Updated: 7:23 PM EDT May 10, 2021 The Associated Press Serene, stark and seemingly in the middle of nowhere in Pennsylvania, the National Park Service memorial to the people who died on United Airlines Flight 93 is hard to find on a map as the Sept, 11, 2001, terrorist attack itself slips deeper into the nation’s collective memory.And even schools that do teach about the day may only bring it up only on the anniversary, rather than as a point in a long arc of history and a turning point that left the U.S. irrevocably changed, 20 years later.Families of Flight 93′s 40 passengers and crew members are trying something new to change that: an annual award for heroism. Nominations open Monday through the nonprofit group, Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial.The award aims to reward selfless acts of heroism, but also to educate the public on what happened when those aboard the hijacked plane, bound for San Francisco, discovered that jets had been flown into
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Visitors look from the observation deck at the visitors center of the Flight 93 National Memorial to the field of the crash site and Wall of Names of the people that perished there, Saturday, May 8, 2021, in Shanksville, Pa. The organization Friends of Flight 93 is creating a new annual award for heroism that aims to reward selfless acts of heroism, but also to educate the public on what happened when those aboard hijacked Flight 93, learned of the attacks that had just occurred in New York and Washington D.C. The passengers and crew then tried to wrest control of the aircraft they were on, which crashed into a field, leaving no survivors. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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A nonprofit group behind the Flight 93 National Memorial announced on Monday the first annual Flight 93 Heroes Award opened for nominations ahead of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, a move to continue educating future generations about the pivotal moment in United States history.
The national award will be presented each year to people who have demonstrated remarkable acts of selfless courage in their community, according to a readout from the Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial. The group said the award will be presented to a new recipient each year in memory of the heroism displayed by the 40 passengers and crew members of Flight 93 in the skies over Pennsylvania.