God Bless the usA

If tomorrow all the things were gone

I'd worked for all my life

And I had to start again

With just my children and my wife

I'd thank my lucky stars

To be living here today

Cause the flag still stands for freedom

And they can't take that away

And I'm proud to be an American

Where at least I know I'm free

But I won't forget the men who died

Who gave that right to me

And I gladly stand up

Next to you

And defend her still today

Cause there ain't no doubt

I love this land

God Bless the U.S.A.



From the lakes of Minnesota

To the hills of Tennessee

Across the plains of Texas

From sea to shining sea

From Detroit down to Houston

And New York to L.A.

There's pride in every American heart

And it's time we stand and say



And I'm proud to be an American

Where at least I know I'm free

And I won't forget the men who died

Who gave that right to me

And I gladly stand up

Next to you

And defend her still today

Cause there ain't no doubt

I love this land

God Bless the U.S.A.

And I'm proud to be an American

Where at least I know I'm free

And I won't forget the men who died

Who gave that right to me

And I gladly stand up

Next to you

And defend her still today

Cause there ain't no doubt

I love this land

God Bless the U.S.A.

 





The Horror and the Heroes

Then there is the story of United Airlines Flight 93, which started to come to light yesterday. Jeremy Glick, one of the hijacked passengers, called his wife from the aircraft to say that a group of passengers meant to fight their capturers, even though it would surely cost their lives. Thomas Burnett, another passenger, called his wife and said the same. More details may yet be discovered, but it appears that unarmed citizens took on the knife-wielding hijackers. Instead of hitting the terrorists' intended target, apparently in Washington, the airliner crashed into a field near Pittsburgh

United Airlines' Partial Passenger List

United Airlines Flight 93, bound from Newark, N.J., to San Francisco, crashed in rural southwest Pennsylvania. Here is a partial list of those killed, according to family members, friends, co-workers and law enforcement officials.

 

Crew:

Jason Dahl, Denver, captain

Leroy Homer, Marlton, N.J., first officer

Lorraine Bay, flight attendant

Sandra Bradshaw, 38, Greensboro, N.C., flight attendant

Wanda Green, flight attendant

CeeCee Lyles, Fort Myers, Fla., flight attendant

Deborah Welsh, flight attendant

Passengers:

Christian Adams

Todd Beamer

Alan Beaven

Mark Bingham, 31, San Francisco, public relations executive

Deora Bodley

Marion Britton

Thomas E. Burnett Jr., 38, San Ramon, Calif., senior vice president and chief operating officer, Thoratec Corp.

William Cashman

Georgine Corrigan

Joseph Deluca

Patrick Driscoll

Edward Felt

Colleen Fraser

Andrew Garcia

Jeremy Glick

Lauren Grandcolas, San Rafael, Calif., sales worker at Good Housekeeping magazine

Donald F. Greene, 52, Greenwich, Conn.

Linda Gronlund

Richard Guadagno

Toshiya Kuge

Waleska Martinez

Nicole Miller

Mark Rothenberg

Christine Snyder, 32, Kailua, Hawaii

John Talignani

Honor Wainio

United Airlines Flight 175, bound from Boston to Los Angeles, crashed into the World Trade Center. Here is a partial list of those killed, according to family members, friends, co-workers and law enforcement officials.

Crew:

Victor J. Saracini, 51, Lower Makefield Township, Pa., captain

Michael Horrocks, first officer

Robert Fangman, flight attendant

Amy Jarret, 28, North Smithfield, R.I., flight attendant

Amy King, flight attendant

Kathryn Laborie, flight attendant

Alfred Marchand, 44, Alamogordo, N.M., flight attendant

Michael Tarrou, flight attendant

Alicia N. Titus, 28, San Francisco, flight attendant

Passengers:

Alona Avraham

Garnet "Ace" Bailey, 53, Lynnfield, Mass., director of pro scouting, Los Angeles Kings

Mark Bavis, 31, West Newton, Mass., Los Angeles Kings scout

Graham Berkeley

Klaus Bothe, 31, chief of development, BCT Technology AG, Germany

Daniel Brandhorst

David Brandhorst

John Cahill, Wellesley, Mass.

Christoffer Carstanjen, 33, Turner Falls, Mass., computer research specialist at University of Massachusetts

John Corcoran

Dorothy Dearaujo

Gloria de Barrera

Lisa Frost, 22, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.

