How far is the Flight 93 memorial from somerset pa?

Flight 93 National Memorial is located in southwestern Pennsylvania, approximately 20 miles from Somerset, PA. Pittsburgh - 1 1/2 hours driving time.



The Flight 93 National Memorial is located approximately 11 to 13 miles (about an 18 to 22-minute drive) from the center of Somerset, Pennsylvania. The memorial is situated in Shanksville, and the most direct route is typically via US-219 North or US-30 East (the Lincoln Highway). Because Somerset is the nearest significant town with a high concentration of hotels, restaurants, and amenities, it serves as the primary "base camp" for visitors traveling to pay their respects. The drive is relatively straightforward, traveling through the rolling hills and rural landscapes of Somerset County. Upon arrival, visitors can explore the Tower of Voices, the Visitor Center, and the Memorial Plaza which follows the crash site's debris field. Given the somber and reflective nature of the site, most visitors spend at least 2 to 3 hours at the memorial, making the short commute from Somerset highly convenient for a morning or afternoon excursion.

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Flight 93 National Memorial is a self-guided site and is open from sunrise to sunset. Visitors are encouraged to budget up to three hours for a full site visit.

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There is no entrance fee for Flight 93 National Memorial.

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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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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.

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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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Near the Memorial Plaza stands The Wall of Names, a white marble wall positioned on the flight path with forty panels, engraved with each hero's name. At the Ceremonial Gate, visitors can look down the flight path to the impact site, marked by a large boulder.

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Following the reading of the names, two bells were separately rung to honor the passengers and crewmembers onboard Flight 93 who, according to state Governor Tom Corbett, ?Came together in a single force against terrorism.?

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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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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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For 10 years, the unidentified remains of the 40 passengers and crew of Flight 93 waited in three caskets stored away in a mausoleum.

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At 9:57 am, the passengers and crew began their assault on the cockpit. At least two passengers and one crew member terminated phone calls in order to join the revolt. The plane was passing over Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania at this time, east of Pittsburgh.

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The Tower of Voices serves as both a visual and audible reminder of the heroism of the forty passengers and crew of United Flight 93.

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A gavel from the House of Representatives, the recovered boarding pass of the oldest passenger to board Flight 93, poignant final messages for loved ones, revealing aerial footage of the crash site and investigation, the fragment of a seat belt, the Congressional Gold Medal.

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