This boulder marks the site where Flight 93 ended the journey.
I was driving a pick up towards southern Armstrong County , Pennsylvania. I was delivering signs for a bridge repair job. I turned the radio on to hear of a plane hitting one of the World Trade Towers in New York City. Suddenly, the reporter exclaimed of a second plane striking the second tower. I remember looking at my friend and saying, “We are under attack!”
The faces of those 40 brave individuals.
Yes, that day was one of fear and wonderment as to what was next to occur. Soon words were heard of a third plane at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Time would continue with reports of a plane going down in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. We would learn of bravery among the passengers taking
People leave items for closure.
this plane down to prevent a fourth hit to an unknown position, possibly the United States Capitol building. The crash was eighteen minutes from Washington D.C.
That evening all of America was glued to the televisions attempting to understand what had happened this day and by whom.
Eventually, we would learn of the Islamic terrorists being the culprits to such tragedies. As I type this the events occurred seventeen years ago on September 11, 2001.
Today, we visited the Shanksville area to see the Fight 93 memorial.
The day began rainy, but at the time we arrived at the site the rains stopped and blue skies and some sun began to be the norm. Laurie and I visited the visitor’s center which is a museum. Very little of the jet was discovered with the impact of over five-hundred miles per hour. (563 MPH) The massive fireball could be seen for miles. Thirty-three passengers and seven crew members passed away in an instant. The four terrorists died too. The probable target was the United States Capitol building. Their bravery and willingness to act with a plan that meant certain death was heroic. I must admit the wet eyes happened periodically as we traveled about the site with thoughts of that day. Little else was found at the site because the fire destroyed so much. 
A tower under construction is one where forty chimes will be placed. Workmen were present at this memorial. The tower is called the TOWER OF VOICES!
At the visitor’s center one has the opportunity to pick up phones to listen to the frantic calls of that day. Laurie picked one up and quickly returned the phone. I wasn’t as brave. I knew what would happen to me.
We walked this bridge over a wetlands.
Later we walked the 1.7 mile trail and ended up at the actual crash site. The memorial construction and mowed grass in the field makes it easy to see the flight path of the 747 jet.
We walked away saddened to realize such an event could easily happen again under a lapse in security or intelligence. A sad reminder is how so many of the young people of today do not have any realization of that terrible time in our history.
God bless America!
GOD BLESS THE USA
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I called Heather and told her to get out of Somerset, go to the country where did she go? Shanksville!
With her husband, young baby son and her to a friends farm, she saw the plane fly over the farm upside down going over 500 miles and hour, when they said where it crashed I knew exactly where it went down because I use to hunt the field for turkey and pheasant.
Did you see the NRA hat I left down there one time I was there? I doubt if many Pennsylvians have visited the site, I have been there 3 times long before the new visitors center was built, it hasn’t been paid off yet. Betty and I are founding members of the flight 93 memorial. I have to get down there again before I die to see it when it is all paid off. Hunters and farmers are the ones paying off this memorial. I send them 93 dollars each year before the 11th of Sept. I got our Chapter up here to send a donation on the 10 yr anniversary, for the 93 dollars the sent you a flag that flew over the Memorial that year. So we have our own flag at our house and the chapter has one too.
Howard
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Howard, Wow, imagine seeing that plane upside down. I did not see the NRA hat. I may have missed seeing it because of gazing at something else. I often got emotional and fought back tears during our time there at site.