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Susan McPherson retweeted
🚀 Applications are now open for the Midlands Business Accelerator Class of 2027!
Are you ready to take your business to the next level? The Midlands Business Accelerator (MBA) helps high-potential businesses become more competitive, accelerate growth, and strengthen the Midlands entrepreneurial community.
Through strategic growth planning and guidance from experienced mentors and coaches, MBA provides business leaders with valuable support to help turn their goals into action.
Ready to invest in your business’s future? Apply today and take the next step toward growth!
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Susan McPherson retweeted
This Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we're encouraging everyone to learn the signs, look out for one another, and remember that help is available.
📞 National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233
🚨 In an emergency, call 911.
#TeamRCSD
ALT This image is a domestic violence awareness poster. It outlines six categories of abuse: Physical, Emotional, Financial, Sexual, Isolation, and Digital. Each category has specific behaviors listed. The poster emphasizes recognizing signs of abuse and supporting survivors. It provides the National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233 and text option: START to 88788. Emergency: 911. The backdrop features a purple color scheme with the emblem of the National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Susan McPherson retweeted
In Richland Two, we stand together in honor of the fighters, in celebration of the survivors, in remembrance of those we've lost and in support of everyone whose life has been touched by breast cancer.🎀
Behind every pink ribbon is a story. Behind every story is someone who matters. 💗
This #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth, we stand together with love, hope and purpose.
#PurposeDrivenFutureReady
Susan McPherson retweeted
SCDVA is hiring!
We are currently seeking qualified candidates for three open positions:
Support South Carolina Veterans and military families by joining our team!
🗓️ Join the team!
🔗 View full job descriptions and apply online: buff.ly/XWWtWk5
Lindsey Graham to be posthumously honored for military support coladaily.com/communities/li… via @ColaDaily
Susan McPherson retweeted
This is Todd Beamer.
He prayed before leading a group of passengers to overpower hijackers on Flight 93.
He died a Christian, father, husband, and hero.
This was his transcript.
Todd: Hello… Operator… listen to me. I can’t speak very loud. This is an emergency. I’m a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco. Our plane has been hijacked.
Lisa: I understand. Can they see you?
Todd: No. There are three that we know of. They have knives — razor knives, like box cutters. Someone announced from the cockpit there was a bomb. It sounded fake.
Lisa: Your name?
Todd: Todd Beamer. United Flight 93.
They killed one passenger in first class. They forced most of us back. Fourteen of us here. Five flight attendants. The guy with the bomb ordered us to sit on the floor.
Lisa: Are you okay?
Todd: We’re going down… wait. No. We’re leveling off. We changed directions. We’re flying east again.
A guy named Jeremy called his wife. She told him two planes hit the World Trade Center. Lisa, is that true?
Lisa: I have to tell you the truth. It’s very bad. Both towers are gone. A third plane hit the Pentagon. Our country is under attack. I’m afraid your plane may be part of their plan.
Todd: Oh God. Lisa, will you do something for me? Call my wife and my kids. Promise me you’ll call.
Lisa: I promise.
Todd: Our home number is… You have the same name as my wife. Lisa. We’ve been married ten years. She’s pregnant with our third child. Tell her I love her. I’ll always love her. We have two boys — David, he’s 3, and Andrew, he’s 1. Tell them their daddy loves them and he is so proud of them. The baby is due January 12th. I saw an ultrasound. We still don’t know if it’s a girl or a boy.
Lisa: I’ll tell them. I promise, Todd. (Lisa patches in the FBI.)
Agent: Todd, your plane is on a course for Washington. Best guess is the White House or the Capitol.
Todd: I understand. I’ll be back.
Everyone knows this isn’t a normal hijacking. We have decided we will not be pawns in their plot.
Lisa: What are you going to do?
Todd: Four of us are going to rush the one with the bomb. Then the cockpit. A stewardess is getting boiling water. We’ll take them out.
Would you pray with me? They pray the Lord’s Prayer. Then: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.
God help me. Jesus help me.Are you guys ready? Let’s Roll.
