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Today the Eagle Cries
by Lori Wallach Boxer on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at 8:21am ·
September 11, 2001 – United Airlines flight #93
Todd Beamer tried to place a credit card call through a phone located on the back of a plane seat but was routed to a GTE customer-service supervisor, Lisa Jefferson. Beamer reported that one passenger was killed and that the pilot and co-pilot had been forced from the cockpit and may have been wounded. He was still on the phone with Ms. Jefferson when the plane made its turn in a southeasterly direction, a move that had him briefly panicking. A short while later, he told Ms. Jefferson 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 recited The Lord’s Prayer with Ms. Jefferson and his last audible words were:
“Are you guys ready? Okay … let’s roll.”
To honor the memory of those brave patriots, these ‘ordinary’ citizens like us doing the extraordinary on that fateful day, I can think of no better way than for each of us to make a commitment—today—that we are not just going to pull the lever for Romney-Ryan in the privacy of the voting booths—but that as we do we’re going to say out loud, “Let’s Roll.”
About the author: Lori Wallach Boxer
Lori Boxer is the co-owner and Director of Weight No MoreSM Diet Center, a family-owned private weight loss and diet counseling practice for over 25 years with offices in New York and New Jersey, as well as client service nationwide via Skype. There are no pills, no packaged foods, no diet drinks associated with their programs; they don't sell anything! They teach clients how to lose weight in a manner that most closely resembles the way they will eat for the rest of their lives, using their own normal, every day food. Through private, one-on-one counseling, individualized programs for people of all ages and all medical issues, and personal daily menu planning, we provide the discipline, guidance, structure, and accountability necessary to achieve one’s goal.
She came into the family business 11 years ago after a successful 20 year corporate career in the ivory tower of the live entertainment, electronic media and radio broadcasting industries. She is a staunch conservative with a unique perspective, having life experiences in both the big corporation and small business worlds.
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