Ten Years Later: Remembering Mark Bingham
Sara September 8th, 2011
Reposted from The Daily Californian
Remember His Name
Ten years ago, Mark Bingham helped bring down a hijacked flight.
Today, his mother continues to preserve his memory.
By Gabriel Baumgaertner | Senior Staff
gbaumgaertner@dailycal.org
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 9:04 pm
Updated Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 1:25 am
The ease with which Alice Hoagland speaks about her son is not merely admirable but extraordinary.
Almost 10 years removed from the day that saw her son rise as an American hero, the mother of Mark Bingham — the former Cal rugby player who helped bring down the hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001 — speaks vigorously and vividly about life with and without her son.
Alice Hoagland wants to talk because the tragic results produced the advancement of movements that her only son — her only child — advocated. Alice Hoagland wants to talk because 10 years, though a necessary reminder to the public, remains a number, while the loss of a son cannot be measured. Continue Reading »



