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On September 11th, 2001 a series of attacks happened in New York City. 19 al-Queda members committed these attacks killing almost 3000 people including themselves. 4 planes were hijacked and taken down. 2 of the aircraft flew into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center causing both of the towers to collapse. A 3rd plane crashed into the Pentagon and the 4th plane crashed into rural Pennsylvania.

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After hearing the news that this was not just a hijacking but it was an attack on the U.S they all took a vote which led to the decision of them all taking a vote. They all collectively decided to fight back. After this, they devised a plan and put it into action. Todd Beamer was one of the many people who decided to fight against the attackers. His last words before he and the other passengers attempted to storm the cockpit were “Lets roll” since the term has been used as a command to start an activity and is especially used as a battle cry for American forces during the war on terror.

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The passenger's heroic actions likely prevented an attack on a possible significant target in Washington D.C. Their bravery and sacrifice saved lives. They became a huge moment in the response to the 9/11 attacks

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'LET'S ROLL': Todd Beamer's dad talks about a crucial 20 minutes on 9/11

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" Lets roll"

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September 11, 2001 began as an ordinary, late-summer day. As the sun rose, fair weather and blue skies prevailed over much of the country and thousands of commercial airliners prepared for flight. But, in less than two hours' time, this seemingly routine day was transformed when 19 terrorists boarded and hijacked four commercial airplanes to attack America.

Nearly 3,000 people were killed when the hijacked planes were flown into the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon near Washington, DC, and when United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in the Pennsylvania countryside outside of Shanksville, PA.

Flight 93 did not arrive at the hijackers' intended target - the Nation's Capital - because of the selfless and courageous actions of the 40 passenger and crew members on board. When Flight 93 was hijacked, the passengers and crew members used airfones on the plane to contact the authorities and their loved ones.

A total of 13 passengers made 37 phone calls. Through their phone conversations, they learned of the first two attacks, and subsequently took quick action. Pushed to the back of the plane by hijackers, the passengers and crew took a vote - and decided to fight back to try and regain control of their airplane. As a result of phone calls made from on board Flight 93 and from the cockpit voice recorder recovered at the crash site, we learn of the struggle the passengers and crew members had with their hijackers which began in the skies over Western Pennsylvania, and ended with the high-speed crash of the plane in a reclaimed strip mine near Shanksville, just 18 minutes flying time from Washington, DC. Countless lives were spared thanks to their heroic actions, but all on board Flight 93 were lost.
A common field was transformed into a field of honor.
Flight 93 National Memorial

On September 24, 2002, Congress unanimously passed the Flight 93 National Memorial Act (P.L. 107-226). The Act "Established a Memorial at the September 11, 2001, crash site of United Airlines Flight 93 in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, designating the final resting place to honor the passengers and crew of Flight 93." The Act also designated the National Memorial as a unit of the National Park system.

The design for Flight 93 National Memorial was chosen from more than 1,000 entries in an international competition that included submissions from 48 states in this country and 27 countries. The memorial provides a series of visitor experiences beginning with a three-mile journey through a landscape that still hints at its mining past, leading visitors to an overlook located on the Flight Path, along with a Visitor Center and Learning Center down to the crash site. The winning design was awarded to Paul Murdoch Architects of Los Angeles, CA with Nelson Byrd Woltz of Charlottesville, VA in 2005.

The memorial features were dedicated in three phases. In 2011, the Wall of Names was dedicated which features the names of the 40 passengers and crew members inscribed on a wall of polished white marble panels erected along the Flight Path. The Memorial Plaza is the quarter-mile northern-boundary to the crash site, which is the final resting place of the passengers and crew members, leading to the Wall of Names. In 2015, the Flight 93 National Memorial Visitor Center and Learning Center opened, providing an even deeper level of information about this seminal day in history through engaging exhibits and educational programming. In 2018, the 93-foot-tall Tower of Voices was dedicated marking the final phase of construction and completion of the permanent memorial. In 2020, the final 40 chimes were hung and dedicated in the tower as a tribute in sound to forever commemorate the voices of the 40 heroes.

Flight 93 National Memorial is a place to be inspired by the courageous actions of the 40 passengers and crew members of Flight 93, and a place of peaceful reflection. The living memorial landscape is a tribute to the resilience of the passenger and crew members that will forever honor their actions on 9/11.

To Plan Your Visit and learn more about the memorial's features, visit https://www.flight93friends.org/plan-your-visit/overview.

Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial

The Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial is recognized by the National Park Service as the official nonprofit organization for Flight 93 National Memorial. Incorporated in 2009, the Friends include family members of the passengers and crew members, first responders, U.S. Capitol employees, residents of the communities near the National Memorial, and members from across the United States who share the same goal: to ensure the story of Flight 93 is always honored, remembered, and shared.

The Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial is dedicated to educating future generations about the Flight 93 story, maintaining the highest standards of care for the memorial, and providing meaningful experiences for its visitors.

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Learn about how on September 11, a common field in Pennsylvania was transformed into a field of honor.

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Flight 93 Facts

United Airlines Flight 93, often just referred to as "Flight 93," was one of the planes hijacked by Al-Qaeda terrorists on 9-11-2001 in the United States. The Boeing 757-222 airplane left Newark International Airport in Newark, New Jersey on the morning of September 11 bound for San Francisco, California with forty-four passengers, which included four terrorists, and seven crew members. Flight 93 became known because about half an hour after the four hijackers took it over, just before 10 am, the passengers learned of the attacks on the World Trade Center towers in New York and decided to revolt. Although Flight 93 went down in a field about sixty miles southeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the revolting passengers have been credited as heroes, more than likely preventing a much larger attack, possibly on the White House.

The hijacker crew was led by Ziad Jarrah. Like most of the 911 hijackers, Jarrah was educated and came from a middleclass background. His background allowed him to enter the United States legally with relatively little suspicion.

It is believed that there were supposed to be five Flight 93 hijackers. The WTC and Pentagon hijackers were each comprised of five man teams. It is believed that a man named Mohammad al-Qahtani, who was denied entry into the U.S. on suspicion that he intended to illegally immigrate. Al-Qahtani was captured by U.S. forces in Afghanistan in late 2001 and has been held at Guantanamo Bay since that time.

Flight 93 was far under its passenger capacity of 182.

The hijackers took over Flight 93 at about 9:30 am. Pilot Jason Dahl and first officer Leroy Homer Junior were immediately attacked, although Dahl apparently survived the initial attack and attempted to sabotage the hijackers before he too was killed.

Shanksville, Pennsylvania is the town nearest to where Flight 93 crashed into an open field.

After the initial hijacking, passengers of Flight 93 learned via airplane phones and cellphones about the attacks on the WTC towers and the Pentagon.

Jarrah told the passengers to remain seated and that there was a bomb on board.

Thirty-two-year-old Illinois resident Todd Beamer was one of the leaders of the passenger revolt. Beamer got together with Mark Bingham, Tom Burnett, and Jeremy Glick to lead the revolt, but were later joined by both male and female passengers.

According to a call he was on with GTE airphone supervisor Lisa Jefferson, Beamer and the others hoped to subdue or kill the hijackers and fly the plane to safety with help from the ground.

Beamer's last words were, "Are you ready? Okay. Let's roll."

Flight 93 was about to be shot down by Airforce fighters when it crashed. Vice President Dick Cheney said, "I think an act of heroism just took place on that plane."

A makeshift memorial was immediately created on the crash site, which later became a permanent memorial. A white marble wall with the names of the passengers was opened to the public in 2011.

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United Airlines Flight 93, often just referred to as "Flight 93," was one of the planes hijacked by Al-Qaeda terrorists on 9-11-2001 in the United States. The Boeing 757-222 airplane left Newark International Airport in Newark, New Jersey on the morning of September 11 bound for San Francisco, California with forty-four passengers, which included four terrorists, and seven crew members.

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September 11, 2001 began as an ordinary, late-summer day. As the sun rose, fair weather and blue skies prevailed over much of the country and thousands of commercial airliners prepared for flight. But, in less than two hours' time, this seemingly routine day was transformed when 19 terrorists boarded and hijacked four commercial airplanes to attack America.

Nearly 3,000 people were killed when the hijacked planes were flown into the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon near Washington, DC, and when United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in the Pennsylvania countryside outside of Shanksville, PA.

Flight 93 did not arrive at the hijackers' intended target - the Nation's Capital - because of the selfless and courageous actions of the 40 passenger and crew members on board. When Flight 93 was hijacked, the passengers and crew members used airfones on the plane to contact the authorities and their loved ones.

A total of 13 passengers made 37 phone calls. Through their phone conversations, they learned of the first two attacks, and subsequently took quick action. Pushed to the back of the plane by hijackers, the passengers and crew took a vote - and decided to fight back to try and regain control of their airplane. As a result of phone calls made from on board Flight 93 and from the cockpit voice recorder recovered at the crash site, we learn of the struggle the passengers and crew members had with their hijackers which began in the skies over Western Pennsylvania, and ended with the high-speed crash of the plane in a reclaimed strip mine near Shanksville, just 18 minutes flying time from Washington, DC. Countless lives were spared thanks to their heroic actions, but all on board Flight 93 were lost.
A common field was transformed into a field of honor.
Flight 93 National Memorial

On September 24, 2002, Congress unanimously passed the Flight 93 National Memorial Act (P.L. 107-226). The Act "Established a Memorial at the September 11, 2001, crash site of United Airlines Flight 93 in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, designating the final resting place to honor the passengers and crew of Flight 93." The Act also designated the National Memorial as a unit of the National Park system.

