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Airport. United Airlines Flight 93 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight that was hijacked by four al-Qaeda terrorists on the morning of September 11, 2001, as part of the September 11 attacks. The hijackers planned to crash the plane into a federal government building in the national capital of Washington, D.C.
During the September 11 attacks of 2001, a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda, killed 2,977 people, injured over 6,000, and caused at least $10 billion in infrastructure and property damage. Multiple others have died due to 9/11-related cancer and respiratory diseases in the months and years ...
The Flight 93 National Memorial is a memorial built to commemorate the crash of United Airlines Flight 93, which was one of four aircraft hijacked during the September 11 attacks in 2001. The memorial is located in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, with the vast majority in Stonycreek Township, [ 2] and with a small portion in Shade Township. [ 3]
Three more towers were originally expected to be built between 2007 and 2012 on the site, but are now delayed to 2018. Ground was broken for the Flight 93 National Memorial on November 8, 2009, and the first phase of construction is expected to be ready for the 10th anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2011. 9/11 Tribute Center
9:28: Flight 93 is hijacked above northern Ohio, turning to the southeast. 9:37:46: Flight 77 crashes into the western side of The Pentagon. All 58 passengers and crew are killed aboard the aircraft including an additional 125 (including emergency workers) on the ground. The crash starts a violent fire.
According to 9/11 Commission staff statement No. 17 [1] there were several communications failures at the federal government level during and after the 9/11 attacks. Perhaps the most serious occurred in an "Air Threat Conference Call" initiated by the National Military Command Center (NMCC) after two planes had crashed into the World Trade Center, but shortly before The Pentagon was hit.
The 9/11 Commission Report, prepared by the 9/11 Commission, was released on July 22, 2004. A New York City Fire Department firefighter looks up at the remains of the South Tower on September 13, 2001, two days following the attacks An illustration of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center with a vertical view of the impact locations.
Flight 77 is hijacked. 9:02:56: South Tower, World Trade Center, New York City, New York: Flight 175 crashes into the South Tower of the World Trade Center between the 77th and 85th floors. 9:28: United States airspace Flight 93 is hijacked. 9:37:46: The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia: Flight 77 crashes into The Pentagon. 9:59:00