Their Last Phone Calls
The memory of 9/11 inevitably fades with time, but we should make a conscious effort to remember the human toll.
I’m a day late with this, so I hope you’ll forgive me.
September 11, 2001 was a very formative event for me. I was in the 5th grade at the time, but it was largely the reason I went on to join the military seven years later.
Below are words taken from the last phone calls made by victims to their loved ones.
Todd Beamer was a passenger on United Flight 93. He was among those who fought to regain control from hijackers, causing the plane to crash in a field and saving countless lives by preventing it from hitting the intended target.
These were Beamer's last words:
Damn….that hit hard!
“So now faith, hope and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”