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.
Hijackers
- Ziad JarrahPost-Gazette: Flight 93: Forty lives, one destiny (October 28, 2001)
- Ahmed al-HaznawiPost-Gazette: Flight 93: Forty lives, one destiny (October 28, 2001)
- Ahmed al-NamiPost-Gazette: Flight 93: Forty lives, one destiny (October 28, 2001)
- Saeed al-GhamdiPost-Gazette: Flight 93: Forty lives, one destiny (October 28, 2001)
References
Fast Facts
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Origin
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Destination
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Crash Site
Near Shanksville, PennsylvaniaNational Park Service: Flight 93
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Fact:
Passengers and crew members learned of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks through cell phone calls to friends and family
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Flight 93 was the plane hijacked on September 11, 2001 that failed to hit its intended target Flight 93 Memorial: [1]
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Fatalities
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The design for the Flight 93 National Memorial was selected through an international design competitionFlight 93 Memorial: [1]
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The temporary Flight 93 memorial, a 40-foot-long section of fence decorated with flowers, handwritten messages and artwork, overlooks the crash siteFlight 93 Memorial: [1]
