Let's roll.
We have a brief time in our journey
through this life and many of us miss valuable opportunities to do things which
will make life better for ourselves and for those around us. Passengers on
United Flight 93 on September 11, 2001 took stock of their situation and decided
that they would not miss the chance to do the right thing. They overpowered the
terrorists who had taken control of their flight and prevented them from
carrying out their horrific
mission.
There were many heroes on that plane. Their experiences have been shared by the media. One such story is about Todd Beamer.
Todd M. Beamer, 32 years of age Cranbury, New Jersey, was an account manager for Oracle Corp. On weekends he taught Sunday school. At Los Angeles' Los Gatos High School he had been a standout basketball and baseball player. "He was very caring and kind," said his sister Michele.
Todd used an onboard phone to call a GTE operator. The operator, Lisa Jefferson, said he told her that he and others on the place were planning to act against the terrorists.
After he and the operator recited the 23 Psalm, he ask her to promise she would call his wife of seven years, Lisa - who is expecting a third child in January - and their two sons David, three years old, and Andrew, one year old.
At the end of the 13-minute conversation, Todd put down the phone but left the line open. The last words the operator heard wee, "Let's roll."
What powerful words.
Let's roll.
Todd Beamer along with other passengers drew upon strong personal values, reached within and acted with strength of character. They did what they knew had to be done. With rational discussion they reached the only decision they believed was viable. Many of them made telephone calls to family, leaving the lines open as they stood up and acted with courage against the enemies of life, the terrorists who wished death not just for Americans but also for freedom which America and the democracies of the world represent. The terrorists had chosen death. Todd Beamer and his courageous fellow passengers chose life. They chose to do something which would inspire each of us to stand up to bullies, racists, abusers, hate mongers, and terrorists of all kinds.
John Galt, the famous character in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged, spoke these words when he stopped the motor of the world.
"When a man attempts to deal with me by force, I answer him - by force."
There were many heroes on that plane. Their experiences have been shared by the media. One such story is about Todd Beamer.
Todd M. Beamer, 32 years of age Cranbury, New Jersey, was an account manager for Oracle Corp. On weekends he taught Sunday school. At Los Angeles' Los Gatos High School he had been a standout basketball and baseball player. "He was very caring and kind," said his sister Michele.
Todd used an onboard phone to call a GTE operator. The operator, Lisa Jefferson, said he told her that he and others on the place were planning to act against the terrorists.
After he and the operator recited the 23 Psalm, he ask her to promise she would call his wife of seven years, Lisa - who is expecting a third child in January - and their two sons David, three years old, and Andrew, one year old.
At the end of the 13-minute conversation, Todd put down the phone but left the line open. The last words the operator heard wee, "Let's roll."
What powerful words.
Let's roll.
Todd Beamer along with other passengers drew upon strong personal values, reached within and acted with strength of character. They did what they knew had to be done. With rational discussion they reached the only decision they believed was viable. Many of them made telephone calls to family, leaving the lines open as they stood up and acted with courage against the enemies of life, the terrorists who wished death not just for Americans but also for freedom which America and the democracies of the world represent. The terrorists had chosen death. Todd Beamer and his courageous fellow passengers chose life. They chose to do something which would inspire each of us to stand up to bullies, racists, abusers, hate mongers, and terrorists of all kinds.
John Galt, the famous character in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged, spoke these words when he stopped the motor of the world.
"When a man attempts to deal with me by force, I answer him - by force."
Posted: Sat - December 31, 2005 at 09:23 AM
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