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Student aboard Flight 93 on Sept. 11 honored

Friday, February 26, 2010

One of the heroes on board one of the hijacked airplanes on Sept. 11 has been honored in northeast Fresno in a way that will allow future generations to remember him.

Skaters got to try out the new Todd Beamer Park at Maple and Plymouth Friday.

The park is named after a former Fresno state student who died about United Airlines flight 93 on September 11, 2001.

Todd beamer was a former Fresno State student.

He is remembered for saying "let's roll" and leading passengers to try to overtake the hijackers on their plane.

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