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Article: Tributes, flags, prayers; More than 1,200 people filled a Bloomington church to mourn Thomas Burnett Jr., the native son who vowed "to do something" about the hijacking of Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania.(NEWS)(AFTER THE ATTACK)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- September 19, 2001
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Byline: Kavita Kumar; Staff Writer
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Some were family members, friends and neighbors. Some were former students at Jefferson High School in Bloomington, where Thomas Burnett Jr. led the football team to the state finals in 1980. Some were strangers who came to pay tribute to a man they call a hero.
More than 1,200 people attended a memorial service Tuesday night at St. Edward's Catholic Church in Bloomington to honor the 38-year-old Minnesota native who is believed to have helped thwart hijackers aboard United Flight 93 during the terrorist attack last week. The airliner crashed into a western Pennsylvania field, killing all ...
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