Flight 93’s “Let’s Roll” Telephone Call Remained Open on the Line for 15 Minutes after the Plane Crashed

According to GTE telephone supervisor Lisa Jefferson, who took the phone call from Todd Beamer, the phone remained connected long after UA 93 crashed. Reporting that he had left the phone after saying “Let’s roll,” she wrote that the line “just went silent.” Although she held on for “probably 15 minutes”, she “never heard a crash.” She added: “I can’t explain it. We didn’t lose a connection because there’s a different sound that you use. It’s a squealing sound when you lose a connection. I never lost connection, but it just went silent.”
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