“Let’s Roll!”

On the morning of September 11, 2001, United Flight 93 from Newark to San Francisco was hijacked by terrorists who claimed to have a bomb. With telephone confirmation that other planes had hit the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, the passengers understood the hijackers’ intent.

Todd Beamer, a 32-year-old businessman picked up a seat-back phone and reached Lisa Jefferson, a GTE supervisor. He told her that he and others were going to “jump on” a hijacker who was guarding the passengers in the rear. Beamer asked her to pray the Lord’s Prayer with him. He also made her promise to call his wife, Lisa, and tell her that he loved her and their two little boys.

Dropping the phone after talking with Jefferson, Beamer said, “Jesus help me.” Then after reciting Psalm 23, he said, “Are you guys ready? Okay, let’s roll.” Those were the unforgettable last words Beamer said before he and others rushed the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93. There were screams, then silence.

Brave American civilians, complete strangers, rose against impossible odds and tried to save the 757-200 aircraft. In doing so, they made the ultimate patriotic sacrifice. United Flight 93 crashed into a large field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing all 44 aboard. Of the four hijacked planes that morning, United 93 was the only one that failed to hit a targeted site.

Taken from The American Patriot’s Bible