Jeremy Glicks Phone call:
Jeremy Glick, traveling on the same flight also called his wife. Jeremy was 6'-2" tall and weighed 220 pounds, he was former college Rugby player and excelled in Judo. Here is what he told his wife (paraphrased):
"Honey, it’s bad news." "There are some very bad men on the plane. The men have a bomb and they have a knife. They are Arabic-looking men. They are wearing red headbands and there are three of them.".
"We've had no contact with the pilots, but the men have taken over the plane and have moved everyone to the back of the plane and left us here."
"Lyz I need to know something. One of the other passengers has talked to their spouse, and he said that they were crashing other planes into the World Trade Center. Is that true."
[His wife pauses, not knowing what to say, but finally tells him it is true. There is a pause of a few minutes after hearing this.]
"I love Emmy, take care of her. Whatever decisions you make in your life, I need you to be happy, and I will respect any decisions that you make. Now, I need some advice - what to do? Should we, you know, we’re talking about attacking these men, what should I do?"
[His wife pauses for a long while, but finally tells him she thinks he needs to do it, after which there is another puase for a couple of minutes.]
“OK, The others and myself have voted to attack the terrorists. I have my butter knife from breakfast.. You know, I’m going to leave the phone here. Stay on the line, I’ll be back."
[The father in law takes the phone as Jeremy's wife could not bear to listen. There was a few seconds of silence folowed by a scream. More silence followed by another scream ... then ... nothing. Jeremy never came back to the phone.]
The passengers of Flght 93 have always been the first heros to fall in a war started by the Islamists. They're also the first non-patriots in 200 years to willingly give their lives to defending our country from attack by a foreign enemy.
May God bless and keep all the heros who died on 9/11/01, and all those who continue to give their lives to defend our freedom against the same enemy: organized terrorsm.