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Re: Tale of bravery from fourth plane
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Thu, 20 Sep 2001 15:51:05 GMT
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"Bill Farkas" <wolfe65@msn.com> wrote in message news:GJy3I8.1C4@lugnet.com...
> I was listening to the radio tonight and heard Joe Stowell, president of
> Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, speaking about a young man who was a
> college classmate of his daughter and son-in-law. His name was Todd Beamer,
> he was one of the passengers killed on the flight that crashed in
> Pennsylvania. Actually he was more than that - he was one of four men who
> rushed the terrorists before the plane crashed. After the terrorists made
> themselves known, the four men knew that it was no ordinary hijacking. They
> realized that if they didn't act they would die anyway, so they decided to
> storm the hijackers holding seat cushions in front of themselves for
> protection. After trying to call his wife, Todd called the GTE Airphone
> operator to give final farewells to his family - at the end of the call the
> operator heard Todd say, "Are you ready? Let's roll." Screams were heard and
> a commotion ensued - 10 minutes later the plane had crashed.
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> Todd's wife Lisa was on "Larry King Live" last night (Tuesday). Here's a
> link to the transcript:
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> http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0109/18/lkl.00.html
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> The interview with his wife is near the end.
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> According to his wife one of the hijackers had a bomb around his waist -
> that's the first I've heard of that.
Rumours still persist that the fourth plane might have been shot down
This from todays Independent, a quality UK broadsheet.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=95051
According to the report, the US government admitted they had ordered fighters to shoot down the hijacked plans and were
just 8 minutes from shooting down the 2nd plane to hit the WTC.
Given that the 4th plane crashed over 1 hour later, they clearly had plenty of time to intercept it if they wished.
regards
lawrence
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