Zach Padovan-Todd Beamer

September 11th 2001, a date that will  forever be in the minds of every American. A date in witch every American can remember exactly what he or she was doing at the exact time that two planes crashed into the twin towers, one into the pentagon, and one into a field in Somerset County.I remembered wondering why three planes had crashed into important United States buildings and one into a field just 15 miles outside of Pittsburgh. I decided to do some research on why this particular plane didn't also crash into a building and what i found was extraordinary.   United flight 93 was a hijacked plane on that day and was surly headed for another important American building, however this flight never reached its intended target which some have said may be the Capitol building or white house in Washington DC. once the plane was taken over by the terrorists a man named Todd Beamer and 39 other brave souls on United flight 93 planned to take a stand and retake the plane. Todd Beamer  was the mastermind behind this takeover. after talking on the phone with a GTE supervisor telling her they were going to try and retake the plane the line was still on and the supervisor could hear him say to all of the brave passengers that would help to take the plane back or die trying "Are you guys ready? lets roll!" from there the passengers jumped into action and tried to take the plane back. In the struggle control of the plane was lost and the plane crashed into a field in Somerset County. Everyone on board were tragically killed. Todd Beamer was on the phone with this supervisor for close to 13 minuets giving her all kinds of information and when the supervisor had told him that there were 3 other planes that had been hijacked and crashed Todd replied they would not be pawns in the terrorists suicidal plot. I encourage everyone to go and read about Todd and United flight 93. This man is a hero and one of the bravest Americans i have ever had the pleasure to read about. I guess what came as the biggest surprise to me while i was learning about Todd was the amount of courage it took to try and retake the plane so that they wouldn't become a part of the hijackers suicidal plans. It really took me back how brave Todd and all of the passengers on United flight 93 were.The thing i think i can take away most from this mans story is that in the face of the most tragic adversity never lose yourself and what matters to you. What everyone can learn from Todd is that even when your life is on the line you can fight for it you can always fight back for what is right and what should be done.