April 17th, 2006
by Culhavoc

Recently David Beamer, Father of UA93’s Todd Beamer, made some quite interesting statements to the media regarding Flight 93.

In an interview with CNN’s Kyra Phillips Beamer is asked why he is not interested in hearing the recording of his son’s (alleged) phone call to a GTE operator:

PHILLIPS: That tape recording was played in the courtroom today, that tape recording that we can never forget. From what I understand, you did not listen to it. And the tape recording I’m talking about is the GTE operator talking with your son when he made that phone call, and you could hear in the background, “Are you ready?” A fellow passenger asked Beamer toward the end of the call. “Let’s roll,” Beamer replied.

Why do you not want to hear that?

BEAMER: Well, we’ve — we know what happened. We know what he said. We know what he did. And maybe some day, I’ll have a listen.

I re-live the events of that day and the actions every day. And it’s, it’s so reassuring, although certainly Todd’s family, Peggy, his mom and I, we’ve all said that we all, we all knew what the passengers and crew did to successfully wage our first counterattack in this — in this war.
(source: David Beamer on CNN - April 12th, 2006)

Beamer’s response illustrates his total lack of interest in hearing his only son’s final phone call. However, that day, when Beamer spoke with a local news affiliate in Jacksonville, FL, he could hardly contain his enthusiasm for the Hollywood feature film “United 93″:

“…it’s a film everyone needs to see. “United 93″ is a movie about the doomed flight on Sept. 11, 2001, that was intended for Washington D.C, but instead crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pa. It’s a story that needs to be told. It’s realistic. It’s violent, David Beamer said. It’s my opinion that every American adult should see it.…”
(source: David Beamer news4jax.com interview - April 12th, 2006)

It’s absurd to believe that David Beamer would refuse to hear his son’s last words and yet promote Hollywood’s version of the story of UA93.

Food for thought:

Legato Names Chief Operating Officer; Industry Veteran to Drive Day-to-Day Operations and Strategic Initiatives.

“Legato Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:LGTO), a worldwide leader in enterprise storage management software, today announced the appointment of David L. Beamer as the company’s new Chief Operating Officer.”
(source: Business Wire/High Beam 02/28/2002)

Pentagon Awards Legato $4.3 Million Contract for Continuity of Operations Solution

“Legato Software, the leader in open software for Information Management, today announced it received a $4.3 million competitive award for business continuance and availability solutions from the Pentagon Renovation Office (PENREN), a large-scale initiative to modernize the Department of Defense’s IT infrastructure. PENREN supports many agencies within the Pentagon, including the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army, Navy, Air Force and the Marine Corps.

The Pentagon Renovation Program - http://renovation.pentagon.mil is charged with transforming the 60-year old headquarters of the United States military into a modern, flexible and efficient work environment. The project requires the phased relocation of 25,000 Pentagon tenants, removing thousands of tons of hazardous materials, modernizing the utility and IT infrastructure and improving force protection and energy efficiency.”
(source: Legato Systems, Inc 12/15/2003)

David L. Beamer (now retired from Legato/EMC)
Executive Vice President and Chief Operation Officer

David L. Beamer serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and is responsible for all corporate and service provider marketing, worldwide sales and international market development. Mr. Beamer joined Legato Systems, Inc. in January of 2001 as the Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Before joining Legato, David was the President and Chief Operating Officer of FileTek Corporation of Rockville, Maryland, a privately held software and systems integration company. Prior to FileTek, Mr. Beamer was with Amdahl Corporation for sixteen years, where he was a corporate officer for six years and served in various sales, marketing, and senior management roles. Before joining Amdahl, he was with IBM Corporation for eight years. Mr. Beamer holds a B.S. in electrical engineering and an M.B.A. in Marketing and Finance from Ohio State University.
(source)

For more on Legato links to 9/11, see “911 Whistleblower Andrew Grove Comes Forward”

-Culhavoc