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[David Smith @digidavey]

She was 27 years old.
And in her final minutes alive, she tried to comfort everyone else.
On September 11, 2001, a young woman picked up an Airfone on a hijacked plane and spoke eight words her family has carried for the rest of their lives:
“This is going to be so much harder for you than it is for me.”
Her name was Honor Elizabeth Wainio.
Everyone called her Lizz.
Two days earlier, she had been in Paris.
She had just returned from Europe — a long-anticipated trip filled with joy. She attended a friend���s wedding in Florence. She walked the Champs-Élysées. She stepped into a church and lit a candle for her grandmother.
She once told her mother that if she ever got to see Paris, she could die happy.
She was 27. A rising district manager for Discovery Channel Stores. Driven. Organized. Warm. The kind of person who lived quickly because she believed there was so much life ahead.
On the morning of September 11, 2001, Lizz boarded United Airlines Flight 93 in Newark, bound for San Francisco.
There were 40 passengers and crew onboard.
At 9:28 a.m., four hijackers stormed the cockpit.
The plane violently dropped 700 feet. Screams filled the cabin. Passengers were forced to the rear of the aircraft.
But something happened on Flight 93 that changed history.
Through phone calls placed from seat-back Airfones and cell phones, passengers learned the unimaginable truth: planes had already struck the World Trade Center. The Pentagon had been hit.
This was not a hostage situation.
It was a coordinated suicide attack.
The people onboard understood before it was too late.
In the chaos, someone handed Lizz a phone.
“Call someone you love.”
She reached her stepmother, Esther.
Her voice, according to family accounts and later investigations, was steady. Clear. Not hysterical. Not broken.
She was trying to protect the person on the other end.
“It just hurts me most,” she said, “that this is going to be so much harder for you than it is for me.”
Pause there.
A 27-year-old woman, facing death at 30,000 feet, worried more about her family’s grief than her own fear.
They spoke for several minutes — about four, according to reports. They breathed together. There were no dramatic speeches. Just love carried through static.
Then Lizz said something else.
“I’m gonna be with Grandma.”
Her grandmother had lived near rural Pennsylvania — not far from where the plane would ultimately crash. Lizz could not have known that.
But in that moment, she found comfort in reunion.
At 9:57 a.m., passengers made a collective decision.
They were going to fight back.
Flight attendant Sandra Bradshaw told her husband she was boiling water to throw at the hijackers. Passenger Todd Beamer prayed the Lord’s Prayer with an operator and said words that would echo across a stunned nation:
“Let’s roll.”
Lizz’s final words came just before the counterattack began.
“They’re getting ready to break into the cockpit. I have to go. I love you. Good-bye.”
At 10:03 a.m., Flight 93 crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
Investigators later concluded the hijackers were likely targeting either the U.S. Capitol or the White House. Because the passengers resisted, the aircraft never reached its intended target.
The 40 passengers and crew were later awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of their courage.
Today, the site is preserved as the Flight 93 National Memorial.
There stands the Tower of Voices — 40 wind chimes, each tuned to a distinct note. When the wind crosses that quiet Pennsylvania field, the chimes do not blend into one sound.
They remain separate.
Individual.
For years, Lizz’s father would call her cellphone just to hear her voicemail greeting. One day, the service was discontinued. The message was gone.
He later said losing her voice a second time felt unbearable.
At the memorial, he listens for a particular chime.
“That’s my daughter,” he says.
Honor Elizabeth Wainio’s story is not only about how she died.
It is about how she chose to live her final minutes.
She had just seen Paris. She had just lit a candle for her grandmother. She had plans. She had momentum. She had a future.
And when the worst moment imaginable arrived, she did not ask for comfort.
She gave it.
In a day remembered for smoke and terror, there were also phone calls filled with grace. There were strangers who became allies. There were ordinary people who refused to surrender quietly.
Thirty thousand feet above the earth, a young woman chose love over panic.
And because of people like her — frightened, human, brave — history shifted.
We remember her.
We remember all forty.

