Gay rugby tournament honors Flight 93 victim, Bingham

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Bingham Cup named after man who helped rush Flight 93 cockpit

NEW YORK - Not far from the site of the attacks on the World Trade Center, Mark Bingham will be remembered for his grit and his heart, and the game he loved.

The Bingham Cup, a rugby tournament open to gay teams, will be held this weekend. It pays tribute to Bingham, who was gay and believed to be one of the passengers who fought hijackers on the United flight that crashed in rural Pennsylvania five years ago.

“Mark’s legacy was that he showed a lot of people that a gay man can be a good athlete in a rough contact sport like rugby and that a gay man can also be heroic,” said Scott Glaessgen of the New York Gotham Knights, who met Bingham through their shared interest in the sport.


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