Article: And life goes on: Lisa Beamer, wife of 9/11 hero Todd Beamer, and others touched by the tragedy talk about loss and love one year later.(Excerpt)

After her husband, Todd, died on United Flight 93, Lisa Beamer became a national symbol of strength in tragic times. Here she shares with Redbook exclusive excerpts from her new book, Let's Roll! * Telling the Boys * On Wednesday, September 12, I got up before sunrise and prepared myself mentally and spiritually for one of the most challenging experiences of my life--telling my 3 1/2-year-old son, David, and 19-month-old son, Drew, that their father would never be coming home again. * We sat down together on the beanbag chair, and I held flown as a family to Disney World and David remembered that trip better than most.

I said, "David, Daddy was flying on an ...

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