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To: b-witch who wrote (6241)	10/19/2001 5:40:01 PM
From: Keith Monahan	Respond to of 281500

It is critical that leaders whether in family or national level not submit to letting fear dominate decisions. We can all learn about the triumph of courage over fear from Lisa Beamer and her late husband, Todd: Widow Takes Flight Against Fear By COLLEEN VALLES, Associated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The widow of one of the passengers who fought back against the hijackers on Sept. 11 took the same Newark-to-San Francisco flight Friday to make a statement against fear. A pregnant Lisa Beamer flew on United's newly renamed Flight 81 to meet some of the business associates her husband was on his way to see. She was greeted by about 15 clapping United employees when she arrived in San Francisco. She said she retraced her husband's planned journey as a way to show it is safe to travel again. ``I'm definitely dealing with grief and loss, and I'm really looking ahead,'' she said. ``And I think the flight today was more looking ahead.'' Her husband, Todd, 32, was one of several passengers aboard United Flight 93 who made phone calls to relatives or authorities, alerting them that a hijacking was taking place and making plans to fight back. He ended his conversation with an operator by dropping his phone and saying, ``Let's roll.'' Shortly afterward, the plane crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pa., killing all 44 people on board. Authorities suspect the hijackers had planned to crash it in Washington but were thwarted by the passengers. On Friday, before leaving Newark, N.J., Beamer's widow said she expected the flight to summon painful memories. ``I'll be thinking through what happened there and what he was thinking, but I've had six weeks to get ready for this,'' she said. The phones on the backs of the seats were covered up before Beamer's flight, said Carolyn Gilmore, a family friend who helped arrange the free trip. ``That's the one thing she didn't want to see,'' Gilmore said. Beamer, whose husband was an account manager for Oracle Corp., said she plans to meet with some of his associates to raise money for the Todd M. Beamer Foundation, which will help the 22 children who lost parents aboard Flight 93 and encourage young people to ``grow up into the kind of person Todd was, who can make courageous and moral decisions.'' Todd Beamer left behind two sons, ages 1 and 3. A third child is due in January. -