Manibog & Manibog Law offices are regular columnists offering legal tips and perspectives in high profile legal cases and events. Monty is a former mayor of Monterey Park and Darren is former president of the Phil-Am Bar Association.“LET’S ROLL”, uttered Todd Beamer, the first 9/11 hero who led his fellow passengers and crew members on United Airlines Flight 93 in attacking and overpowering the Islamic terrorists that had taken over the jetliner that they apparently intended to crash into the capitol or the White House on September 11, 2001. Instead, they crashed into a Shanksville, Pennsylvania field where they all perished. Indeed, the brave action of Todd Beamer and fellow passengers was the very first response to our war on terror, essentially thwarting the jihadist terrorists from destroying the seat of America’s leadership.
Beamer had been speaking with his wife by cellular phone and learned that jetliners had already crashed into the World Trade Center’s twin towers and the Pentagon building, making it clear to him that the hijackers aboard were headed for Washington with a similar mission. What brave, noble and courageous people they were aboard United Airlines flight 93, truly the first heroes and responders in our war on terror, and Todd Beamer was clearly hero number one.
