Where is Tower of Voices?

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.



The Tower of Voices is located at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Stoystown, Pennsylvania. It serves as the monumental gateway to the memorial site, standing 93 feet tall to commemorate the 40 passengers and crew members of United Airlines Flight 93 who fought back against hijackers on September 11, 2001. The tower is a unique "musical" monument, housing 40 wind chimes—one for each victim—that are designed to produce different tones depending on the wind speed and direction. The structure's design is a symbolic tribute, intended to ensure that the "voices" of those heroes are never silenced. Visitors can walk around the base of the tower to hear the ethereal, haunting chimes, which provide a deeply moving auditory experience before continuing on to the Visitor Center and the crash site itself. Its location on a high ridge allows it to catch the wind constantly, making it a living, breathing part of the landscape.

The Tower of Voices is located at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It commemorates the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93, who courageously fought against the hijackers during the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The tower stands 93 feet tall and features 40 wind chimes, each representing one of the 40 individuals who lost their lives on Flight 93. The chimes create a harmonious and reflective soundscape, serving as a lasting tribute to their bravery and sacrifice.

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The Tower of Voices is conceived as a monumental, ninety-three feet tall musical instrument holding forty wind chimes, representing the forty passengers and crew members.

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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.

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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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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. There is no admission fee to enter Flight 93 National Memorial or the Visitor Center.

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There is no entrance fee for Flight 93 National Memorial. America the Beautiful Passes - Since there is no entrance fee, the memorial does not carry the America the Beautiful Passes - Annual Pass, Senior Pass, and Access Pass.

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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 rest of the aircraft buried itself in dirt that had been transported to the abandoned strip mine for reclamation efforts in the 1990s. The fuselage and wings shattered as they burrowed into the earth.

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The six acres where the first class cabin and cockpit had landed were now part of the National Park Service. The rest — 157 acres — went to the nonprofit group the Families of Flight 93.

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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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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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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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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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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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