Jeremy Glick (Flight 93)

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Jeremy Glick (1970 – 11 September 2001) was one of five passengers believed to have tackled the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93, on 11 September 2001.

Glick was US National Collegiate Judo champion in 1993, while he was a student at the University of Rochester[1][2] and later worked as a sales and marketing executive for Vividence, a San Mateo e-consulting company.

[edit] Flight 93

Glick's last words to his wife, on Flight 93, were: "We're going to rush the hijackers." Then he put down the phone.[3][4]

Co-workers and family all stated that they were not surprised that Glick took action. Glick's brother-in-law Douglas Hurwitt said "that was my brother-in-law. He was a take-charge guy."[3] Glick's former boss, Thomas Torf said: "He was a no nonsense kind of guy. He took ownership of things. Very focused. He loved his family. He was a good business man. All of us loved him."[5]

[edit] Posthumous awards

On September 11, 2002, Glick was awarded the Medal for Heroism, the highest civilian honour bestowed by the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR).[6]

Glick was awarded the Arthur Ashe Courage Award in 2002.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Passenger: Jeremy Glick
  2. ^ Jennifer Glick: Jeremy's Heroes foundation commemorates brother - CNN. 9 November 9 2001
  3. ^ a b Heroes: Facing the End - The Fight for Flight 93 - a time.com special report. 2001.]
  4. ^ Jeremy Glick (unitedheroes.com)
  5. ^ Vividence employee, others puts up fight on Flight 93 - San Francisco Business Times. 12 September 2001
  6. ^ SAR presents medals, flag in Somerset ceremony - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. 15 September 2002