“Let’s Roll” were the last few words heard by Todd Beamer when he led a charge on United Airlines’ flight 93 against the terrorists that hijacked the plane on September 11, 2001. He was able to reclaim the plane, leading them to crash it into a field in Pennsylvania, saving the hijacker’s intended target.
A major tragedy struck our country that morning and left us all speechless, and paralyzed. Thousands of people lost their lives that day. This was the day where we witnessed bravery from our first responders and our service men and women. This is also the day where our nation came together. It didn’t matter our skin color, ethnicity, or social status. It didn’t matter who the president was. We all put our personal feelings aside and came together as one. We overlooked everything else and focused on the tragedy and the trauma.
Let’s Roll should be something we should strive for, something we should live by. Like Todd and the individuals he lead to deter the aircraft, saving the target and so many potential victims, we too need to take charge and come together not just when there is tragedy but in our everyday life as well. We shouldn’t wait for something major to strike for us to band together, to overlook our differences. That should be a daily practice. If we spend less time pointing out what our president and our government are doing wrong, what our neighbor is doing wrong and focus our attention to what matters, bonding with each other, building each other up, we will build a better tomorrow for ourselves and our children.
