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August 21, 2002

A NEW BOOK ABOUT

A NEW BOOK ABOUT FLIGHT 93 is out. At first, I was looking forward to reading about it - learning a little more about the final moments of the heroes on that plane. And then I wondered if Lisa Beamer had anything to do with the book.

Of course, she did. She wrote it.

Lisa Beamer has been in the camera's eye every moment possible after her husband was killed on Flight 93. At first, I chalked it up to being distraught and trying to come to grips with his death. Now I'm leaning more towards media whore - a book, t-shirts, hats, a Foundation, copyrighting the common phrase "Let's roll."

Hell, if you even visit the Todd M. Beamer website, you don't get a picture of Todd - you get one of Lisa. Oh wait, you get a small picture of what is probably Todd from the back. Woopity doo.

Don't get me wrong - Todd Beamer and the others on Flight 93 were heroes that day. Lisa seems determined to cheapen their memory.

Update: Jo informs me that Lisa was on Dateline last night. According to the transcript:

But in the end, this famous widow would just as soon fade into anonymity and honor Todd’s memory by raising his children well.

Uh, Lisa, here's how we fade into anonymity - when Dateline asks for an interview, you say "Thank you, but no."