Word: beamer
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...Beamer held it together long enough to help save countless lives. The last moments of Flight 93 are by now familiar: knowing that other planes had become missiles, the passengers revolted. After Beamer put the phone down, the operator heard him say, "Are you guys ready? O.K. Let's roll." No one is certain what happened next, but we do know two things: Todd Beamer "really didn't do much without a plan," as his wife says, and his plane crashed into rural Pennsylvania, not Pennsylvania Avenue. "Todd didn't take no for an answer in any area of life...
...teenage basketball player, Todd Beamer was the kind of guy you wanted on the free-throw line in a tied game. "He kept cool," recalls his friend Keith Franz. On Sept. 11, as hijackers roughly jolted Flight 93 toward Washington--presumably bound for the U.S. Capitol or the White House--Beamer didn't always keep cool. Unable to reach his family, he ended up talking with a GTE operator, who later recalled Beamer's fear--"We're going down!" he yelled at one point--and his prayers--"Jesus, help me," he cried...
...President used it to end a speech; Neil Young has released a song with that title; there are now "Let's roll" mouse pads, fireworks and backpacks. Many of the businesses producing the memorabilia donate their proceeds to charity, but not all. A lawyer for the new Todd M. Beamer Foundation has to fire off occasional letters asking others not to market "Let's roll." "Unfortunately," says the lawyer, Paul Kennedy of Philadelphia, "the phrase has become instantly famous in light of a national tragedy...
...scrawled, Let's Roll and NEIL YOUNG. Yes, the Neil Young, muttonchopped crooner of protest hymns, who, while recording his new album, asked his manager to roll out Roll, his ode to the hijacked passengers of United Airlines Flight 93. Young was inspired by reading an article about Todd Beamer, 32, who stormed the cockpit--but not before signaling his fellow rebels with his now famous phrase, "Let's roll." The song is "a powerful funk-rock dirge," according to the New York Times. It has been getting much radio play and will be included in Young's new album...
...light of these difficulties, filter software has the added disadvantage of being unnecessary. I am certain that no filter in the world would be a greater deterrent than the disapproval of Mrs. Beamer, the school librarian, when she sees a student with pornography on the screen. More generally, in today's society, those under 18 are exposed to a great number of influences outside the home; parents who have not prepared their children to face such influences without letting their hearts be "turned dark" cannot expect society to shield their virgin ears. The federal government does not need to interfere...