How far is the Flight 93 memorial from pittsburgh?

September 11, 2001, transformed the 21st century when 19 terrorists boarded and hijacked 4 airplanes, using them to attack America. The 4th hijacked plane, United Airlines Flight 93, crashed in rural Pennsylvania, just 80-miles east of Pittsburgh.



The Flight 93 National Memorial is located in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, approximately 78 miles (126 km) southeast of downtown Pittsburgh. Under normal traffic conditions, the drive takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes via the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76). The memorial is situated near the town of Shanksville and covers over 2,200 acres of what was formerly a reclaimed strip mine. It serves as a somber tribute to the 40 passengers and crew members who thwarted a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. The site features a Visitor Center with a panoramic view of the crash site, the "Wall of Names" made of white Italian marble, and the 93-foot-tall "Tower of Voices," which contains 40 wind chimes. Because the site is located in a rural mountain area, cell service can be spotty, and visitors are encouraged to check the weather beforehand, as the high-altitude plateau can be significantly colder and windier than the city of Pittsburgh.

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The hijackers inside the cockpit are heard yelling No! over the sound of breaking glass. The final spoken words on the recorder were a calm voice in English instructing, Pull it up. The plane then crashed into an empty field in Stonycreek, Pennsylvania, about 20 minutes' flying time from Washington, D.C.

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Those remains have been kept in an above-ground crypt for the last 10 years by the Somerset County coroner, Wallace Miller, awaiting a final resting place. They will be laid to rest in three steel coffins at the patch of earth — sodden now from endless rains — where the plane rammed into the ground.

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The plane crashed in an open field next to a wooded area in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania at 10:03:11 am. The nearest town is Shanksville. Flight 93 struck the ground at a 40 degree angle almost upside down, hitting right wing and nose first, at a speed of between 563-580 miles per hour.

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There is a small picnic area where visitors to Flight 93 National Memorial can have a bite to eat. It is located at the Visitor Center parking lot on the side farthest from the buildings (where buses and RVs park). There are six tables, but no grills.

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Restroom Access Restrooms with flush toilets are accessible across from the parking lot (flat roof building). A family restroom is available May 1 - October 31.

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The North Tower collapsed, after having been struck by American Airlines Flight 11, at 10:28 a.m. local time.

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Any plane debris there was mixed with hundreds of floors of concrete and steel, office furnishings and materials, and bodies — all of which complicated the case, investigators have said. Flight 93 wasn't lost to the crash. It was just buried, McCall said.

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At two and a half years old, Christine Lee Hanson was the youngest of the eight children who were killed on 9/11, all passengers aboard the aircraft commandeered by terrorists.

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In what likely was his dying act Flight 93 pilot and hero Jason Dahl managed to push a button which, unbeknownst to the hijackers, caused everything said in, and all sounds from near the cockpit to be broadcast. And of course, there were some 30 phone calls were placed from Flight 93 that day.

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