#toddbeamer

Remembering Todd Beamer and the rest of the heroes that fought the terrorists and refused to let their plane become another missile which was headed into the Capitol Building or White House. Instead the plane crashed into an empty field in Shanksville, PA.

Actual transcript: Todd: Hello… Operator…listen to me…I can't speak very loud. This is an emergency. I'm a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco.. We have a situation here….Our plane has been hijacked…..can you understand me?

Lisa: (exhaling a deep breath to herself) I understand… 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: Yes…. they don't have guns….they have knives they took over the plane with knives.

Lisa: Do you mean…like steak knives?

Todd: No, these are razor knives…like box cutters.

Lisa: Can you tell what country these people are from?

Todd: No…..I don't know. They sound like they'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 men's demands and returning to the airport… It was very broken English, and… I'm telling you…it sounded fake!

Lisa: Ok sir, please give me your name.

Todd: My name is Todd Beamer.

Lisa: Ok Todd….my name is Lisa…Do you know your flight number? If you can't remember, it's on your ticket.

Todd: It'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. He'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, ..they…they killed one passenger sitting in first class. There's been lots of shouting. We don'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: He'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 hasn'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 plane……….oh Jesus.. Help!

Lisa: Todd….are you ok? Tell me what's happening!

Todd: Hello…..We're going down….I think we're going to crash……Wait wait a minute. No, we're leveling off….we're ok. I think we may be turning around…..That's it we changed directions. Do you hear me….we're flying east again.

Lisa: Ok Todd…. What's going on with the other passengers?

Todd: Everyone is… 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 Center……Lisa is that true??

Lisa: Todd…..I have to tell you the truth…..it's very bad. The World Trade Center is gone. Both of the towers have been destroyed.

Todd: Oh God help us!

Lisa: A third plane was taken over by terrorists. It crashed into the Pentagon in Washington DC. Our country is under attack….and I'm afraid that your plane may be part of their plan.

Todd: Oh dear God. Dear God…….Lisa, will you do something for me?

Lisa: I'll try….if I can….Yes.

Todd: I want you to call my wife and my kids for me and tell them what's happened. Promise me you'll call..

Lisa: I promise I'll call.

Todd: Our home number is 201 353-1073…….You have the same name as my wife…Lisa….We've been married for 10 years. She's pregnant with our 3rd child. Tell her that I love her…….(choking up)..I'll always love her..(clearing throat) We have two boys.. 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. (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?

Lisa: (barely able to speak) I'll tell them, I promise Todd.

Todd: I'm going back to the groupif I can get back I will…

Lisa: Todd, leave this line open…are you still there?……

Lisa: (dials the phone..) Hello, FBI, my name is Lisa Jefferson, I'm a telephone supervisor for GTE. I need to report a terrorist hijacking of a United Airlines Flight 93….Yes I'll hold.

Goodwin: Hello, this is Agent Goodwin.. I understand you have a hijacking situation?

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.

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 it is now flying east.

Goodwin: Ms. Jefferson…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 call…hold a mo…..

Todd: Hello Lisa, Lisa are you there?

Lisa: Yes, I'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 isn'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 understand…hold on……I'll…….I'll be back..

Lisa: Mr. Goodwin, how much time do they have before they get to Washington?

Goodwin: Not long ma'am. They changed course over Cleveland; they'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. It's getting pretty rough up here. The plane is flying real erratic….We're not going to make it out of here. Listen to me….I want you to hear this….I have talked with the others….we have decided we would not be pawns in these hijackers suicidal plot.

Lisa: Todd, what are you going to do?

Todd: We've hatched a plan. Four of us are going to rush the hijacker with the bomb. After we take him out, we'll break into the cockpit. A stewardess is getting some boiling water to throw on the hijackers at the controls. We'll get them….and we'll take them out. Lisa, …..will you do one last thing for me?

Lisa: Yes…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

Forever…..Amen

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want…

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 name's sake

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

I will fear no evil, for thou art with me…..

Todd: (softer) God help me…Jesus help me….(clears throat and louder)

Are you guys ready?……..

Let's Roll……………………

Movie scene: Here

Todd Beamer Wiki - Todd Beamer Biography

Todd Beamer./US Air Force Reservists Tech. Staff Sgt. Ron (L) and Staff Sgt. Brian of the 93rd Bomber Squadron placed a "Let's Roll" sticker on the side of a B-52 bomber on February 20, 2002, at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. The memorable phrase, uttered by Todd Beamer, a United Fight 93 passenger hijacked on September 11, 2001, was applied to hundreds of USAF aircraft through September 11, 2002. Todd Beamer was one of the many heroes of September 11, 2001. Beamer was a passenger on United Flight 93 when he was hijacked and said, "Let's roll," in an audio recording of a phone call. He was 32 years old. United Flight 93 it was the only plane hijacked on September 11 that did not reach its intended target, which officials believe was the United States Capitol or another target in Washington DC. The crew and passengers of Flight 93 made phone calls to their families to say goodbye and learned that the hijacked planes were being used as weapons to commit deadly terrorist acts. Beamer and other passengers decided to take over the flight, which crashed at high speed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Among those passengers was Beamer, who tried to call his pregnant wife to tell her he loved her. They were unable to connect, and Beamer relayed their message to operator Lisa Jefferson, who reflected on the call with CBS News.

Beamer developed a plan with other passengers on Flight 93 to attack a hijacker and his last recorded words were 'Let's Roll'

Todd Beamer. Passenger on Flight 93. After deliberating with others on the plane. They decided to fight for the cabin. His last known words. "LET'S ROLL." For evil to triumph, only good men are needed who do nothing. pic.twitter.com/IJwEBZCM6E - Tim Kennedy (@TimKennedyMMA) September 11, 2021 Jefferson described the phone call to CBS News and said that Beamer was "very smooth, calm". Beamer detailed the plane's high elevation, saying that three people wearing red headbands forced their way into the cockpit and took over the flight. Beamer told Jefferson that the plane was sinking. "At this point he raised his voice," he said. Beamer told him they were going down, then up and turned around. He said he didn't know where they were going, Jefferson recalled. When the passengers learned of the attack on the World Trade Center, it was clear that the hijackers were not returning to the airport as they claimed. said reporter Jon Meyer in an interview. “They knew there was no going back. This was the new reality that we are facing now and they were the first to realize that they had to do something, ”Meyer said. Beamer told Jefferson that he and some other men on the plane developed a plane to attack one of the hijackers and attempt to land the plane safely. He heard Beamer ask another passenger, "Are you ready?" He replied, “Okay. We're going to shoot, ”Jefferson said. Beamer kept the line open and soon learned that the plane had crashed in Pennsylvania, he said.

Beamer told Jefferson to tell his wife, who was pregnant with their third child, that he loved her