National Park Service Flight 93 National Memorial U.S. Department of the Interior Brief Biographies Passengers and Crew of Flight 93 EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA™ The National Park Service cares for special places saved by the American people so that all may experience our heritage. Page 2 ______________________________________________________________________________ Flight 93 Passengers and Crew Crew Captain Jason M. Dahl First Officer LeRoy Homer Lorraine G. Bay Sandy Waugh Bradshaw Wanda Anita Green CeeCee Ross Lyles Deborah Jacobs Welsh 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 and Unborn Child 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 ™ EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA The National Park Service cares for special places saved by the American people so that all may experience our heritage. Page 3 ______________________________________________________________________________ Captain Jason M. Dahl Age: 43 Hometown: Littleton, CO Occupation: Pilot, United Airlines United Airlines Captain Jason M. Dahl, 43, rearranged his September 11 flight schedule so he could take his wife to London for their upcoming fifth wedding anniversary. When he boarded Flight 93 that morning he carried with him, as always, a small box of rocks, a long-ago gift from his son. After sixteen years with United, Dahl was a Standards Captain, training and evaluating pilots, in addition to flying assigned trips. Dahl joined the Civil Air Patrol in his native San Jose, California at age 13, and flew solo three years later. He graduated from San José State University in 1980 with a degree in aeronautical engineering. In September 2001, Jason was living in Littleton, Colorado with his wife and teenage son. First Officer LeRoy Homer Age: 36 Hometown: Marlton, NJ Occupation: Pilot, United Airlines LeRoy Homer, 36, the First Officer of Flight 93, grew up on Long Island, New York with a love of planes and flying, earning his private pilot's license at age 16. After graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1987, LeRoy served in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm and later flew humanitarian missions to Somalia. His career with United Airlines began in 1995 while he continued serving in the U.S. Air Force Reserves, achieving the rank of Major. LeRoy and his wife settled in Marlton, New Jersey where their first child was born in 2000. EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA™ The National Park Service cares for special places saved by the American people so that all may experience our heritage. Page 4 ______________________________________________________________________________ Lorraine G. Bay Age: 58 Hometown: East Windsor, NJ Occupation: Flight Attendant, United Airlines Philadelphia native Lorraine G. Bay, 58, loved her job as a United Airlines flight attendant. For thirty-seven years, Bay’s twinkling smile and caring ways put passengers at ease. Although she was one of United’s most senior flight attendants, Lorraine preferred to work in the Coach section. She mentored younger flight attendants and never failed to remember her co-workers and family with special cards and unique gifts. Two of Bay’s colleagues received cards postmarked September 11, 2001, indicating that they were mailed that fateful morning. Bay and her husband of twenty-two years made their home in East Windsor, New Jersey. Sandy Waugh Bradshaw Age: 38 Hometown: Greensboro, NC Occupation: Flight Attendant, United Airlines Thirty-eight year old Sandy Waugh Bradshaw, a native of Climax, North Carolina, always wanted to be a Flight Attendant, the perfect career for someone who loved meeting people and traveling. After eleven years in the field, she was now flying only two trips per month, allowing her time at home with her two toddlers, her teenage stepdaughter, and her husband, a pilot for US Airways. When faced with the hijack situation on September 11, Bradshaw called United Airlines to report the emergency and describe the terrorists. Then she called her husband in their Greensboro, North Carolina home. He recalls Sandy saying that she and others on the plane were boiling water to throw on the hijackers. As the call ended, she reported that everyone was running up to first class. EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA™ The National Park Service cares for special places saved by the American people so that all may experience our heritage. Page 5 ______________________________________________________________________________ Wanda Anita Green Age: 49 Hometowns: Oakland, CA/Linden, NJ Occupation: Flight Attendant, United Airlines Wanda Anita Green, 49, was a Flight Attendant with United Airlines for twenty-nine years, fulfilling a dream of flying and seeing the world. According to her mother, Wanda was one of the first African Americans flight attendants with United Airlines. Wanda was a dedicated mother