MAX-FM’s 9/11 Heroes Tribute Series: Todd Beamer [VIDEO]

In the days leading up to the tenth anniversary of September 11th, 2001 I have decided to honor those who we now consider heroes because of the actions they took that horrific day. Today's hero is actually just one of many who stepped up to save uncountably amounts of people by taking action well on board American Airlines Flight 93. From Wikipedia.com:

Beamer and other passengers communicated with people on the ground via in-plane and cell phones, and learned that the World Trade Center had been attacked using hijacked airplanes. Beamer tried to place a credit card call through a phone located on the back of a plane seat but was routed to a customer-service representative instead, who passed him on to GTE supervisor Lisa Jefferson. Beamer reported that one passenger was killed and, later, that a flight attendant had told him the pilot and co-pilot had been forced from the cockpit and may have been wounded. He was also on the phone when the plane made its turn in a southeasterly direction, a move that had him briefly panicking. Later, he told the operator that some of the plane's passengers were planning to "jump on" the hijackers and fly the plane into the ground before the hijackers' plan could be followed through. Beamer also recited The Lord's Prayer with Jefferson. According to Jefferson, Beamer's last audible words were "Are you guys ready? Let's roll

Yes, there were hundreds and even thousands of heroes that day, but these select few that I will showcase this week have stories that seem to give you the sense of how much they put others in their minds and gave their lives while trying to help save others.