Mark Bingham: A Hero Can Change The World

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Heros are courage people who risk their lives or can change the world. Everyone has a hero who has done something memorable or selfless. A hero is an individual who others strive to become in their lives. Mark Bingham was and will always be an influential hero who gave his life to save many others on September 11th, 2001. The life of this hero was that of an ordinary an American until one day it changed. Mark Bingham was born on May 22nd, 1970. He was an only child with divorced parents. He grew up in Miami, Florida and Southern California. In 1988 he graduated from Los Gatos high school. At this time he had been the 2 year captain of the rugby team. He then went on the play rugby at the University of California while getting his undergraduate …show more content…

On the morning of September 11th 2001, Mark Bingham almost missed his fight on September 11th. He arrived at Terminal A at 7:40am and was the last passenger to board United Airlines flight 93. United Flight 93 was set to depart at 8:00 but the plane did not depart until 42 minutes later due to runway traffic delays. United flight 93 was at cruising altitude when the World Trade Center was hit. At 9:28am the cockpit was intruded and the pilots killed. Then the plane changed crouse and started heading for Washington D.C. The passengers were crowded at the back of then plane when they called their loved ones and learned about the World Trade Center. “According to Hoglan, Bingham said, ‘Hi mom, I love you very much, I’m calling from the plane. We’ve been taken over. There are three men that say that they have a bomb’”(Wikipedia). Then the passengers decided to act. They got soda cans and boiling water and ran towards the cockpit. Startling the terrorist with the suspected bomb and pouring boiling water onto the head of the terrorist located in first class. The passengers of Flight 93 including Mark Bingham rammed the food cart against the cockpit doors. This brought Flight 93 down to the ground into an empty field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Mark Bingham and many others were heroes on September 11th, 2001. His actions and many others on flight 93 saved the lives of thousands of

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