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Flight 93 National Memorial    

courtesy of the National Park Service

Contact Information:
Flight 93 National Memorial
109 West Main Street, Suite 104
Somerset, PA 15501
814-443-4557

Flight 93 Memorial Project

Size: 114,277 acres

Location: Memorial to be built in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.

Description: Memorial will honor the 40 passengers and crew members of Flight 93 who lost their lives in a struggle with hijackers who had overtaken the plane on the morning of September 11th, 1991.

History: On September 24, 2002, Congress passed the Flight 93 National Memorial Act.  

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