Given that there is no actual recording of the call between Beamer and Jefferson, and the transcript contradicts Jefferson’s own account of events, we rate it as “False.” While elements of the “transcript” circulating online are pulled from the actual conversation and include correct information, other portions of the transcript are incorrect.
This fake transcript is accurate in some instances, particularly when using Jefferson’s and numerous media accounts of Beamer’s very last words, which were “Let’s roll.” At that point he and other passengers were about to try to take back the flight from the hijackers. Most of the quoted material comes from FBI reports and notes, but is not a direct transcript of a recording unless specifically noted as such.” Beamer’s call was pulled from FBI notes from interviews conducted with Jefferson, and notes from the published report of the 9/11 Commission. The memorial website notes that only three of the calls from Flight 93 had recorded transcripts. In a memorandum uploaded by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, on the National Archives website, Jefferson told members of the Commission in a 2004 briefing that she “took notes but only a few basic notes on a small post-it pad.” The FBI took the notes but gave her no further information, she said.Ī National Memorial to Flight 93 in Pennsylvania also detailed information from the call, pulled from the 9/11 Commission files: “‘Beamer asked if he could be connected with his wife, or if that was not possible, if a message could be passed to his wife telling her that he loved her.’ The second GTE/Airfone operator said she could hear “screams, prayers, exclamations, and talk of subduing the highjackers …At approximately 9 am CST (10 am EST), Beamer said that the passengers were about to attack the highjackers.” As for that I would have had to leave where I was on the floor To go in my office to record it, and at that point, I told him, I said I’m not gonna leave you Todd, I’m gonna stay right here with you I didn’t want him to hang up. Lisa Beamer asked Jefferson if she happened to have a tape of the last call from Todd, to which Jefferson replied: “No, actually, no I don’t.
These transcripts were released from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), according to Fenton.
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Our country is under attack….and I’m afraid that your plane may be part of their plan.Īs shown in documents uploaded by the 9/11 Document Archive on Scribd - run by Kevin Fenton, the author of “ Disconnecting the Dots: How 9/11 Was Allowed to Happen,” - the transcripts referenced include Jefferson’s own recollections, and recordings of conversations between Jefferson and Lisa Beamer, Todd’s widow. It crashed into the Pentagon in Washington DC. Lisa: A third plane was taken over by terrorists. Lisa: Todd….I have to tell you the truth….it’s very bad. She told him that hijackers had crashed two planes into the World Trade Center……Lisa is that true? A guy, Jeremy, was talking to his wife just before the hijacking started. A few passengers with cell phones have made calls to relatives. It claims that Jefferson told Beamer about the other flights that had crashed into the Twin Towers, as per this excerpt: The transcript includes fake dialogue that never actually occurred.Ī key element of the “transcript” is particularly questionable.
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We learned that while elements of this “transcript” were pulled from Jefferson’s account of the conversation, testimonials from the time, and other sources, there was no recorded version of the full conversation. Many shared the alleged transcript of that call from an article on Eternity News, which appears to be a Christian-focused website, claiming it was the full conversation between the two of them. The passenger, Beamer, who was part of a group trying to take the plane back from the hijackers, called GTE, the company that provided the phone service on United Airlines flights. An article began circulating that purported to be the full transcript of a call between a Todd Beamer, a passenger on that flight, and a phone operator. On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, many remembered the heroic efforts of the passengers to prevent the hijacking of United Airlines Flight 93, which was taken over by al-Qaida and ended up crashing in an empty field in Pennsylvania.