F 93 LIGHT F 93 LIGHT The Story, the Aftermath, and the Legacy of American Courage on 9/11 T M M OM C ILLAN F G T R OREWORD BY OVERNOR OM IDGE Copyright © 2014 by Tom McMillan ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission should be addressed to Globe Pequot Press, Attn: Rights and Permissions Department, PO Box 480, Guilford, CT 06437. Lyons Press is an imprint of Globe Pequot Press. Project editor: Meredith Dias Layout: Adam Caporiccio Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available on file. ISBN 978-0-7627-9522-2 eISBN 978-1-4930-1421-7 C ONTENTS Copyright Table of Contents In Memoriam Foreword Author’s Note Preface Chapter One: Morning Chapter Two: Mastermind Chapter Three: Forming a Cell Chapter Four: Infiltrators Chapter Five: Final Preparations Chapter Six: Just Living Their Lives Chapter Seven: Zero Hour Chapter Eight: Mayday Chapter Nine: “We’re Going to Do Something” Chapter Ten: Where Is the Plane? Chapter Eleven: One Big Family Chapter Twelve: The FBI Investigates Chapter Thirteen: The “Hick” Coroner Chapter Fourteen: The Tape Chapter Fifteen: “A Common Field One Day . . .” Chapter Sixteen: Ten Years Later Chapter Seventeen: Legacy United Airlines Flight 93 Crew and Passengers Acknowledgments Photographs Sources and Notes General Bibliography Index I M THE CREW AND N EMORIAM PASSENGERS OF FLIGHT 93 Pilots Captain Jason M. Dahl First Officer LeRoy Homer Flight Attendants Lorraine G. Bay CeeCee Ross Lyles Sandy Waugh Bradshaw Deborah Jacobs Welsh Wanda Anita Green Passengers Christian Adams Todd M. Beamer Alan Anthony Beaven Mark Bingham Deora Frances Bodley Marion R. Britton Thomas E. Burnett Jr. William Joseph Cashman Georgine Rose Corrigan Patricia Cushing Joseph DeLuca Patrick Joseph Driscoll Edward Porter Felt Jane C. Folger Colleen L. Fraser Andrew (Sonny) Garcia Jeremy Logan Glick Kristin Osterholm White Gould Lauren Catuzzi Grandcolas Donald Freeman Greene Linda Gronlund Richard J. Guadagno Toshiya Kuge Hilda Marcin Waleska Martinez Nicole Carol Miller Louis J. Nacke II Donald Arthur Peterson Jean Hoadley Peterson Mark David Rothenberg Christine Ann Snyder John Talignani Honor Elizabeth Wainio