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No recording or official transcript of Todd Beamer’s call exists. Operator Lisa Jefferson took brief notes and confirmed she never told Beamer about the other 9/11 attacks, nor was an FBI agent patched into the call. The dialogue in the post is an invented reconstruction. snopes.com/fact-check/tra… leadstories.com/hoax-alert/202…
Susan McPherson retweeted
Just a few of the moments captured at the 9/11 Morning of Remembrance Ceremony held in downtown Columbia today.
Our members were proud to join our partners in law enforcement and EMS for this solemn gathering.
Susan McPherson retweeted
This morning, RCSD joined the 9/11 Remembrance Foundation of South Carolina for its Morning of Remembrance, honoring the lives lost, the heroes who answered the call, and the sacrifices that will never be forgotten. 🇺🇸
#NeverForget
Join the SC Remembrance Foundation for the 25th Anniversary 9/11 Morning of Remembrance Ceremony, 8:40am, Fri, Sept 11th, Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. “We will always Remember”. 🇺🇸
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“ARE YOU GUYS READY? OKAY. LET’S ROLL.”
On September 11, 2001, Todd Beamer boarded United Airlines Flight 93 for a business trip to San Francisco.
He was just 32 years old.
A husband. A father of two little boys. And his wife, Lisa, was pregnant with their third child—a daughter Todd would never get to hold.
After Flight 93 was hijacked, Todd tried to call his wife from an onboard Airfone. Instead, he was connected with telephone operator Lisa Jefferson.
As passengers learned through phone calls what had already happened in New York and Washington, they came to a terrifying realization:
Their plane was likely headed toward another target.
And they made a decision.
They would fight back.
Todd and other passengers began planning to rush the cockpit. Before they did, Todd asked Jefferson to pray with him.
Then she heard the words that would become part of American history:
“Are you guys ready? Okay. Let’s roll.”
The passengers and crew fought back.
At 10:03 a.m., Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. All 40 passengers and crew members were killed.
But the plane never reached its intended target.
Months later, Todd’s daughter Morgan was born. She would know her father through photographs, stories, and the legacy of courage he left behind.
Todd Beamer was one of 40 ordinary people aboard Flight 93 who found themselves facing an unimaginable choice that morning.
They chose to act.
They never made it home.
But because they fought back, countless others may have.
Twenty-five years later, we still remember their names, their courage, and the words that became a symbol of American resolve:
“LET’S ROLL.” 🇺🇸
Remembering Todd Beamer and every passenger and crew member aboard United Flight 93.
May we never forget. 💙🇺🇸
It’s a beautiful night in the @TheVistaSC at the @scremembers911 Memorial at the @columbia. Join us for the 9/11 Morning of Remembrance Ceremony as we observe the 25th Anniversary and honor those who gave their all that day and since then protecting our freedom and safety.🇺🇸
Susan McPherson retweeted
Significant police presence:
RCSD is assisting CPD with a major incident at Southeast Park. The scene is secure. All entrances to the park are closed at this time. We ask the public to avoid the area in order to give first responders space to work.
Susan McPherson retweeted
🎶 Partner Engagement Spotlight! 🎶
Get ready for an evening of heartfelt harmonies, storytelling and South Carolina roots with Admiral Radio!
This award-winning folk/Americana duo, Coty Hoover and Becca Smith, brings a sound rooted in tight vocal harmonies, acoustic instrumentation and songs inspired by the everyday moments of life.
The evening will also feature an opening performance by Angela Easterling. 🎤
📍 Come enjoy great music, connect with the community and support our Partner Engagement!
Best of all, this concert is FREE and open to the public!
Bring a friend and join us for a night of South Carolina music and good company. 🎸
Register now: columbiachamber.com/event/pa…
Susan McPherson retweeted
It was an honor to represent Forest Acres at the @ColaChamber Military Outreach Group event earlier this week.
The military community plays a vital role in Forest Acres and across the Midlands & I was grateful to connect with these folks.
#ForestAcres #OliverforTheAcres
Tunnel to Towers 5K returns to Columbia coladaily.com/communities/co… via @ColaDaily
