KING: What was it like, Ty, to play Alice's son? Actually, the people in the people in the department started standing around me and crowding around me because they knew I was on the phone with someone and his plane had just been hijacked. KING: I mean did you grab another phone and call somebody else? KING: Did you call - did you tell anyone else you were on the phone with him? We had - Verizon had public telephones in the seatback of the airplanes and he pressed zero and came into the call center in Oakbrook, Illinois. I felt like I was actually on the plane with them. LISA JEFFERSON, VERIZON AIR PHONE OPERATOR: It was an experience that I'll never forget. KING: And, Lisa, what was it like for you to be the phone supervisor who spoke and prayed with them? HAMILTON PETERSON, FATHER AND STEPMOTHER KILLED ON FLIGHT 93: It certainly does, Larry, and there's much for us to be proud regarding Flight 93 and everyone else who suffered that tragic day. The memory is still there.ĮSTHER HEYMANN, STEPDAUGHTER ELIZABETH WANINO KILLED ON FLIGHT 93: It's extremely intense still and I imagine it will be for my lifetime. Since I lost Mark, I'm not the same person I was and, no, the short answer is no. I live - I live September 11th and the issues involved with September 11th. He plays Alice Hoglan's son Mark Bingham in the A&E network movie Flight 93 and, Brennan Elliott who plays Todd Beamer on A&E's Flight 93.Īlice, is memory fading? ALICE HOGLAN, SON MARK BINGHAM KILLED ON UNITED FLIGHT 93: Well, not for me, Larry. Information about the Flight 93 Memorial is on the Internet, Ty Olsson is with us here in Los Angeles. He's the president of Families of Flight 93. In Washington is Hamilton Peterson, his father and stepmother, Donald and Jean Peterson, died aboard Flight 93. Elizabeth borrowed a cell phone and called Esther before the plane crashed. In Tampa, Florida is Esther Heymann, her stepdaughter Elizabeth Wanino died aboard that flight. Mark was one of the passengers who fought back against the terrorists.Īlso here is Lisa Jefferson, the Verizon phone supervisor who spoke and prayed with Todd Beamer before he and other Flight 93 passengers stormed the cockpit. In Los Angeles, Alice Hoglan, she lost her son Mark Bingham aboard Flight 93. And, with the help of clips from the A&E movie Flight 93, we will tell their stories. Tonight, some of their family members join us. One of those flights failed thanks mostly to the heroic passengers onboard. Terrorists hijacked four planes with plans to crash them into strategic targets in New York and Washington. KING: Hello and welcome, marked an unprecedented attack on the United States. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: United 93, United 93 if you hear the center ident. Inside Flight 93 is next on LARRY KING LIVE. Tonight, relive their terror and their courage with loved ones who talked to them and strangers who prayed with them. LARRY KING, CNN HOST: Tonight, the passengers who fought back on United Flight 93 were parents and spouses, sons and daughters and on 9/11 they were heroes. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
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