THE MINUTEMEN OF UNITED FLIGHT 93 I was born in Boston, but I grew up in a city next to Lexington, Massachusetts, where the American Revolutionary War began. In my youth, I would ride my bike around the Lexington Common--more famously but unofficially known as the Lexington Battle Green---and look, not only at the humble monuments, but at visitors from all over the globe who would arrive to admire and photograph our birthplace of freedom. Part of the story of April 19, 1775, the day of the battle, was a group of citizens who were known as Minutemen, because they were presumed to be ready to fight on a minutes notice. Spiritually, the men and women of United Airlines Flight 93, whose September 11, 2001, passengers stopped their airplane from bombing our Nations capital, are direct descendants of the citizen-soldiers of Lexington. So, when I see or think about Captain Parkers statue at the entrance to the Battle Green, I see in the statues eyes the eyes of one United 93 passenger, Todd Beamer, who courageously said, Lets roll! to signal the start of the passenger assault on the doomed aircrafts flight deck. May God bless all of those who fought, and still fight today, for the independence of the United States of America. And, to our Nation, if trouble comes, please....Lets roll! Watch this clip. I care if it bothers you. I WANT it to bother you! ► 1:46► 1:46 youtube/watch?v=H3X_KyqGf3w Sep 23, 2009 - Uploaded by Brokenlikefour The last scene of the disturbing yet brilliant movie by Paul Greengrass named United 93 ...
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:13:37 +0000
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