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Parents offer their praise for Sept. 11 film
THE VINDICATOR, YOUNGSTOWN
By GUY D'ASTOLFO
VINDICATOR ENTERTAINMENT WRITER
David Beamer said the story of United Flight 93, which he calls "the first counter-attack in the war on terrorism," deserves and needs to be told.
Beamer and his wife, Peggy, are both 1960 graduates of McKinley High School in Sebring. Their son, Todd, a passenger on Flight 93, became immortalized for uttering the words "Let's roll" before he and others rushed the cockpit.
Beamer grew up on a farm in the Homeworth area, while Peggy was raised in Sebring. After attending Ohio State University, the Beamers married and left Ohio. Todd was born in Michigan and never lived in Ohio.
Both Beamer and his wife still have extended family in the Sebring area.
Recently retired, Beamer had been chief operating officer of Legato Systems, a software company in California.
In a phone interview from Manhattan, where they are staying, Beamer praised the film and its maker, British director Paul Greengrass.
"Some say it's too soon, it brings back pain," said Beamer, "but our homeland was attacked and the war is still going on. The film serves not only as a painful reminder but a wake-up call as to who the enemy is, and that they'll stop at nothing."
I get to civilization on the 10th of May. i hope it's playing at the ceniplex. I definitely want to see Flight 93.