What are the facts about the Tower of Voices?

The Tower of Voices is a momumental, ninety-three foot tall musical instrument holding forty wind chimes, represtenting the forty passengers and crew members. It is intended to be a landmark feature near the memorial entrance, visable from US Route 30/Lincoln Highway.



The Tower of Voices is a monumental 93-foot-tall structure located at the entrance of the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Completed in 2018, it serves as a "living" memorial to the 40 passengers and crew members who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. The tower contains 40 wind chimes, each uniquely tuned to represent a distinct voice from the group. The chimes are made of polished aluminum and range in length from 5 to 10 feet; they are designed to be played naturally by the wind as it passes through the tower's hollow core. The structure itself is a "precast concrete" masterpiece, featuring a series of C-shaped fins that create a "sound chamber" effect. Its height was specifically chosen so that it would be the first thing visitors see as they approach the memorial. In 2026, it remains one of the most poignant sound-based memorials in the world, intended to provide a "serene and discordant" acoustic experience that changes every day based on the wind speed and direction, symbolizing the eternal presence of the 40 heroes.

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After 14 years of planning and development, the Flight 93 National Memorial was completed and opened to family members of the victims on September 10, 2015.

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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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The Tower of Voices is a landmark feature near the entrance to the Flight 93 National Memorial, a new national park located in Somerset County, Pennsylvania where United Flight 93 crashed on September 11, 2001.

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

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8:46 a.m. - Flight 11 crashes into floors 93 through 99 of the North Tower.

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Nineteen terrorists from al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial airplanes, deliberately crashing two of the planes into the upper floors of the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center complex and a third plane into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.

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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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SHANKSVILLE, Pa. — The remaining wreckage of United Flight 93 has been buried near the Pennsylvania memorial marking where it crashed on 9/11.

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Located underneath the flight path and final approach of Flight 93, the Wall of Names is constructed from white marble. Forty individually selected and polished marble stones are inscribed with each of the passenger or crew member names. Black granite denotes the flight path.

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