[Hezzi23 @hezzi23]

@FallonTonight @NiallOfficial Or you can use a paper bag from the grocery store. Just tear it down to the size you want to start at.

[Dolly Parton @DollyParton]

A message from the family of Dolly Parton.

[Hezzi23 @hezzi23]

@DJWolter That one looks very much like Minnesota!! Love it!

[Letstalkksports @letstalkksports]

🚨 I’M DONE SUGARCOATING WHAT I’M WATCHING WITH THE INDIANA FEVER. 🚨

Some people are going to HATE this, but after Fever-Liberty, somebody needs to say it:

1. ALIYAH BOSTON — THIS IS NOT MAX-PLAYER BASKETBALL.
The interior defense has been ATROCIOUS. Bigs are catching the ball underneath the damn rim. Add the missed bunnies, shaky footwork and rebounds slipping away — what exactly are we paying max money for? THE STANDARD HAS TO BE HIGHER.

2. STEPHANIE WHITE’S 2-3 ZONE WAS COACHING MALPRACTICE.
New York puts FOUR dangerous shooters on the floor and Indiana decides to sit in a ZONE?! Then watches THREE AFTER THREE AFTER THREE drop and STAYS IN IT.

SIX THREES AND YOU STILL DON’T CHANGE THE DAMN DEFENSE?! WHAT ARE WE PRACTICING?!

3. THE KELSEY MITCHELL OFFENSE IS BECOMING PAINFUL TO WATCH.
Too many possessions are turning into dribble… dribble… dribble… head down… shot. The extra pass disappears. The ball movement dies. Everybody looks like they’re hunting THEIR offense instead of THE offense.

And now for the part that’s REALLY going to piss people off:

4. THE FEVER ARE TURNING CAITLIN CLARK INTO A ROLE PLAYER BECAUSE EVERYBODY SEEMS DETERMINED TO PROVE THIS ISN’T HER TEAM.

I’m calling what I SEE.

You have arguably the most dangerous playmaker in basketball STANDING IN THE CORNER while everybody else gets to audition for lead guard.

Clark finally hits TWO STRAIGHT SHOTS and starts cooking?

SUBBED OUT.

Indiana is within one possession when she leaves. She comes back minutes later and they’re DOWN NINE.

HOW MANY TIMES DOES THE SAME DAMN LESSON HAVE TO BE TAUGHT?!

And I’m going there: THIS IS STARTING TO LOOK LIKE AN INTERNAL POWER STRUGGLE ON THE COURT.

I can’t tell you what Boston, Mitchell or anybody else personally feels about Clark — none of us are in that locker room — but the basketball is giving off a TERRIBLE perception: everybody wants to prove their importance instead of accepting the obvious.

CAITLIN CLARK IS THE ENGINE.

That doesn’t diminish Boston.
That doesn’t diminish Mitchell.
It should make THEIR JOBS EASIER.

But instead of building around Clark’s gravity and playmaking, Indiana keeps finding new ways to minimize it.

THIS TEAM DOESN’T HAVE A TALENT PROBLEM.

🔥 IT HAS AN IDENTITY PROBLEM.
🔥 IT HAS A COACHING PROBLEM.
🔥 IT HAS AN ACCOUNTABILITY PROBLEM.

And until everybody accepts their role and starts playing complementary basketball instead of MY-TURN-YOUR-TURN basketball, the Fever are going to keep wasting one of the biggest advantages in the entire WNBA.

CALL A SPADE A SPADE. THIS IS A MESS.

[Hezzi23 @hezzi23]

@HistoryBoomer And someone will complain that it’s not an accurate depiction of the flag… but it’s so cool!!! Overly excessive and it is awesome! 🗽🇺🇸🧨

[Hezzi23 @hezzi23]

@joncoopertweets You have got to be joking. Can you not be happy about anything? The constant negativity is so exhausting. It’s didn’t look like the crowd there was disappointed.

