Flight 93 families hope heroism award helps keep story alive
MARC LEVY | Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. – 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.