Where did Flight 93 go down?

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United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in an empty field in Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania, near the town of Shanksville, on the morning of September 11, 2001. The crash site is approximately 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh and 150 miles northwest of Washington, D.C. Unlike the other three hijacked planes that day, which hit the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Flight 93 did not reach its intended target—widely believed to be the U.S. Capitol building or the White House. This was due to the heroic actions of the 40 passengers and crew members who, after learning of the other attacks via airphones, fought back against the four hijackers. The struggle resulted in the plane diving into the ground at over 500 miles per hour, killing everyone on board but preventing a catastrophic strike on a high-value national symbol. Today, the site is home to the Flight 93 National Memorial, which includes a visitor center, a Memorial Plaza along the crash site's perimeter, and the "Tower of Voices," a 93-foot-tall structure containing 40 wind chimes.

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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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According to the 9/11 Commission Report, the series of calls from the flight provided vital information both to the ground and to the passengers. Calls from on board the plane revealed that: the plane had been hijacked.

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Most well-known is the name of just one of the passengers and a single stirring line. Almost unknown are the names and courageous deeds of Deborah Welsh, Jason Dahl, Thomas Burnett, Jr., Mark Rothenberg, Mark Bingham, Jeremy Glick, Cee-Cee Ross Lyles and many others.

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A walk along the Memorial Plaza provides visitors the opportunity to view the impact site and a grove of eastern hemlock trees that were damaged as a result of the Flight 93 crash.

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The terrorists remained in control of the plane and chose to crash it rather than risk the passengers and crew regaining control of the aircraft.At 10:03 a.m., Flight 93 plowed into an empty field at a speed of 563 miles per hour.

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The youngest flight passenger who died was Christine Hanson, a 2-year-old on her way to Disneyland on United Airlines Flight 175. The oldest was Robert Norton, 82, who was on American Airlines Flight 11. The 19 hijackers from the militant Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda also died.

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On Sept. 11, 2001, 343 firefighters and paramedics were killed, most when the towers collapsed. Now, an equal number have died from 9/11-related illnesses, the FDNY says.

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walberg. WHO wasn't back scheduled to be on American Airlines flight 11 the morning of September 11. said if I was on that plane with my kids it wouldn't have went down like it did. but there would have been a lot of blood in that first class cabin and then me saying okay. we're going to land somewhere safely.

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Tim Lambert's family owned part of the tree-filled land where Flight 93 crashed on Sept. 11, 2001. Tim Lambert, weary from a long day of reporting on Sept. 11, 2001, checked his answering machine.

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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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