Lisa Beamer (née Brosious; born April 10, 1969) is an American writer. The widow of Todd Beamer, a hero of the United Airlines Flight 93 crash as part of the September 11 attacks against the United States in 2001, she has become best known for her actions following the disaster.
She is a 1991 graduate of Wheaton College; she gave the 2011 commencement address at Wheaton.[1]
Post-9/11 careeredit
At the time of the attacks, Lisa Beamer was five months pregnant with her daughter, Morgan Kay, who was born on January 9, 2002. In the immediate aftermath of the attacks, the pregnant Beamer had a high profile, with more than 200 media appearances in six months.[2] She was introduced by President George W. Bush at a commemoration ceremony. Shortly after the attacks, she set up the Todd M. Beamer Memorial Foundation, which was initially run by a family friend.[3] The organization sought to trademark the phrase "Let's Roll," which was the subject of some criticism after some accused her of seeking to profit from her husband's death.[4][5][6]
In 2003, Beamer and co-author Ken Abraham wrote a book about Todd and her attempts to deal with her grief over his death, Let's Roll!: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage,[7] about Todd and Beamer's life before the crash and her life since. Royalties from the book were donated to the Todd M. Beamer Foundation, which was founded in 2001 by Beamer and others to help children who have suffered trauma. The organization was later renamed Heroic Choices. As of 2007, Heroic Choices was struggling to maintain financial viability. According to the Board Chair, "[as with any charity created after 9/11], the farther you get away from the event, the more difficult it is to raise funds."[8]
Referencesedit
^Meyer, Erin (7 May 2011). "Widow of 9/11 hero cheered at Wheaton College". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
^"Hero Widow': The Making of Lisa Beamer's 9/11 Celebrity". American Studies Journal 62 (2017). March 14, 2020.
^"'Let's roll' rallying cry sparks several Web sites". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 4, 2001.
^"Iconic 9/11 figures: Where are they now? - US news - 9/11: Nine Years Later | NBC News". NBC News. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
^Weber, Cynthia (2008). "Popular visual language as global communication: the remediation of United Airlines Flight 93". In Constantinou, Costas M.; Richmond, Oliver P.; Watson, Alison (eds.). Cultures and Politics of Global Communication: Volume 34, Review of International Studies. Cambridge University Press. pp. 141–143. ISBN9780521727112. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
^Rall, Ted (2006). America Gone Wild: Cartoons by Ted Rall. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN9780740760457. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
^Beamer, Lisa; Ken Abraham (2003). Let's Roll: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage. Tyndale House Publishers. ISBN0-8423-7418-3.
^Hrywna, Mark (February 1, 2007). "On Shaky Financial Ground, Beamer Foundation Struggles to Remain Viable (reprint)". The Non-profit Times. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
April 15, 2024
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