Who built the Tower of Voices?

An architectural rendering for “The Tower of Voices,” designed by Paul Murdoch Architects, in collaboration with a team of engineers, acousticians and one composer. The tower was to be outfitted with 40 aluminum chimes, one in honor of each passenger and crew member.



The Tower of Voices at the Flight 93 National Memorial was designed by Paul Murdoch Architects in collaboration with Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects. Completed as the final phase of the memorial in 2018, the structure stands 93 feet tall and serves as a "monumental musical instrument." It houses 40 wind-activated chimes, each uniquely tuned to represent one of the 40 passengers and crew members who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. The tower's construction involved sophisticated engineering to ensure the chimes would sound even in light winds (7–10 mph), using music theory to create a set of tones that connote both serenity and the dissonance of the tragic event. The tower is located near the memorial's entrance in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and its "open" design allows the wind to flow through the structure, symbolizing the voices of the heroes being carried across the rural landscape.

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In 2020, the final 40 chimes were hung and dedicated in the tower as a tribute in sound to forever commemorate the voices of the 40 heroes. Flight 93 National Memorial is a place to be inspired by the courageous actions of the 40 passengers and crew members of Flight 93, and a place of peaceful reflection.

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Bingham was among the passengers who, along with Todd Beamer, Tom Burnett and Jeremy Glick, formed the plan to retake the plane from the hijackers, and led the effort that resulted in the crash of the plane into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, thwarting the hijackers' plan to crash the plane into a building in ...

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There is no entrance fee for Flight 93 National Memorial.

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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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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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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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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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