Thanks for posting this on the anniversary of 9/11 and the day that Todd Beamer died for his country, we need to remember and teach our country’s children about strong decent Americans like Todd Beamer who was willing to sacrifice himself in the American tradition of loving his neighbors and his country.
I can’t understand why the American media ignores the achievements of decent Americans and then devotes so much time and space to endlessly dwelling on the problems of misguided, self destructive celebrities.
Oh that orthodox bishops would adopt this let’s roll spirit on behalf of the church…better to die a hero than just die is the message of Todd Beamer…and that is what made American great.
Mark Steyn wrote a superb column on this a year after the event:
[blockquote]By the time the passengers began calling home on their cellphones, their families knew what had happened in New York. Unlike those on the earlier flights, the hostages on 93 understood they were aboard a flying bomb intended to kill thousands of their fellow citizens. They knew there would be no happy ending. So they gave us the next best thing, a hopeful ending. Todd Beamer couldn’t get through to anyone except a telephone company operator, Lisa Jefferson. She told him about the planes that had smashed into the World Trade Center. Mr Beamer said they had a plan to jump the guys and asked her if she would pray with him, so they recited the 23rd Psalm: ‘Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me….’
Then he and the others rushed the hijackers. At 9.58 a.m., the plane crashed, not into the White House, but in some pasture outside Pittsburgh. As UPI’s James Robbins wrote, ‘The Era of Osama lasted about an hour and half or so, from the time the first plane hit the tower to the moment the General Militia of Flight 93 reported for duty.’
Exactly. The most significant development of 11 September is that it marks the day America began to fight back: 9/11 is not just Pearl Harbor but also the Doolittle Raid, all wrapped up in 90 minutes. No one will ever again hijack an American airliner with boxcutters, or, I’ll bet, with anything else — not because of predictably idiotic new Federal regulations, but because of the example of Todd Beamer’s ad hoc platoon. Faced with a novel and unprecedented form of terror, American technology (cellphones) combined with the oldest American virtue (self-reliance) to stop it cold in little more than an hour. The passengers of Flight 93 were the only victims who knew what the hijackers had in store for them, and so they rose up, and began the transformation of Osama into a has-bin Laden. [/blockquote]
a friend of mine has had the pleasure of meeting Lisa Beamer a few times, she is as classy as she appears on TV according to him. and that’s no surprise…
I find it amusing that both Obama and the Beamers are from Chicago. Guess Chi Town can produce some good apples!
Mark Steyn is one of my favorite commentators. Here is his column reflecting on 9/11 THIS year: http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZGQ3OTVkZWI3NjBhODRiNTIyMDRiYjg0YmNmZDllZWU=
(It looks like you need the whole address to get the correct column!)
I am concerned when we consign this day to another “day of service.” It is a day that needs to be remembered by listening to Todd Beamer’s phone call and by reflecting on such writings as the Gettysburg Address (which applies WONDERFULLY!)
And by prayers to Almighty God for the safety of the men and women who seek to protect our country–as Michael Medved says, “the greatest country on God’s green earth!”
Thanks for posting this on the anniversary of 9/11 and the day that Todd Beamer died for his country, we need to remember and teach our country’s children about strong decent Americans like Todd Beamer who was willing to sacrifice himself in the American tradition of loving his neighbors and his country.
I can’t understand why the American media ignores the achievements of decent Americans and then devotes so much time and space to endlessly dwelling on the problems of misguided, self destructive celebrities.
Oh that orthodox bishops would adopt this let’s roll spirit on behalf of the church…better to die a hero than just die is the message of Todd Beamer…and that is what made American great.
Mark Steyn wrote a superb column on this a year after the event:
[blockquote]By the time the passengers began calling home on their cellphones, their families knew what had happened in New York. Unlike those on the earlier flights, the hostages on 93 understood they were aboard a flying bomb intended to kill thousands of their fellow citizens. They knew there would be no happy ending. So they gave us the next best thing, a hopeful ending. Todd Beamer couldn’t get through to anyone except a telephone company operator, Lisa Jefferson. She told him about the planes that had smashed into the World Trade Center. Mr Beamer said they had a plan to jump the guys and asked her if she would pray with him, so they recited the 23rd Psalm: ‘Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me….’
Then he and the others rushed the hijackers. At 9.58 a.m., the plane crashed, not into the White House, but in some pasture outside Pittsburgh. As UPI’s James Robbins wrote, ‘The Era of Osama lasted about an hour and half or so, from the time the first plane hit the tower to the moment the General Militia of Flight 93 reported for duty.’
Exactly. The most significant development of 11 September is that it marks the day America began to fight back: 9/11 is not just Pearl Harbor but also the Doolittle Raid, all wrapped up in 90 minutes. No one will ever again hijack an American airliner with boxcutters, or, I’ll bet, with anything else — not because of predictably idiotic new Federal regulations, but because of the example of Todd Beamer’s ad hoc platoon. Faced with a novel and unprecedented form of terror, American technology (cellphones) combined with the oldest American virtue (self-reliance) to stop it cold in little more than an hour. The passengers of Flight 93 were the only victims who knew what the hijackers had in store for them, and so they rose up, and began the transformation of Osama into a has-bin Laden. [/blockquote]
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a friend of mine has had the pleasure of meeting Lisa Beamer a few times, she is as classy as she appears on TV according to him. and that’s no surprise…
I find it amusing that both Obama and the Beamers are from Chicago. Guess Chi Town can produce some good apples!
Mark Steyn is one of my favorite commentators. Here is his column reflecting on 9/11 THIS year:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZGQ3OTVkZWI3NjBhODRiNTIyMDRiYjg0YmNmZDllZWU=
(It looks like you need the whole address to get the correct column!)
I am concerned when we consign this day to another “day of service.” It is a day that needs to be remembered by listening to Todd Beamer’s phone call and by reflecting on such writings as the Gettysburg Address (which applies WONDERFULLY!)
And by prayers to Almighty God for the safety of the men and women who seek to protect our country–as Michael Medved says, “the greatest country on God’s green earth!”