Alan Beavan was a devoted father to his 3 kids and a good husband. He was also a lawyer who represented many high profile clean water act cases. He had one more case to finish, and he and his family would be off to India where he had volunteered to be an environmental lawyer.

On Spetember 11, 2001, Alan gave up his life. He was flying to California to finish a case when his plane was hijacked. The hijackers wanted to fly into the pentagon. Alan, and the other passengers fought to gain control of the plane. They managed to make it fly away from the Pentagon. Unfortunately, the plane crashed ay another location. Because of Alan, and the other’s bravery, many other lives were spared.