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Flight 93 National Memorial

Carole O'Hare of Danville lost her mother, Hilda Marcin, in the crash of United Airlines Flight 93. By Kirsten Branch On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Carole O'Hare's life in Danville changed forever. O'Hare was expecting her mother to arrive in San National Park Service's Flight 93 National Memorial in Stonycreek Township near Shanksville [...]

Flight 93 dedication begins amid mud and security

On Saturday, a dedication of the first phase of the Flight 93 Memorial will come following years of controversy about how to honor the heroic passengers. The names of the 40 passengers and crew aboard Flight 93 on Sept. 11 were read aloud Saturday under grey skies in a field soggy with rain at the [...]

Flight 93 memorial to be dedicated today

U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is praising all that's been accomplished at the Flight 93 National Memorial, but he says the job isn't done. Public and private donors have contributed $52 million to the memorial. But Salazar Bikers from California to Florida have made their way to the site of the Flight 93 Memorial. Rain [...]

On eve of 9/11 anniversary, Flight 93 gets national memorial

We had just finished boarding Flight 93 and were about to begin work on the next departure to San Francisco when we received a call from the operations center that a plane had hit one of the towers of the World Trade Center. Thousands are expected outside this village in southwestern Pennsylvania for the dedication [...]