On our way home we felt the need to stop by the courageous 9/11 memorial in Pennsylvania. This memorial was dedicated to the courageous people on flight 93 that knew they were another terrorist flight that was about to unleash destruction somewhere in the U.S. They bravely took over the terrorists and the plane went down in a field in a quaint town of PA. This memorial seemed to be just as emotional if not more moving than the 9/11 memorial in NY, as these people on flight 93 knew that was going to be their last day. We listened to the recordings of the messages left on family and friends voice mails telling them that their plan had been hijacked and saying their good-bye's...talk about heart wrenching. Even though it was very heart breaking it felt good going and honoring all of the hero's on that flight.
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The entrance to the Flight 93 Memorial. |
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This is a picture of the main guy that organized the revolt against the terrorists. He is the only that said "Let's Roll" |
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Another view from the memorial looking down the flight path. |
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A view from the memorial of the flight path. "A common field one day. A field of honor forever." |
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Another picture of the flight path to the memorial rock at the impact area. |
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This sidewalk marks the flight path to the impact area. |
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This is a picture of us looking from the impact area towards the memorial museum. The black spot in the picture is the direction of the plane coming in on impact. |
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This rock was placed at the impact area of the plane. They excavated 40 ft deep until they found no more remains of the plane or people and then they back-filled it. This area is blocked off, as this is the actual cemetery for all on flight 93. You will notice flowers on the memorial rock, those were placed by the family members of the ones lost, as they are the only ones allowed to go out to the memorial rock. |
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The memorial wall with all of the names of the people that lost their life that day |
Now onto Nashville, TN!
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