Jeremy Logan Glick (September 3, 1970 – September 11, 2001) was an American passenger on board

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, which was hijacked and crashed as part of the

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. Aware of the earlier attacks at the World Trade Center, Glick and some of his fellow passengers attempted to foil the hijacking. During a struggle to reclaim the aircraft, it crashed into a field in Stonycreek Township near Shanksville,

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, killing all 33 passengers and seven crew members on board, along with the four hijackers.

Personal life

Glick was born September 3, 1970 into a Jewish family and had five siblings, all of whose names begin with the letter "J". He was a middle child among the six children of his family. He grew up in

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and attended Saddle River Day School. He and his high school sweetheart, Lyzbeth, were prom king and queen in 1988. Glick was an American National Collegiate Judo champion while he was a student at the

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, where he was president of the Rochester chapter of the

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fraternity. He later worked as a sales and marketing executive for Vividence, an e-consulting company in

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. Glick also played rugby at the University of Rochester where he was a team Captain. Glick was a resident of

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.Sampson, Peter J. (September 13, 2001)
"W. MILFORD MAN TOLD WIFE OF PLAN TO STORM COCKPIT"
'' The Bergen Record''. Retrieved July 20, 2008

September 11 attacks

According to accounts of cell phone conversations, Glick, along with Todd Beamer, Mark Bingham and Tom Burnett, formed a plan to take the plane back from the hijackers, and led other passengers in this effort."Unexpected legacy left by hero of Flight 93"

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. September 2, 2011. Glick's last words to his wife when aboard Flight 93 were: "We're going to rush the hijackers." He then hung up the phone.Tyrangel, Josh; Cloud, John; Poniewozik, James; Orecklin, Michele; Morse, Jodie; Ripley, Amanda; Martens, Ellin (September 24, 2001)
"Facing the End"
''

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''. Co-workers and family stated that they were not surprised that Glick took action. Glick's brother-in-law Douglas Hurwitt said, "that was my brother-in-law. He was a take-charge guy." Glick's former boss, Thomas Torf, added: "He was a no-nonsense kind of guy. He took ownership of things. Very focused. He loved his family. He was a good businessman. All of us loved him."

Legacy

Glick is memorialized at the

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at the crash site near

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, and at the

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, at the South Pool, on Panel S-67, along with other passengers on Flight 93. On September 11, 2002, Glick was posthumously awarded the Medal for Heroism, the highest civilian honor bestowed by the

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(SAR)."SAR presents medals, flag in Somerset ceremony"
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''. September 15, 2002. Glick's sister, Joanna Glick, who finished tenth in the 2001 Junior National Amateur Figure Skating competition, skated a tribute to her brother at a benefit at

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, for which she received a standing ovation. Joanna, who was profiled in Joe McNally's portrait book, ''

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'', said of her brother: "He was so strong. I was thinking I should be strong too. Jeremy lives in our hearts. Love, freedom and bravery live on forever." Glick was awarded the

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in 2002. In August 2007, Glick was posthumously awarded the

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Award for distinguished public service by his fraternity,

, at its annual convention at

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in Clinton, New York. In September 2008, the United States Judo Association (USJA), awarded Glick with an Honorary 10th Degree

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. West Milford, New Jersey honored Glick by naming the ''Jeremy Glick Trail'', and the vista, ''Jeremy Glick's Overlooks'', after him.Weise, Don
"North Of The Tension Line"
NJSkylands.com. Retrieved May 3, 2012.

References

External links

* ttp://www.jeremysheroes.org Jeremy's Heroes* McGraw, Seamus (September 20, 2001)
"A Hero's Death"
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