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Saturday, August 28, 2021

The Flight 93 National Memorial & Chapel

 


On September 10, 2015, the Flight 93 National Memorial Visitor Center Complex was dedicated housing exhibits  that serves as a self-guided intellectual understanding of visitors in an emotional experience of viewing and walking along the crash site itself.



Visitors can only view the crash site from the Memorial Plaza, - just a few distances away from the crash site. 
The impact site is reflected by a large  boulder which can be clearly captured by a good camera angle.

Take note that visitors are not allowed to step on the actual grounds of the crash site, the fact that the 40-considered heroes remains are still there! The fields and woods beyond that boulder are where the human remains lie until today!

The main goal and the "heart" of the existence of this memorial is the fact that it is now the final resting place of the 40 passengers and crew of UA Flight 93 and will remain untouched!

The memorial includes a viewing window, a bookstore, the Flight Path Walkway, and the Overlook.



The memorial plaza holds the names of those 40 passengers and crews inscribed on the wall as it stretches on the flight of the plane tracks during its crashing. It is called the "Wall of Names".


About 3 miles away, is the UAL Flight 93 Memorial Chapel. It is a 100-year old non-denominational chapel made as a spiritual memorial and tribute in honor of the Heroes of Flight 93. 

It was founded by Rev. Alphonse Mascherino, a Catholic priest for 34 years and handed it down on January 26, 2013.





At the back of the chapel is the Flight 93 Crew Monument, built and dedicated to the 40 heroes, made up of a 16-ton black granite obelisk donated by the UA Flight Attendants Cause Foundation on September 11, 2006.