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Mark Bingham

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.

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Scenes from Gay Rugby's Superbowl in Nashville

The recently-wrapped 2016 Bingham Cup was one of the biggest rugby tournaments in the world.

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Mother of Mark Bingham on Eleven Years After September 11 and Why We Are Evolving Well

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.

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Gotham Knights Win Bingham Cup

The tournament is named in honor of Mark Bingham.

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Bingham's mother gets her wish in Moussaoui case

Alice Hoagland did not want to see Moussaoui executed and become a martyr for Muslim extremists.

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Mark Bingham's mom to appear on Dr. Laura's radio show (6197)

She is scheduled to appear on conservative talk-show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger's syndicated radio show.

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Goldie Hawn moves from Matthew Shepard to Mark Bingham (3400)

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.

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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.

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PHOTOS: The Grizzlies Host the Bingham Cup

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!

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Carson Daly Meets With GLAAD Mark Binghams Mother Responds

She responsed to yesterday's comments made by Carson Daly.

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911 Voices Alice Hoagland Mother of Mark Bingham

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.

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Flight 93 hero's mom opposes death for Moussaoui

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.

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Philanthropic initiative launched in honor of Mark Bingham (6134)

One Day's Pay was created in July in honor of Mark Bingham.

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CBS plans a movie about Flight 93 (2698)

United Flight 93 is the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania on September 11.

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Remembering 9/11 Hero Mark Bingham

Revisit the 2002 Advocate issue that honored Mark Bingham, who worked to save his fellow United 93 passengers and the plane's intended target.

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Fifteen Years Later, Remembering Mark Bingham (Video)

"The truth is, Mark did have fear. But he took action anyway."

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WATCH: Gay 9/11 Hero Mark Bingham Behind the Camera

Before taking on hijackers aboard United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001, Mark Bingham tackled homophobia in the rugby scrum.

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A Lesson for Carson Daly on 911 Hero Mark Bingham

Carson Daly had obviously forgotten about the heroic effort of one man.

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September 11 Heros Mom Speaks on DADT

She said no one on the plane questioned whether her son was gay when it came time to overtake the aircraft from hijackers.

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A Mark Bingham history tour

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.

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Mark Bingham remembered in September 11 TV movie

It's been the heterosexual passengers who got the airtime and the attention.