Flight 93

United Airlines Flight 93 was one of the planes hijacked by radical Muslim terrorists on September 11, 2001. Passengers rushed the cockpit, resulting in the plane going down in a Pennsylvania field before it could reach its intended target, believed to be a Washington, DC, landmark.

Fast Facts

1. Origin: Newark Liberty International Airport¹
2. Destination: San Francisco International Airport¹
3. Crash Site: Near Shanksville, Pennsylvania¹
4. Passengers and crew members learned of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks through cell phone calls to friends and family
5. Flight 93 was the plane hijacked on September 11, 2001 that failed to hit its intended target ²
6. Fatalities: 44¹
7. The design for the Flight 93 National Memorial was selected through an international design competition²
8. The temporary Flight 93 memorial, a 40-foot-long section of fence decorated with flowers, handwritten messages and artwork, overlooks the crash site²

Hijackers

1. Ziad Jarrah³
2. Ahmed al-Haznawi³
3. Ahmed al-Nami³
4. Saeed al-Ghamdi³

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