on the floor in the rear of the planeâ€¦â€¦â€¦.oh Jesus.. Help! Lisa: Toddâ€¦.are you ok? Tell me whatâ€™s happening! Todd: Helloâ€¦..Weâ€™re going downâ€¦.I think weâ€™re going to crashâ€¦â€¦Wait â€“ wait a minute. No, weâ€™re leveling offâ€¦.weâ€™re ok. I think we may be turning aroundâ€¦..Thatâ€™s it â€“ we changed directions. Do you hear meâ€¦.weâ€™re flying east again. Lisa: Ok Toddâ€¦. Whatâ€™s going on with the other passengers? Todd: Everyone isâ€¦ really scared. A few passengers with cell phones have made calls to relatives. A guy, Jeremy, was talking to his wife just before the hijacking started. She told him that hijackers had crashed two planes into the World Trade Centerâ€¦â€¦Lisa is that true?? Lisa: Toddâ€¦..I have to tell you the truthâ€¦..itâ€™s very bad. The World Trade Center is gone. Both of the towers have been destroyed. Todd: Oh God â€”help us! Lisa: A third plane was taken over by terrorists. It crashed into the Pentagon in Washington DC. Our country is under attackâ€¦.and Iâ€™m afraid that your plane may be part of their plan. Todd: Oh dear God. Dear Godâ€¦â€¦.Lisa, will you do something for me? Lisa: Iâ€™ll tryâ€¦.if I canâ€¦.Yes. Todd: I want you to call my wife and my kids for me and tell them whatâ€™s happened. Promise me youâ€™ll call.. Lisa: I promise â€“ Iâ€™ll call. Todd: Our home number is 201 353-1073â€¦â€¦.You have the same name as my wifeâ€¦Lisaâ€¦.Weâ€™ve been married for 10 years. Sheâ€™s pregnant with our 3rd child. Tell her that I love herâ€¦â€¦.(choking up)..Iâ€™ll always love her..(clearing throat) We have two boys.. David, heâ€™s 3 and Andrew, heâ€™s 1â€¦..Tell themâ€¦â€¦(choking) tell them that their daddy loves them and that he is so proud of them. (clearing throat again) Our baby is due January 12thâ€¦..I saw an ultra soundâ€¦..it was greatâ€¦.we still donâ€™t know if itâ€™s a girl or a boyâ€¦â€¦â€¦Lisa? Lisa: (barely able to speak) Iâ€™ll tell them, I promise Todd. Todd: Iâ€™m going back to the groupâ€”if I can get back I willâ€¦ Lisa: Todd, leave this line openâ€¦are you still there?â€¦â€¦ Lisa: (dials the phone..) Hello, FBI, my name is Lisa Jefferson, Iâ€™m a telephone supervisor for GTE. I need to report a terrorist hijacking of a United Airlines Flight 93â€¦.Yes Iâ€™ll hold. Goodwin: Hello, this is Agent Goodwin.. I understand you have a hijacking situation? Lisa: Yes sir, Iâ€™ve been talking with a passenger, a Todd Beamer, on Flight 93 who managed to get to an air phone unnoticed. Goodwin: Where did this flight originate, and what was its destination? Lisa: The flight left Newark New Jersey at 8 A.M. departing for San Francisco. The hijackers took over the plane shortly after takeoff, and several minutes later the plane changed course â€“ it is now flying east. Goodwin: Ms. Jeffersonâ€¦I need to talk to someone aboard that plane. Can you get me thru to the planes phone? Lisa: I still have that line open sir, I can patch you through on a conference callâ€¦hold a moâ€¦.. Todd: Hello Lisa, Lisa are you there? Lisa: Yes, Iâ€™m here. Todd, I made a call to the FBI, Agent Goodwin is on the line and will be talking to you as well. Todd: The others all know that this isnâ€™t your normal hijacking. Jeremy called his wife again on his cell phone. She told him more about the World Trade Center and all. Goodwin: Hello Todd. This is Agent Goodwin with the FBI. We have been monitoring your flight. Your plane is on a course for Washington, DC. These terrorists sent two planes into the World Trade Center and one plane into the Pentagon. Our best guess is that they plan to fly your plane into either the White House or the United States Capital Building. Todd: I understandâ€¦hold onâ€¦â€¦Iâ€™llâ€¦â€¦.Iâ€™ll be back.. Lisa: Mr. Goodwin, how much time do they have before they get to Washington? Goodwin: Not long maâ€™am. They changed course over Cleveland; theyâ€™re approaching Pittsburgh now. Washington may be twenty minutes away. Todd: (breathing a little heavier) The plane seems to be changing directions just a little. Itâ€™s getting pretty rough up here. The plane is flying real erraticâ€¦.Weâ€™re not going to make it out of here. Listen to meâ€¦.I want you to hear thisâ€¦.I have talked with the othersâ€¦.we have decided we would not be pawns in these hijackers suicidal plot. Lisa: Todd, what are you going to do? Todd: Weâ€™ve hatched a plan. Four of us are going to rush the hijacker with the bomb. After we take him out, weâ€™ll break into the cockpit. A stewardess is getting some boiling water to throw on the hijackers at the controls. Weâ€™ll get themâ€¦.and weâ€™ll take them out. Lisa, â€¦..will you do one last thing for me? Lisa: Yesâ€¦What is it? Todd: Would you pray with me? They pray: Our father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy name, Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive our trespassers, And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory Foreverâ€¦..Amen The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not wantâ€¦ He makes me to lie down in green pastures He leads me beside the still waters He restores my soul He leads me in paths of righteousness for His nameâ€™s sake Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil, for thou art with meâ€¦.. Todd: (softer) God help meâ€¦Jesus help meâ€¦.(clears throat and louder) Are you guys ready?â€¦â€¦.. Letâ€™s Rollâ€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦

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Flippingunicorn

I'm proud of these guys and breaks my heart too

3 September 14, 2021

GerryB52

Yes they were heroes that was a terrible day

3 September 14, 2021

karaokekat2002

You CANNOT trust a CULT that has been committing GENOCIDE for 1400 years. I don't care how "peaceful" they claim to be, all muslims want ALL NON muslims dead. the misadministration just gae one of the biggest terror groups in world history a WHOLE F-ING COUNTRY and $86 BILLION worth of war equipment... View More

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