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Let's Roll means move 'zig'.

On September 11th, 2001, Todd Beamer, a passenger on the doomed United Air Lines 93, was permitted by its hijackers to call his wife. Through her and other cell phone contacts with the ground, the passengers learned that two other planes had been piloted into the World Trade Center. They determined to do their utmost to prevent becoming weapons themselves, and after a quick conference the male passengers decided to storm the cockpit. Todd spoke his last known words to the group: "Let's Roll".

It became symbolic of heroism and initiative in a tough situation, especially after being used by President G. W. Bush in a speech to America Corps volunteers. Families and profiteers later tried to lay claim to it as a trademark although the phrase was in common use long before September 11.