Date: 2004/04/05 23:38
From: John Kaminski <skylax@comcast.net>
To: Scott Loughrey <scottl44@yahoo.com>
It would be such a great story if there was no real Todd Beamer. It would
trigger thousands to begin analyzing the death lists.
jk
Scott Loughrey wrote:
> Mark, I think you are right about there being no Todd
> M. Beamer. Do you mind if I bring a colleague of mine
> (and John's) nicknamed the Web Fairy into this
> conversation? She's pretty relentless with her
> investigations.
>
> The WHOIS for the Beamer Foundation
> (BeamerFoundation.org):
>
> Registrant Name:Lara Holt
> Registrant Organization:Beamer Foundation
> Registrant Street1:701 Mount Lucas Rd
> Registrant City:Princeton
> Registrant State/Province:New Jersey
> Registrant Postal Code:08540
> Registrant Country:US
> Registrant Phone:+1.6094979777
> Registrant Email:lholt@beamerfoundation.org
>
> I think the website is unusually slick; and the "Let's
> Roll Store" is very aggressive marketing. Also, the
> book cover with Lisa Beamer ("Let's Roll: Ordinary
> People, Extraordinary Courage") is a book seller's wet
> dream. Lisa is in my view so very attractive that it
> almost seems like she was cast for the role of
> grieving widow.
>
> It would be interesting to get a copy of the high
> school yearbook for Todd M. Beamer. Do you have an
> interest in pursuing this? If not, I could take a
> stab at it.
>
> Regards,
> Scott
>
> --- No Anthrax Vaccine
> <noanthraxvaccine@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Okay, I found another article, talking about the
> > "Todd Beamer High Way"
> > that is being named after him. It is interesting,
> > because the author of
> > the article makes the revelation that there is no
> > contact going on with the
> > actual family of this "Todd M. Beamer" (who just so
> > happens to be the same
> > age of the Todd E. Beamer, born on..SEPTEMBER
> > 11,1968, from Oregon, and who
> > died in 1997). The author of the article makes the
> > statement that the
> > "family" of this (fake?) Todd M. Beamer just wants
> > to live in "privacy."
> > The author reveals that all of the contact is going
> > on through the Todd M.
> > Beamer Foundation, which is staffed by everybody but
> > any Beamer. Kind of
> > funny that people would register a web site for this
> > "Todd M. Beamer" on
> > September 20, 2001, set up a foundation, and no
> > family members would be
> > involved.
> >
> > My guess is that even some of the people with the
> > foundation would
> > necessarily be aware that there is no Todd Beamer.
> > And that even if we
> > were told that a Todd Beamer attended that high
> > school, that would not
> > prove it was the same Todd Beamer. In fact,
> > supposedly "Todd M. Beamer's"
> > parents live in PA?
> >
> > And the media? I think a very select few set the
> > line with the big
> > networks, and then we have a repetition in the local
> > press.
> >
> > Here is the article:
> >
> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/craigsmith/2001859072_smitty17.html
> >
> > Cordially,
> > Mark
> >
> >
>
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