Mike Gullatt 🦬🇺🇸

Husband, dad, C12 Chair, exercise junky, Sooner Proud, I Am Third. Romans 6:23. #ENDALZ. Lights Out. RT's are not endorsements. Then again, maybe they are.

[Gary Sinise @GarySinise]

Thank you to all who fought and sacrificed in freedoms defense all those years ago. Incredible footage here. Blessed that both my uncles survived and will never forget the over 400,000 who did not come home.

[Protecting Texas Children @protect_txchild]

Because in this case, the Rangers reflect real Texas values.

That’s why.

[Kelly @kellytx2]

Bravo!! 🙌 The Texas Rangers choosing Faith and Family Day over Pride Night … that’s MY team!
Standing strong for what really matters. God bless the Rangers!

[lyncey 🇬🇧 yorkshire 💋 @lyncey_gilbe]

Never ever forget #DDay

[The Iceman @the_iceman64]

90% of the soldiers on the first boats to hit the beach didn't live to see the end of the day. Look at those faces. Some of them never made it to 18.

Never forget that they paid the ultimate price for our freedom. We live our lives the way we do because of them.

[Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian @DrHelenFry]

Do please post something today on your X page, in honour of our Allied heroes.

They deserve to be remembered on the 82nd anniversary of D-Day.

[Eric Nelson ☘️ @starside8]

Bravo Texas Rangers!

[TalkRadio 77 WABC @77WABCradio]

JUST IN: The Rangers Will Not Hold a Pride Night This Season, Opting Instead to Celebrate Faith & Family Day

[Military History Now @MilHistNow]

On this day in 1944, 150,000 Allied soldiers are being loaded onto ships all across southern England. Tomorrow, they'll take part in history's greatest invasion.

“At that time, we didn't know it was D-Day," one veteran would later recall. "We just knew we had a job to do.”

[Mike Gullatt 🦬🇺🇸 @MikeGullatt]

@RT_N_NW @kershaw_alex @RobManess Outstanding book. Truly shows the human impact back at home.

[Mike Gullatt 🦬🇺🇸 @MikeGullatt]

@BreannaMorello Go Rangers!

[Bob Pompeani @KDPomp]

If you were not there, some of tonight’s #Pirates Drone show celebrating the USA 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Sage Steele @sagesteele]

❤️🤍💙🙏🏽

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

Memorial Day isn’t about barbecues or beach days—it’s about those American heroes who gave everything for our freedom.

THIS 70-SECOND VIDEO CAPTURES WHAT THE DAY IS TRULY ABOUT. 🇺🇸

[XX-XY Athletics @xx_xyathletics]

One year later.
We’re still doing this.
Weak adults who refuse to do the right thing.

[Alexis Wilkins @AlexisWilkins]

💕✨

[🇺🇸Lady Vet @CoVet_81]

Toby Keith was one of the greatest. His love for this country was undeniable, and we need that kind of patriotism now more than ever. 🇺����

We miss you, Toby. You were taken too soon. Rest in peace. 🙏

[Scott Turner @SecretaryTurner]

Good Friday is good, because God is good.

And remember, Sunday is coming.

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

He was thirty-two years old, a husband, a father of two little boys, and expecting a daughter in just a few months.

In his final moments, knowing he would never meet her, Todd Beamer could have begged for mercy.

Instead, he organized a resistance, prayed with a stranger, and spoke two words the world would never forget.

It was September 11, 2001. United Airlines Flight 93 took off from Newark at 8:42 a.m., delayed and routine, heading for San Francisco. On board were 44 people: passengers, crew, and four hijackers. Among the passengers was Todd Beamer, traveling for work and planning to surprise his pregnant wife, Lisa, on her birthday.

At 9:28 a.m., chaos erupted.

Hijackers stormed the cockpit. The plane jolted violently. Screams echoed through the cabin. Within minutes, Flight 93 was turned around and redirected east, toward Washington, D.C. The pilots were gone. Control of the aircraft was no longer in the hands of those trained to fly it.

Todd Beamer picked up the seat-back Airfone. He didn’t call his wife. He didn’t call a friend. He reached a customer service center and was connected to Lisa Jefferson, a GTE supervisor. What followed was a thirteen-minute call that would become part of history.

Todd spoke with clarity and composure. He described the hijackers, the weapons, the layout of the cabin, the absence of the pilots. Lisa listened, documented everything, and stayed with him. As other passengers on Flight 93 made calls of their own, a devastating truth came into focus. The World Trade Center had been hit. The Pentagon had been struck. This was not an isolated hijacking. Their plane was part of a coordinated attack.

Todd understood what that meant.

Doing nothing would not save them. Compliance would not bring negotiations. The aircraft itself was intended to become a weapon. Whatever target lay ahead would suffer massive loss of life unless something changed.

Todd asked Lisa to do something deeply personal. If he didn’t survive, would she call his family and tell them how much he loved them?

He had every reason to be terrified. His wife was seven months pregnant. His sons were three years old and one year old. He would never meet his daughter. He would never see his children grow. But fear did not paralyze him. It focused him.

Todd joined with other passengers, including Tom Burnett, Mark Bingham, and Jeremy Glick. They spoke quietly. They compared information. They weighed the risks. They understood the outcome either way. Remaining seated meant certain death and catastrophic consequences on the ground. Fighting back meant danger, injury, and likely death — but it also meant the chance to stop the attack.

Over the phone, Lisa could hear the resolve forming.

Todd returned to the call and asked one final thing. He asked Lisa to pray with him. At thirty thousand feet, facing the end of his life, he recited the Lord’s Prayer with a stranger. His voice did not shake. When the prayer ended, he paused, then turned back to the others.

“Are you ready, guys?”
“Okay.”
“Let’s roll.”

Lisa stayed on the line as movement erupted in the background. Shouting. Struggle. The sound of passengers rushing forward. At 10:03 a.m., United Flight 93 crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Everyone on board was killed.

But the plane never reached Washington.

Investigators later concluded Flight 93 was likely headed for the U.S. Capitol or the White House. Because of what happened inside that cabin, that attack never occurred. Countless lives were spared by people who knew they might not survive and chose to act anyway.

The 9/11 Commission later described the actions of the passengers of Flight 93 as the first successful counterattack of that day. It was not led by soldiers or commanders. It was led by ordinary people who refused to be passive.

Todd Beamer’s daughter, Morgan, was born four months later. She grew up knowing who her father was and what he chose.