Ronald Gamboa, 33, Los Angeles

Lynn Goodchild, 25, Attleboro, Mass.

Francis Grogan

Carl Hammond

Peter Hanson, 32, Groton, Mass.

Susan Hanson, 35, Groton, Mass.

Christine Hanson, 3, Groton, Mass.

Gerald Hardacre

Eric Hartono

James E. Hayden, 47, Westford, Mass.

Roberta Jalbert

Ralph Kershaw

Heinrich Kimmig, 43, chairman of BCT Technology AG, Germany

Brian Kinney, 29, Lowell, Mass.

Robert LeBlanc, 70, Lee, N.H., professor emeritus of geography, University of New Hampshire

Maclovio "Joe" Lopez Jr., 41, Norwalk, Calif.

Marianne MacFarlane

Louis Neil Mariani, 59, Derry, N.H.

Juliana Valentine McCourt, 4, New London, Conn.

Ruth McCourt, 45, New London, Conn.

Wolfgang Menzel, 60, personnel manager, BCT Technology AG, Germany

Shawn Nassaney, 25, Pawtucket. R.I.

Patrick Quigley

Frederick Rimmele, Marblehead, Mass., physician

Jesus Sanchez, 45, Hudson, Mass., off-duty flight attendant

Kathleen Shearer

Robert Shearer

Jane Simpkin

Brian D. Sweeney, 38, Barnstable, Mass.

 

American Airlines Flight 77, bound from Dulles to Los Angeles, crashed into the Pentagon. Here is a nearly complete list of those killed, according to family members, friends, co-workers and law enforcement officials.

Crew:

Charles Burlingame, captain

David Charlebois, 39, Washington, first officer

Michele Heidenberger, 57, Chevy Chase, flight attendant

Jennifer Lewis, 38, Culpeper, Va., flight attendant

Kenneth Lewis, 49, Culpeper, Va., flight attendant

Renee May, flight attendant

Passengers:

Paul Ambrose, 32, physician

Yemen Betru

M.J. Booth

Bernard Brown, 11, Washington, student at Leckie Elementary School

Suzanne Calley

William Caswell, 54, Silver Spring, Navy physicist

Sarah Clark, 65, Columbia, teacher at Backus Middle School in the District

Asia Cottom, 11, Washington, student at Backus Middle School

James Debeuneure, 58, Upper Marlboro, teacher at Ketcham Elementary School in the District

Rodney Dickens, 11, Washington, student at Ketcham Elementary School

Eddie Dillard

Charles Droz

Barbara G. Edwards, 58, teacher in Las Vegas

Charles S. Falkenberg, 45, University Park, software engineer for ECOlogic Corp.

Zoe Falkenberg, 8, University Park, student

Dana Falkenberg, 3, University Park

James Ferguson, 39, Washington, National Geographic Society education outreach director

Bud Flagg, Corona, Calif., retired Navy admiral and pilot for American Airlines

Dee Flagg, Corona, Calif.

Richard Gabriel

Ian Gray, 55, Washington, president of health care consultant firm McBee Associates

Stanley Hall, 68, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Raytheon Co.

Bryan Jack, of the Washington area, Pentagon budget analyst

Steven D. "Jake" Jacoby, 43, Alexandria, chief operating officer, Metrocall Inc.

Ann Judge, Great Falls, National Geographic Society travel coordinator

Chandler Keller

Yvonne Kennedy

Norma Khan, 45, Reston, nonprofit organization manager

Karen A. Kincaid, 40, Washington, D.C., lawyer, Wiley Rein & Fielding

Norma Langsteuerle

Dong Lee, 48, Leesburg, Boeing Co. engineer

Dora Menchaca

Christopher Newton, 38, president and CEO of Work/Life Benefits of Cypress, Calif.

Barbara Olson, 45, Great Falls, TV commentator and lawyer

Ruben Ornedo

Lisa J. Raines, 42, Great Falls, senior vice president at Genzyme Corp.

Todd H. Reuben, 40, Potomac, lawyer, Venable LLP

John Sammartino, 37, Annandale, engineer at XonTech Inc.

Diane Simmons

George Simmons

Mari-Rae Sopper

Robert Speisman, 47, Irvington, N.Y.

