THERE ARE FEW opportunities for heroism in the direct marketing industry. But Jeremy Glick, who died on United Airlines Flight 93 Sept. 11, was a hero by any measure.
Glick, 31, was a top salesman for San Mateo, CA-based Vividence, a customer relationship management product and service vendor. He was on board Flight 93 when it was taken over by terrorists.
Overpowered Hijackers
Along with passengers Tom Burnett Jr. and Mark Bingham, Glick, a national collegiate judo champion, interfered with the hijackers and caused the Boeing 757 to crash into a field near Pittsburgh.
The San Francisco-bound flight made a southeast turn over Ohio and is believed to have been headed toward a target in Washington, DC.
Accounts of these actions are based on phone calls made by passengers to friends and loved ones during the flight. These conversations alerted Flight 93’s passengers to the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, giving a clue to the hijackers’ likely plans for the plane. Glick informed his wife Lyzbeth of his plans to overpower the hijackers in one such conversation.
Honors to Come?
Five bills honoring the crew and passengers of United Airlines Flight 93 have been introduced in Congress. Glick is the only individual cited by name in the description of any of them
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