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Let's Roll: The 9/11 Commission Report was presented yesterday, and everyone can get a free copy. If you want to look for a specific word, or find out what the 9/11 Commission Report says about any topic, there's a searchable version here.

We searched the 9/11 Commission Report for "Let's Roll". Remember the famous quote that was attributed to Todd Beamer, one of the passengers associated with the disruption of the highjacking of Flight 93? According to CNN:
The battle aboard the plane was burned into history by the story of one passenger, Todd Beamer, who used an onboard phone to call the FBI. At the end of his call, the operator overhead him say to other passengers, "Let's roll."
President Bush used the "Let's Roll" catchphrase in his 2002 State of the Union Address, at which Todd Beamer's widow was an invited guest. And, Lisa Beamer wrote a book, Let's Roll, but it doesn't mention the legal battles of the Todd M. Beamer Foundation to trademark the slogan.

"Let's roll" is not mentioned in the 9/11 Commission Report, which notes interviews with people who took calls from passengers, including Todd Beamer. The report provides new details about the crash of Flight 93. During the passengers' attempts to thwart the terrorists and enter the cockpit of Flight 93, someone yelled, "Roll it!" It's not clear who yelled that, or what was meant, or if "Roll it!" was what the air-phone operator overheard during the call from Todd Beamer.

The foundation originally named for Todd M. Beamer doesn't use the slogan "Let's Roll" anymore--and it has a new name.
In 2004, the Foundation changed its name to Heroic Choices. Heroic Choices remains true to the spirit of Todd Beamer as we move beyond the events of Sept. 11, 2001 turning tragedy into triumph for children who have suffered from trauma to help them for the rest of their lives.
According to a recent press release, the foundation's new CEO, Alice Mae Britt, "will lead Heroic Choices as it makes the transition from a service for children traumatized by Sept. 11 to one that provides grief counseling, mentoring and resiliency-building for eligible youths in the New York region and eventually across the United States, she said. The organization has been renamed Heroic Choices to reflect its expanded mission."

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