Hilda Taylor, Forestville, teacher at Leckie Elementary School in Washington

Leonard Taylor, technical group manager at XonTech Inc.

Sandra Teague

Leslie A. Whittington, 45, University Park, Georgetown University professor

John Yamnicky

Vicki Yancey, 43, Springfield, with Vredenburg

Shuyin Yang

Yuguag Zheng

American Airlines Flight 11, bound from Boston to Los Angeles, crashed into the World Trade Center. Here is a partial list of those killed, according to family members, friends, co-workers and law enforcement officials.

Crew:

John Ogonowski, 52, Dracut, Mass., captain

Thomas McGuinness, 42, Portsmouth, N.H., first officer

Barbara Arestegui, flight attendant

Jeffrey Collman, flight attendant

Sara Low, 28, Batesville, Ark., flight attendant

Karen Martin, flight attendant

Kathleen Nicosia, flight attendant

Betty Ong, flight attendant

Jean Roger, flight attendant

Dianne Snyder, 42, Westport, Mass., flight attendant

Madeline Sweeney, flight attendant

Passengers:

Anna Williams Allison, 48, Stoneham, Mass.

David Angell, 54, Pasadena, Calif., executive producer, NBC's "Frasier"

Lynn Angell, Pasadena, Calif.

Seima Aoyama

Myra Aronson

Christine Barbuto

Berry Berenson, 53, Los Angeles, actress and photographer

Carolyn Beug, 48, Santa Monica, Calif.

Carol Bouchard, 43, Warwick, R.I., Kent County Hospital emergency room secretary

Robin Caplin, Natick, Mass.

Neilie Casey

Jeffrey Coombs, 42, Abington, Mass.

Tara Creamer, 30, Worcester, Mass.

Thelma Cuccinello, 71, Wilmot, N.H.

Patrick Currivan

Andrew Curry Green, Chelmsford, Mass.

Brian Dale

David DiMeglio, Wakefield, Mass.

Donald Ditullio

Albert Dominguez

Alex Filipov, 70, Concord, Mass.

Carol Flyzik, 40, Plaistow, N.H., medical computer equipment demonstrator for Meditech

Paul Friedman

Karleton D.B. Fyfe, 31, Brookline, Mass.

Peter Gay, 54, Tewksbury, Mass., Raytheon Co.

Linda George

Edmund Glazer, 41, Chatsworth, Calif., chief financial officer, MRV Communications Inc.

Paige Farley Hackel, 46, Newton, Mass.

Peter Hashem

Robert Hayes

Ted Hennessey, 35, Belmont, Mass.

John Hofer

Cora Holland

Nicholas Humber

Robert Jalbert, 61, Swampscott, Mass.

John Jenkins

Charles Jones, 48, Bedford, Mass.

Robin Kaplan

Barbara Keating

David Kovalcin, 42, Hudson, N.H., Raytheon Co.

Judy Larocque

Jude Larson, 31, Los Angeles

Natalie Larson, Los Angeles

N. Janis Lasden

Danny Lee

Daniel C. Lewin, 31, co-founder of Akamai Technologies

Chris Mello, 25, Boston

Jeff Mladenik

Antonio Montoya

Carlos Montoya

Laura Lee Morabito, 34, Framingham, Mass., national sales manager for Qantas Airways

Mildred Naiman

Laurie Neira

Renee Newell, 37, Cranston, R.I., American Airlines customer service agent

Jacqueline Norton, 60, Lubec, Maine, retiree

Robert Norton, 82, Lubec, Maine

Jane Orth, Haverhill, Mass.

Thomas Pecorelli

Bernthia Perkins

Sonia Morales Puopolo, 58, of Massachusetts, former ballet dancer

David Retik, Needham, Mass.

Philip Rosenzweig, Massachusetts

Richard Ross, 58, Newton, Mass.

James Roux, 43, Portland, Maine, attorney

Jessica Sachs, 22, Billerica, accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers

Heath Smith

Douglas Stone, 54, New Hampshire

Xavier Suarez

James Trentini

Mary Trentini

Mary Wahlstrom, 75, Kaysville, Utah

Kenneth Waldie, 46, Methuen, Mass., Raytheon Co.

John Wenckus

Candace Lee Williams, 20, Danbury, Conn.

 

 

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