Thompson earned two degrees at the University of Washington and said he has "some use of hands and arms." He said he was able to take a few steps with the aid of a walker and braces a few years ago but that a shoulder injury halted that progress. His lawsuit was settled on insurance-company appeal in 1983 for $3.8 million. Thompson was paralyzed in the 1975 game when he used his head instead of a shoulder as a battering ram while trying to get extra yards for a first down. He sounded good when we talked to him by telephone last Saturday and said he is engaged to be married.
Q: What became of Chris Thompson, the West Seattle football player who was paralyzed in a 1975 game against Lindbergh?Ī: Thompson, 43, has lived in the Los Angeles area for the past 10 years. Here's hoping, too, that a member of the Beamer clan shows up for the school's first graduation in 2005. To me, Beamer is one of the first national heroes of the 21st century and "Let's roll!" is one of the greatest slogans in American history.
Here's hoping the kids do precisely that.
Eberhart indicated that students would have to make that suggestion. I visited the school recently and was surprised to not find "Let's roll!" painted in the gymnasium. It is a member of the South Puget Sound League and has the nickname Titans. The school, organized into three learning "academies," opened last fall without seniors and with a small junior class. Look west (right) when Enchanted Village amusement park is on your left. The Todd Beamer High School campus is visible from southbound I-5. Beamer was heard over a cell phone saying his pet phrase, "Let's roll!" just before he and other passengers rushed the cockpit. Beamer was among the passengers who forced hijacked United Flight 93 to crash in Pennsylvania rather than proceed to the White House or Capitol in Washington, D.C. However, the school sent Beamer's widow, Lisa, a school windbreaker jacket as a goodwill gesture when the school opened.Įberhart said Lisa Beamer is leading a private life and understandably still is grieving as she raises her three young children, the youngest born after Beamer's death. Morgan was her Mr Beamer’s middle name.Q: How much contact has there been between the family of 9/11 hero Todd Beamer and the new high school in Federal Way that was named after him?Ī: Contact has been with the Todd Beamer Foundation and not the family, according to principal Carol Eberhart. All are athletes, like their dad: Dave, three years old when his father died, was a football quarterback Drew, who was one, played soccer, as has their daughter Morgan. The couple’s three children all attended Wheaton College. Ms Beamer co-wrote a book, Let’s Roll! Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage. His widow made 200 public appearances in the six months after the attacks. His exhortation of “Let’s roll!” became a rallying cry. Mr Besmer was a former college baseball and basketball player and is thought to have led other passengers in an attack on the hijackers of Flight 93 that brought the plane down before it could crash in Washington, DC. The couple came back from a trip to Italy on 10 September 2001, a vacation given to Mr Beamer from his company.ĭoug Macmillan, a friend of Mr Beamer, left his job to run the Todd Beamer Foundation, which helps children who lost their parents on that flight.Īfter 9/11, Lisa Beamer became the face of the day’s mourners and a reminder of the day’s heroism.
Brian of the 93rd Bomber Squadron apply a decal with the phrase
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