There is a bomb on board and we are going back to the airport to have our demands. Please remain quiet. Within minutes, the FAA issued a warning that an aircraft over Pennsylvania, Flight 93, had been hijacked and was now on a course towards Washington, D. Just before 10 a. Capitol building and at the White House. Police radios were filled with reports of a hijacked aircraft en route to Washington, D.
So, my own guess is that the Capitol building, the Congress, was probably the target. It stood out higher on the horizon and on the skyline, and was a better target anyway.
Scheuer agrees with the idea that even Osama bin Laden probably didn't know Flight 93's intended target. But on all of the targets, he deferred to the commander on the ground who was Mohammed Atta. So, what was the order he gave the hijackers on United Flight 93? We may never know for sure. But part of the reason that Flight 93's target is significant is because al-Qaida has demonstrated it doesn't give up on a building or place it wants to destroy.
In its final moments, the plane turned upside down as it passed over rural Western Pennsylvania. 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. Upon impact, the 7, gallons of jet fuel on board the aircraft exploded, creating a ball of fire that rose higher than the trees.
On September 11, , D. Berkebile captured smoke in the sky from his property The flight data recorder that was recovered from the crash site revealed that the terrorists had reprogrammed the aircraft's autopilot system for a new destination - Washington, D. Recovered evidence and responses to interrogations revealed that the terrorists' intended target was most likely the United States Capitol Building, where the nation's legislators were in session.
Flight 93 crashed only 20 minutes flying-time from Washington, D. Because of the quick and determined actions of the passengers and crew, Flight 93 was the only one of the four hijacked aircraft that failed to reach the terrorists' intended target that day.
The passengers and crew showed unity, courage, and defiance in the face of adversity. Sponsored by the Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial. Box Shanksville , PA Explore This Park. Flight 93 National Memorial Pennsylvania. Info Alerts Maps Calendar. Alerts In Effect Dismiss. The story of those passengers and their decision to fight back — potentially saving hundreds more lives — is now memorialized in the same place where Flight 93 crashed that day: a field outside Shanksville, Pa.
National Park Service. At the National Memorial on Saturday, at AM — 20 years after the moment Flight 93 crashed — the names of all 40 victims will be read, and the Bells of Remembrance will be rung in their memory.
After a wreath is placed at the Wall of Names, the ceremonial gate will be opened to allow family members to walk onto the crash site, an area reserved for loved ones only. Bush will deliver remarks at the ceremony, and the second gentleman, Doug Emhoff, and the interior secretary, Deb Haaland, will also join them from Washington. The Flight 93 Memorial outside Shanksville spans about 2, acres , which includes a visitors center, the Tower of Voices , a foot tower with a wind chime representing each person killed, 40 memorial groves and a Wall of Names to honor of the victims and finally the crash site itself, reserved only for visitation from families and loved ones.
He said the Tower of Voices was the final step to completing the national memorial.
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