Editing LeRoy Homer Jr. (section)

==September 11 attacks==
On September 11, 2001, Homer was flying with Captain Jason M. Dahl on [[United Airlines Flight 93]] from [[Newark, New Jersey]], to San Francisco. The plane was [[aircraft hijacking|hijacked]] by four al-Qaeda terrorists, as they carried out the [[September 11 attacks]]. Homer and Dahl struggled with the hijackers, which was transmitted to Air Traffic Control.{{fact|date=February 2023}}

After learning of the earlier crashes at the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] and [[the Pentagon]], the crew and passengers attempted to foil the hijacking and reclaim the aircraft. Given the uprising of crew and passengers, and knowing they would not make it to their intended target, which was the US Capitol, the hijackers instead chose to crash the plane into a field near [[Shanksville, Pennsylvania]].{{fact|date=February 2023}}

Homer received many awards and citations posthumously, including honorary membership in the historic [[Tuskegee Airmen]];<ref>{{cite journal |editor-last=Teel |editor-first=Oscar D. |title=What Were You Doing September 11th, 2001. |journal=Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. |date=September 2011 |url=http://tuskegeeaisd.org/newsletters/byREqsep11.pdf |access-date=March 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512071244/http://tuskegeeaisd.org/newsletters/byREqsep11.pdf |archive-date=May 12, 2015 |first=George E. |last=Watson }}</ref> the Congress of Racial Equality's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award; the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Drum Major for Justice Award; and the Westchester County Trailblazer Award.<ref>
{{cite web| work = United States. Cong. House. The General Assembly of Pennsylvania. LegiScan. Comp.
|author = KIRKLAND, HENNESSEY, LONGIETTI, GEORGE SONNEY, THOMAS V. BROWN, KORTZ, DiGIROLAMO, CALTAGIRONE, BROOKS, VEREB, MILLARD, O'NEILL, NEILSON, BRIGGS, TOEPEL, HESS, GOODMAN, FABRIZIO, HAHN, COX, FLECK, and BRADFORD| publisher = 196th Cong., 2012 sess. HR 833. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania| title = Bill Text: PA HR833: 2011-2012: Regular Session: Introduced|date = October 17, 2012| access-date = March 9, 2015| url = https://legiscan.com/PA/text/HR833/id/663804}}</ref>

He was survived by his wife, Melodie, and his only child, daughter Laurel. Other family members include his mother, seven sisters, and his brother. His widow Melodie Homer established the [[LeRoy W. Homer Jr. Foundation]], which awards scholarships related to aviation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leroywhomerjr.org |access-date=December 7, 2018 |title=The LeRoy W. Homer Jr. Foundation}}</ref>

At the [[National 9/11 Memorial]], Homer Jr. is memorialized at the South Pool, on Panel S-67, along with other crew and passengers on Flight 93.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://names.911memorial.org/#lang=en_US&page=person&id=98 |title=South Pool: Panel S-67: LeRoy W. Homer Jr. |work=Memorial Guide: [[National 9/11 Memorial]] |access-date=October 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727095710/http://names.911memorial.org/#lang=en_US&page=person&id=98 |archive-date=July 27, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On May 7, 2021, [[United States Air Force Academy]]'s graduating class of 2024 named Homer Jr as the class Exemplar, an honor that academy's graduating class has bestowed every year since 2000 upon the individual who "exemplifies" the type of person the cadets wish to emulate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://usafawebguy.com/Blog/Entry/3178|title=2024 Exemplar Dinner|publisher=[[USAFA Webguy]]|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=October 1, 2021|access-date=February 6, 2023|archive-date=October 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020184428/https://usafawebguy.com/Blog/Entry/3178}}</ref>