Mark Bingham

Mark Bingham

Quick Facts

Significance:

Flight 93 Passenger

Date of Birth:

05/22/1970

Date of Death:

09/11/2001

Age: 31
Hometown: San Francisco, California
Occupation: Owner of The Bingham Group
Reason for travel: Business, and to participate in a friend’s wedding

Mark Bingham was establishing a new office on the east coast for his California-based public relations firm. The successful and adventuresome executive traveled frequently for both work and pleasure. A former rugby champion at the University of California, Berkeley, Bingham was a valued teammate on the San Francisco Fog, a gay rugby football club. On the morning of September 11, Bingham overslept and nearly missed his flight; he was the last passenger to board. During the hijacking, he phoned his mother reporting that his plane had been hijacked by men who said they had a bomb. In addition to his mother, Bingham was survived by his father and stepmother.