[Out of Context Human Race @NoContextHumans]

This July 4th clip will live on in infamy:

[Hezzi23 @hezzi23]

@amyklobuchar I don’t think you could because look at all the money that was given to you and what happened with it?

[Hezzi23 @hezzi23]

@SenSchumer @SenateDems So you want scared young women to be able to take this pill to kill the developing baby and then flush it down the toilet? Then they get to think about that pain for the rest of their life. There could be a happy ending to their stress.
Adoption is a great option.

[Aaron Thompson 🎥 @athompsonvideo]

Pitt State seniors Nate Hinrichs & Tristin Hamilton designed and built a custom pacing light system for the track team as their senior project—now enhancing races and fan experience at home meets.

[Hezzi23 @hezzi23]

@JulieLovesFluff She was going to ask your daughter if she feels safe at home with her guardians but her guardian wouldn't leave the room.

[Jennifer 🟥🔴🧙‍♀️🦉🐈‍⬛ 🦖 @babybeginner]

She did it AGAIN!! @Jennifersey just put together another video that has me in tears.

Wait for it.

Sound on.

They block these videos on other platforms bc they don’t want you seeing them. But you can see them here!!

[M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman]

𝐀 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏’𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐆𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐀 — 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐄’𝐒 𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐓 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐄𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄

GB News’ Alex Armstrong laid out the geopolitical map that American media refuses to draw: this war isn’t about toppling Iran. It’s about 𝐫𝐞𝐬��𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 — and America is winning on every front.

Start with oil. The Strait of Hormuz carries 𝟒𝟓% 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚’𝐬 𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲. Trump effectively captured Venezuela’s oil supply in January. As Armstrong put it: “𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘰’𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘵 ��𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯. 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴.” China is in the middle of a tariff negotiation with Trump — and suddenly its entire energy supply depends on American goodwill.

Then Europe. With Russian energy off the table and domestic energy hollowed out by the “𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘰,” Europe is becoming 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐬. Armstrong: “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳���𝘨𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰.”

Armstrong connected the dots to what the Pentagon calls ���𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 — Greenland through the Panama Canal, the entire Western Hemisphere secured as a self-sufficient American economic and security zone. “𝘕𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦-𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢.”

The most striking part was his warning for Britain: “𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘞𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 60% ��𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥.” He described Britain heading toward 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟏,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 as America withdraws from its traditional role.

When a foreign ally’s own news anchors are publicly acknowledging that Trump’s strategy is working — even as it leaves them behind — that tells you everything about who has the leverage.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭: 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬. 𝐇𝐞’𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬.

[Matt Jones @KySportsRadio]

High Point student radio call of the game is what it is all about

[Samantha Smith @SamanthaTaghoy]

19 year old Iranian wrestling champion Saleh Mohammadi was just publicly executed for protesting against the Islamic Regime.

So, to all liberal Westerners:

Watch and learn.

This is what it’s like to ACTUALLY live in a nation with no free speech.

[Hezzi23 @hezzi23]

@RepTeresaLF Yes it probably will suppress deceased voters, and those that are not members of the United States

[Hezzi23 @hezzi23]

@CoachFarquhar @CoachLisle Yes!! No need for the showboat trott, run out the ball untill you are 100% sure it's not an out!

[Hezzi23 @hezzi23]

@AOC We don’t need the victims names. Just list the horrible congress members and how much of the citizens tax dollars were used. The violators need to be removed from the job just like anyone else.

[Rep. Nancy Mace @RepNancyMace]

Every Member of Congress who tells you they voted down my resolution to release the sexual harassment files of Members of Congress to “protect” victims is lying to you.

As a survivor my resolution ensured the protection of all survivors by redacting the names of all victims and all witnesses.

I will not let liars rewrite the truth of other survivors.