Todd Beamer (United 93)

Todd Beamer is one of the passengers in the 2006 film, United 93, which is based on United Airlines Flight 93, the hijacked plane that didn't reach it's target in the September 11 Attacks of 2001. In the film, Todd Beamer was portrayed by David Alan Basche. 
In real life, Todd Beamer was born in Flint, Michigan on November 24, 1968. At the time of the September 11 Attacks, he was 32 years old. He was one of the passengers who led the passenger revolt against the four hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93, Ziad Jarrah, Ahmed Al Nami, Saeed Al Ghamdi, and Ahmed Al Haznawi. At 9:28 am on September 11, 2001, the hijacking of United Airlines Flight 93 began, by this time, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 had already hit the World Trade Center and American Airlines Flight 77 was within 9 minutes of striking the Pentagon. The hijackers took control of the plane after they stabbed the pilots with box-cutter knives that they smuggled through security. At 9:58 am, Todd Beamer and the other passengers began the passenger revolt on the plane and breached the cockpit in an attempt to overcome the hijackers, they struggled with the hijackers until 10:03 am when Ziad Jarrah crashed the plane into a field outside Shanksville, Pennisylvania and all onboard died.
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