Remembering Alice Hoagland, Ally Mother of 9/11 Hero Mark Bingham
Hoagland wasn't just a grieving mother, but a force in her own right.
January 25 2021 8:55 AM
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The latest news about Mark Bingham, the late gay public relations executive who helped thwart the plans of terrorists aboard United Airlines Flight 93 that ultimately crashed in Shanksville, PA. The 31-year-old San Francisco public relations entrepreneur was one of the those who stormed the cabin, preventing the al-Qaeda terrorists from crashing United 93 into either the U.S. Capitol or the White House. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, Mark played on two national championship rugby teams.
Hoagland wasn't just a grieving mother, but a force in her own right.
Revisit the 2002 Advocate issue that honored Mark Bingham, who worked to save his fellow United 93 passengers and the plane's intended target.
"The truth is, Mark did have fear. But he took action anyway."
The recently-wrapped 2016 Bingham Cup was one of the biggest rugby tournaments in the world.
The Nashville Grizzlies invite us to ruck and roll with them as they get ready for the the Bingham World Cup to be played in their home town. Grrrr!
Before taking on hijackers aboard United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001, Mark Bingham tackled homophobia in the rugby scrum.
Mark Bingham's mother sees a world still affected by the events of September 11, but one that is evolving more toward the inclusiveness she says her son would have wanted.
She responsed to yesterday's comments made by Carson Daly.
Carson Daly had obviously forgotten about the heroic effort of one man.
The horror of what Bingham and fellow passengers went through on Flight 93 was released in brief audio clips of the cockpit struggle by the Rutgers Law Review.
She said no one on the plane questioned whether her son was gay when it came time to overtake the aircraft from hijackers.
The tournament is named in honor of Mark Bingham.
Mark Bingham was a rugby champion; PR firm owner; friend to hundreds; fervent University of California, Berkeley, booster; and gay man. His death--and, when his story hit the wires, his life--gave America an authentic gay hero.
Alice Hoagland did not want to see Moussaoui executed and become a martyr for Muslim extremists.
Alice Hoagland, the mother of gay rugby star Mark Bingham, who with fellow passengers sacrificed his life preventing United Flight 93 from being flown into the White House on September 11, 2001, tells The Advocate she opposes the death penalty for 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui.
It's been the heterosexual passengers who got the airtime and the attention.
She is scheduled to appear on conservative talk-show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger's syndicated radio show.
One Day's Pay was created in July in honor of Mark Bingham.
Variety reports that Goldie Hawn's Cosmic Entertainment has made a deal with cable's FX network to produce an original movie about the passengers of United Flight 93.
United Flight 93 is the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania on September 11.