"That's what I want my kids to know, not that he was some super hero or larger-than-life figure." "Todd made good choices every day and did what was right for our family. She has been buoyed by family, friends and the kindness of strangers, who have sent more than $200,000, all of which will be donated to the foundation, from which the Beamer family will receive no aid. She is trying to return as much normalcy to their lives as she can, draws deeply on her faith, and only lets herself get emotional when she is alone.
"When he sees I'm sad, he says, 'Mommy, it's OK because daddy still loves us,' " Lisa said. David, 3, knows his father died on a plane, but "doesn't know there were bad people involved." Drew, 1, is still too young to understand what happened, and calls into his father's home office hoping he is inside. She will raise her own children with the same goal. Todd also mentored boys through his church and the foundation will support youth charities that "enable kids to be able to grow up to be like Todd was and make decisions like he did, on Sept. "These children are very young and it will be a long time until they're self-sufficient." 11) who fit Todd's profile: a dad with young kids and a stay-at-home mom," Lisa, herself a former Oracle saleswoman, said during her flight yesterday. "There are so many people (affected by Sept. Beamer Foundation, org, to help care for the children of Flight 93 and victims of any future terrorist attacks.
The insurance company has agreed to make an exception. And after Todd's death, she learned that buried in the fine print of his life insurance policy was a clause that exempted benefits for victims of terrorism or war. She was 15 when her own father died, leaving a wife and four children without health insurance. Lisa has suffered such loss both as mother and child. Nineteen other children, some of whom she met at the Pennsylvania crash site and at the White House, will grow up without a father or mother. Instead of becoming lost in her personal tragedy, Lisa has turned her sights to helping the other families left behind by the crash of Flight 93, which killed all 44 people on board. Todd had asked an Airphone operator to call his wife as he and others prepared to "jump the terrorists." As he dropped the phone, he said, "Let's roll." She remembers the phone ringing on the fateful morning the dead air on the line when she answered. She has been interviewed countless times, was featured at President Bush's address to a joint session of Congress and presents herself with remarkable poise that belies her circumstances.Īt 32, she has been left a single, stay-at-home mother with a toddler, an infant and a third child due in three months. In the six weeks since the attacks, Lisa has become a defacto spokeswoman for the heroes of Flight 93: her husband of seven years, Todd, 32, a Los Gatos high school graduate San Francisco resident Mark Bingham, 31 San Ramon resident Thomas Burnett, 38 and Jeremy Glick, 31, of New Jersey, who worked for a San Francisco Internet company. "These terrorists have tried to scare us and paralyze us. "His example is one I'm following," she said after landing in San Francisco. Yesterday, Lisa completed the journey for him. 11, he and other passengers on United Flight 93 apparently fought their attackers before the plane crashed in a Pennsylvania field. As hijacked planes slammed into New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept.
Students honored at the service included: Will Gulley and Juri Otsuka (Dean’s Award) Amanda Sparkman (Dave Dolan Award) Brett Isselhardt and Kerith Marcantonio (Kenneth Monroe Award) and Keith Luna (Faculty Scholarship Award).Todd never reached his destination.
The Ridley-Trees have been deeply involved in the Santa Barbara community and have given significant gifts to a wide variety of organizations. Lord Paul and Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree received the Westmont Medal, which recognizes individuals whose lives embody the principles associated with the Christian character of the college. She and Todd graduated from Wheaton College in Illinois. Beamer Foundation to benefit the children of 9-11 victims. In the days following the 9-11 tragedy, Lisa Beamer became a symbol of hope, faith and grace, appearing first during President Bush’s speech after the attacks, and then on many national television shows. Lisa Beamer, wife of 9-11 victim Todd Beamer and author of “Let’s Roll,” the heroic story of United Flight 93, spoke to the graduates. Heavy rain forced Commencement inside but didn’t dampen spirits as the college held two services May 3 to accommodate all guests.
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