The design for Flight 93 National Memorial was chosen from more than 1,000 entries in an international competition that included submissions from 48 states in this country and 27 countries. The memorial provides a series of visitor experiences beginning with a three-mile journey through a landscape that still hints at its mining past, leading visitors to an overlook located on the Flight Path, along with a Visitor Center and Learning Center down to the crash site. The winning design was awarded to Paul Murdoch Architects of Los Angeles, CA with Nelson Byrd Woltz of Charlottesville, VA in 2005.

The memorial features were dedicated in three phases. In 2011, the Wall of Names was dedicated which features the names of the 40 passengers and crew members inscribed on a wall of polished white marble panels erected along the Flight Path. The Memorial Plaza is the quarter-mile northern-boundary to the crash site, which is the final resting place of the passengers and crew members, leading to the Wall of Names. In 2015, the Flight 93 National Memorial Visitor Center and Learning Center opened, providing an even deeper level of information about this seminal day in history through engaging exhibits and educational programming. In 2018, the 93-foot-tall Tower of Voices was dedicated marking the final phase of construction and completion of the permanent memorial. In 2020, the final 40 chimes were hung and dedicated in the tower as a tribute in sound to forever commemorate the voices of the 40 heroes.

Flight 93 National Memorial is a place to be inspired by the courageous actions of the 40 passengers and crew members of Flight 93, and a place of peaceful reflection. The living memorial landscape is a tribute to the resilience of the passenger and crew members that will forever honor their actions on 9/11.

To Plan Your Visit and learn more about the memorial's features, visit https://www.flight93friends.org/plan-your-visit/overview.

Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial

The Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial is recognized by the National Park Service as the official nonprofit organization for Flight 93 National Memorial. Incorporated in 2009, the Friends include family members of the passengers and crew members, first responders, U.S. Capitol employees, residents of the communities near the National Memorial, and members from across the United States who share the same goal: to ensure the story of Flight 93 is always honored, remembered, and shared.

The Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial is dedicated to educating future generations about the Flight 93 story, maintaining the highest standards of care for the memorial, and providing meaningful experiences for its visitors.

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The 4th crash happened after the crew members decided to resist and fight back against the crew members on board. Some think the target for the 4th plane was meant to be the white house. The fourth plane, United Airlines Flight 93, crashed into an open field in Somerset County Pennsylvania. This crash had no survivors killing all crew members, passengers, and terrorists on the plane. This flight had 44 passengers including 2 pilots, 5 flight attendants, 33 passengers, and 4 hijackers. Flight 93 was the perfect target for these hijackers on a suicide mission. At approximately 9:37 am the hijacked Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon and the F.A.D.  ordered all aircraft to land at the nearest airport. Many people landed but by that time flight 93 was not responding to any orders, at about 9:28 a.m. after 46 minutes of the routine flight across Pennsylvania.  The hijackers took over Flight 93’s cockpit, which turned the plane southeast on a path toward Washington D.C which is the nation's capital.

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At approximately 9:37 am the hijacked Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon and the F.A.D.  ordered all aircraft to land at the nearest airport. Many people landed but by that time flight 93 was not responding to any orders, at about 9:28 a.m. after 46 minutes of the routine flight across Pennsylvania.  The hijackers took over Flight 93’s cockpit, which turned the plane southeast on a path toward Washington D.C which is the nation's capital.

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When the plane was hijacked 13 passengers and crew members responded by deciding to make phone calls to the authorities, United Airlines, and their family and friends. From the beginning of the hijacking to the plane crash, there were 35 phone calls made on the airfones.

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The 4 hijackers on flight 93 was Ziad Jarrah,Saeed al Ghamdi, Ahmad al Haznawi, and Ahmed al Nami. Some believe that there was actually supposed to be 5 hijackers, the World Trade center attacks and the pentagon attacks both had an hijacking crew composed of 5 hijackers each. The leader of the hijacking crew was named Ziad Jarrah.He was very educated and came from a middle class background this made him look unsuspicios to others

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George W. Bush Established the flight 93 memorial in September 2002 and it was fully opened to the public on September 10th 2015 .The structure stands 93 feet tall and has 40 chimes to represent the voices of the 30 passengers and crew. All of the chimes have a unique pitch and all together have a beautiful harmony and peacefully tune. The memorial is both a visual and audible reminder of the beautiful brave people who lost their lives that day on flight 93.