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[[Image:EdFelt 1.jpg|thumb|Edward P. Felt]] |
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'''Edward Porter Felt''' ([[November 9]], [[1959]] – [[September 11]], [[2001]]) was a victim of the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]]. |
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He was a passenger aboard [[United Airlines Flight 93]] on his way to a business meeting in San Francisco. |
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It is believed that Felt made one of the last calls to [[9-1-1|911]] immediately prior to the fatal crash of the jetliner. |
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He was survived by his wife, Sandy, and two daughters, Adrienne and Kathryn. |
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Felt worked for [[BEA Systems]] at the time, which issued a press release following his death: |
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:The BEA family has suffered the tragic loss of two of its employees. Ed Felt, one of our first employees, best engineers, and most respected and loved colleagues, died in the crash of United Airlines Flight 93. Ed, a senior architect based in Liberty Corner, New Jersey, was one of the original members of the [[Tuxedo (software)|BEA Tuxedo]] team, and was instrumental in making that product so successful. In fact, this past August Ed was awarded a U.S. Patent for "Method of Authentication Based on Intersection of Password Sets". He was a mentor and friend to many of us, and an inspiration to all. |
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BEA later named one of their office buildings after Felt. |
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=== Final Call === |
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At 9:58 am, Felt called 911 on his cell phone and reached an operator in Westmoreland County. "We're being hijacked. We're being hijacked," he told emergency dispatcher John Shaw, as the plane passed over [[Mount Pleasant Township, Pennsylvania|Mt. Pleasant Township]]. Felt reported that he'd locked himself in the bathroom to make the phone call; he may have been part of a group of passengers who were herded into the rear of the plane, or, as he travelled first class, may have called from the forward bathroom. The call lasted one minute and 10 seconds. At 10:06 am, the airplane crashed into the ground, killing all aboard. |
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Controversially, dispatch supervisor Glenn Cramer reported that Felt "[...] was very distraught. He said he believed the plane was going down. He did hear some sort of an explosion and saw white smoke coming from the plane, but he didn't know where. And then we lost contact with him." [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=12192317&method=full], which is denied by Longman (2002:264) however. Given that an [[FBI]] [[gag order]] was placed on Cramer immediately afterwards, Cramer's report cannot be corroborated; in any case, it has fuelled speculations that Flight 93 may have been [[9/11 conspiracy theories#Claims that Flight 93 was shot down|shot down]]. |
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== Biography == |
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Felt, 41, of [[Matawan, New Jersey]], was a [[Senior Software Engineer|technology director]] for [[BEA Systems]], specializing in [[cryptography]] and [[encryption]] systems. He earned a bachelor's degree from [[Colgate University]] (1981) and a master's degree from [[Cornell University]] (1983). He was a native of [[Utica, New York]] and a member of the [[Matawan United Methodist Church]]. He had lived in [[Matawan, New Jersey|Matawan]] for the past 20 years. |
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== References and external links == |
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*[http://www.september11victims.com/september11Victims/VictimInfo.asp?ID=218] ''September 11, 2001 Victims'' web page for Ed Felt |
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*[http://www.flight93memorialsfb.com/Heros-Of-Flight-93/pages/Edward-Felt_jpg.htm] ''San Francisco Bay Area Flight 93 Memorial'' page for Ed Felt |
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*[http://www.post-gazette.com/headlines/20011028flt93feltbiop8.asp] ''Passenger: Edward Porter Felt'', Post-Gazette, October 28, 2001 |
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*[http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_90401.html] ''Felt reaches 911 just before crash'', Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, September 8, 2002 |
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* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475276/ United 93 (2006): Movie, directed by Paul Greengrass] |
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* ''Method of authentication based on intersection of password sets'', {{US patent|6128742}}, October 2000 |
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*''[http://sep11.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Porter_Felt Edward Porter Felt]'' September 11, 2001 wiki |
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*''[[: sep11:|Casualties of the September 11, 2001 attacks]]'' September 11, 2001 wiki |
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* Longman, Jere (2002): ''Among the Heroes: United Flight 93 and the Passengers and Crew Who Fought Back''. HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 0060099089 |
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[[Category:1959 births]] |
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[[Category:2001 deaths]] |
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[[Category:American Methodists]] |
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[[Category:People from New Jersey]] |
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[[Category:Cornell University alumni]] |
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[[Category:United Airlines Flight 93 victims|Felt]] |
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