“Are you guys ready? Okay, let’s roll!” ~Todd Beamer, Warrior aboard United Airlines Flight 93
Let’s Roll
It’s been some years since terrorists
Hijacked the planes and crashed
Two of them into buildings
And left our spirits dashed
I’m not going to focus there
The news is sure to dwell
On the sorrow and heartache
Of that pure living hell
Instead I want to talk about
A Warrior that day
Named Todd Beamer who kept his cool
Amid all the dismay
A husband and a father of
Two boys, David and Drew
And Morgan Kay, the little girl
That Beamer never knew
On 9-11, Todd was on
United 93
The fourth plane that was taken by
The terroristic spree
He made a call on his cell phone
And somehow he got through
To someone and informed them of
What he was going to do
He spoke with Lisa Jefferson
Recited the Lord’s Prayer
And then spoke of Psalm 23
To make us all aware
That he was not afraid to die
His faith gave him the strength
And the courage to fight back
To go to any length
To walk through the valley of death
To endure through its shadow
To let go of the fear of what
Awaited him below
He rallied other passengers
To stand up and reclaim
The aircraft from the terrorists
When he did exclaim:
“Are you guys ready?” he asked them
And then he said “Let’s roll”
Leading them up to the cabin
To rush the console
I wonder how many there were
Just paralyzed with fear
Who stayed there in their seats and wished
That they could disappear
Beamer and the ones who rushed
The cabin showed to me
That every single one of us
In life is a trainee
They showed that we do not rise to
What expectations are
Instead we fall to level of
All our training so far
The ones who stood up with courage
Were Warriors before
They set foot on that plane that day
And it took off to soar
They didn’t have a sudden transformation
And become
Heroes, the reason that they
Did not to fear succumb
Is simply ‘cause they didn’t fall
To fear before that day
They dealt with problems with courage
Which is the Warrior’s Way
They trained to deal with turmoil
And that’s why Todd kept calm
We’re told that he sounded at peace
As he recited Pslam
Every single thing you do
In your life greatly matters
It decides if your resolve
Will hold or if it shatters
We must remember not just that
He was a hero there
We should recall what made him that
What gave him strength to bare
It should inspire all of us
To try harder, to train
To bring along that courage as
We set foot on that plane
Todd’s words inspired soldiers who
Were sent to fight the foe
“Let’s roll” became their battle cry
To let the rivals know
That they had trained to have courage
They trained their strength and calm
They’ll keep their cool with whizzing bullets
Or a ticking bomb
Do not dwell just on the death
And two buildings destroyed
Although so tragic, this story
Of hope is not devoid
Focus on the hero who
Stood up to take control
The courage to fear no evil
And calmly said “Let’s roll”
for Todd Beamer and the heroes
of United Airlines Flight 93
