good afternoon. we are standing on the exact flight path of united flight 93. in fact at the national memorial, it was marked all the way to the crash site. you can see the grass cut to where there was a 17-ton piece of sandstone marking the site where flight 93 crashed killing its 40 passengers and crew. today we met the family of 38-year-old sandy bradshaw, one of the flight attendants. sandy s mother touched the wall with her daughter s name on it and sandy s daughter brought yellow roses which were her mother s favorite flowers. people asked me why i come here, it has to be horrible. but to me, i usually feel better when i go away from here because i know this was the last place she was. on september 11, united flight 93 from newark to san francisco was hijacked by four terrorists. but then comes the world trade center had already been hit. the 40 passengers and crew knew
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Families of those killed on United Fight 93 announce award for heroism © Provided by WXII 12 Greensboro-Winston-Salem united flight 93 memorial
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.Sign up for our Newsletters
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