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IP: The Real Story of Flight 93


From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2001 18:29:13 -0500


From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>

The Real Story of Flight 93

The terrorists had years to plan their hijacking. The passengers had
just minutes to respond. But a band of patriots came together to defy
death and save a symbol of freedom. What happened on that flight-and
inside the cockpit

By Karen Breslau, Eleanor Clift and Evan Thomas
NEWSWEEK

Dec. 3 issue - In the first few days after September 11, Lisa Beamer could not sleep for more than an hour. Then she would wake up and cry. She worried about the boys, David, 3, and Drew, 19 months, and the new baby due in January. David wanted to know why, if their father loved them so much, he had gone to be with Jesus. And there was that one nagging question. Why had her husband, a man so attached to his cell phone that Lisa had to confiscate it when they went on vacation, not called her from the plane? Other passengers had called home from Flight 93 to say goodbye and talk to their loved ones. Why not Todd?

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http://www.msnbc.com/news/662607.asp

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