to her two children, a deacon in her church, and active in her local community of Linden, New Jersey. She earned her real estate license and planned to open her own real estate office after retiring from United. Wanda planned to visit her family in Oakland, California during her layover following the September 11 flight to the West Coast. CeeCee Ross Lyles Age: 33 Hometown: Fort Pierce, FL Occupation: Flight Attendant, United Airlines Just nine months before September 11, 2001, CeeCee Ross Lyles, 33, was working as a police officer in her hometown of Fort Pierce, Florida. After several years in law enforcement, she embarked on a new career as a Flight Attendant in January 2001, fulfilling her childhood dream. She and her husband, also a police officer, had been married for little more than a year, forming a family with four sons. During the hijacking of Flight 93, CeeCee phoned her husband, reaching their answering machine. She told him, “I hope to be able to see your face again, baby. I love you. Good-bye.” In a second call five minutes before the crash, the couple spoke and prayed together. Her husband recalls that CeeCee told him, “Tell the boys I love them. We’re getting ready to do it now. It’s happening!” EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA™ The National Park Service cares for special places saved by the American people so that all may experience our heritage. Page 6 ______________________________________________________________________________ Deborah Jacobs Welsh Age: 49 Hometown: New York City, NY Occupation: Flight Attendant, United Airlines As the purser on Flight 93, Deborah Jacobs Welsh, 49, was assigned to First Class and was responsible for overseeing the flight attendants. With more than twenty-five years of experience with three airlines, she was well-qualified to handle the role. The six-foot tall Welsh was raised in Philadelphia, the eldest of six children. She loved to travel and embraced the cultures of the exotic places she visited. She cared deeply about animals, and was compassionate and thoughtful, delivering leftover airline meals and warm winter clothing to homeless people in the Manhattan neighborhood where she lived with her husband. Christian Adams Age: 37 Hometown: Biebelsheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Occupation: Export Director, German Wine Institute Reason for travel: business A Fulbright grant recipient and a well-regarded figure in the wine industry, Christian Adams, 37, was en route to San Francisco on September 11 for an event promoting German wines. Holding degrees in viticulture, wine making, and marketing from universities in Germany and from the University of California at Davis, Adams was responsible for worldwide promotion of his country’s wines for the German Wine Institute in Mainz, Germany. A colleague from the German Wine Information Bureau in New York recalled Adams’ thoughtful, quiet manner and his depth of knowledge of the wine business. Adams, a resident of Biebelsheim, Germany, is survived by his wife and two children. EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA™ The National Park Service cares for special places saved by the American people so that all may experience our heritage. Page 7 ______________________________________________________________________________ Todd M. Beamer Age: 32 Hometown: Cranbury, NJ Occupation: Account Manager, Oracle Corporation Reason for travel: business Todd M. Beamer, 32, an account manager for Oracle, a computer software company, left his Cranberry, New Jersey home on September 11 for a one-day business trip to San Francisco. Beamer was raised in the Chicago area and graduated from Wheaton College and earned an MBA from DePaul University. Caught up in the hijacking of Flight 93, Beamer tried to reach his wife by Airfone. When the call was not connected, Beamer dialed “0” and reached an Airfone customer service representative who says that Beamer calmly provided critical information about events on the plane and relayed messages for his pregnant wife and two children. At Beamer’s request, the representative joined him in praying the Lord’s Prayer. At the end of his call, she says she heard him say to others on the plane, “Are you ready? Okay. Let’s roll.” Alan Anthony Beaven Age: 48 Hometown: Oakland, CA Occupation: Attorney with firm of Berman DeValerio Pease Tabacco Burt & Pucillo Reason for travel: business Alan Anthony Beaven, 48, practiced law in his native New Zealand, then in England, New York, and most recently, California. After working as a prosecutor for Scotland Yard and as a securities and anti-trust attorney, Alan moved to Oakland, California where he found his niche in environmental litigation. His passions were his family, his spiritual journey, and protecting the Bay Area’s water quality, tirelessly prosecuting violators of the Clean Water Act. On September 11, Alan was flying to California to handle one last case.