Todd Beamer Bravery

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Bravery dares to fight something that is bigger than you.
Bravery comes in many ways such as standing up to someone or something, having the courage to withstand certain obstacles in life, and never giving up without a fight. To begin with, standing up to someone takes a lot of courage especially if the person is stronger than that person. For example, Todd Beamer was a passenger on United Airlines flight 93 that was hijacked and headed for the U.S. Capitol. At a point of Flight 93 getting hijacked Todd knew to himself that he wasn’t going to make it, but it didn’t stop him standing up and reclaiming the aircraft from the hijackers. Sadly, Todd Beamer died trying with the help of other passengers in the flight. However, their bravery

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