![]() All are athletes, like their dad: Dave, three years old when his father died, was a football quarterback Drew, who was one, played soccer, as has their daughter Morgan. The couple’s three children all attended Wheaton College. 207: Alexis Rasmussen 52 minutes In the autumn of 2011, a teenage girl from North Ogden, a quaint suburb in Utah, suddenly disappeared under mysterious circumstances while fulfilling her babysitting duties at a nearby household. A tribute to Todd Beamer, inset, at his alma mater Wheaton College is a bas-relief sculpture based off a photograph taken by Lisa Beamer of her husband and their two sons, David and Drew. ![]() Ms Beamer co-wrote a book, Let’s Roll! Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage. His widow made 200 public appearances in the six months after the attacks. His exhortation of “Let’s roll!” became a rallying cry. Mr Besmer was a former college baseball and basketball player and is thought to have led other passengers in an attack on the hijackers of Flight 93 that brought the plane down before it could crash in Washington, DC. The couple came back from a trip to Italy on 10 September 2001, a vacation given to Mr Beamer from his company.ĭoug Macmillan, a friend of Mr Beamer, left his job to run the Todd Beamer Foundation, which helps children who lost their parents on that flight.Īfter 9/11, Lisa Beamer became the face of the day’s mourners and a reminder of the day’s heroism. By Marco Margaritoff Edited By Jaclyn Anglis Published ApUpdated AugA passenger on United Airlines Flight 93, Todd Beamer helped lead a revolt against the terrorists who hijacked his plane on Septemand may have saved the U.S. Brian of the 93rd Bomber Squadron apply a decal with the phrase
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