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LeRoy Homer
LeRoy Homer was a soft spoken man with an ever-present smile; his friends
described him as having a heart of gold. He grew up as one of nine children,
seven of them girls. LeRoy had dreamed of flying since he was a young boy. As a
child he assembled model airplanes, read every book he could find on aviation,
and at fifteen began flying lessons. He completed his first solo flight at 16
and by the time he entered the US Air Force Academy, he had a private pilot
license.
He graduated from the US Air Force Academy and then began his military career
flying C-141s. He served in Desert Shield and Desert Storm and received
commendation for flying humanitarian operations in Somalia, an assignment that
put his life at risk. During his active service in the US Airforce, LeRoy
achieved the rank of Captain and later became a Major after he entered the US
Airforce Reserves. In 1995, LeRoy joined United Airlines.
It was that same year that LeRoy met Melodie, his future wife. Introduced by
friends, they communicated by telephone and eventually meet for the first time
at LAX airport. The former Melodie Thorpe wondered if she would recognize him on
their 3,000-mile blind date. Easy, he told her that he’d be the one in the
pilot’s uniform. Two years later they were engaged and married in 1998.
On the morning of September 11th, 2001, United Airlines Flight #93 had 37
passengers including the two pilots, five flight attendants and the four
hijackers. The pilots had received messages from United Airlines dispatch that
said “beware of cockpit intrusion. 2 ac [aircraft] have hit the wtc.” Melodie
Homer also sent a message to her husband via the cockpit computer system. When
the cockpit door was breached, FAA’s air traffic control center in Cleveland
could hear LeRoy Homer declaring “Mayday” amid the sounds of a physical struggle
in the cockpit. According to the official transcripts of the cockpit voice
recorder from the flight, the hijacking took place 46 minutes after takeoff, and
the plane turned toward Washington, DC. It was later determined the plane was
headed for the US Capitol.
As the hijackers attempted to fly the aircraft, the passengers and flight
crew using GTE Airfones called family, friends and found out about the other
attacks. The passengers were determined to take back the plane. What they didn’t
realize was the automatic pilot had been manipulated in a way that made it
difficult for the hijackers to fly the Boeing 757. They are heard on the cockpit
voice recorder saying “This does not work now.” and then a minute later “Inform
them, and tell him to talk to the pilot. Bring the pilot back.” The pilots were
the first to fight the terrorists, and along with the crew and passengers saved
Washington, DC from an attack.
Martin Luther King, Jr. said “the ultimate measure of a man is not where he
stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of
challenge and controversy.” We know where LeRoy W. Homer Jr. was standing on
Tuesday, September 11th, 2001.
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