Wednesday January 5, 2005

In this area you will find current and archived news about Flight 93 and the memorial effort. Check this page often for updates.

Archived News

01/30/2003
Flight 93 Memorial Task Force Announced

January 29, 2003 - The Somerset County Board of Commissioners announced the appointment of the Flight 93 Task Force to begin the formal process of developing a national memorial to honor and remember the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93. The Task Force, which includes Flight 93 family members, landowners, community residents, emergency responders and representatives from other key stakeholder groups, will work closely with the Flight 93 Federal Advisory Commission and the official family organization, the Families of Flight 93, Inc., to create the memorial at the site of the September 11, 2001 crash in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. "Those who have agreed to serve as members of the Task Force have assumed a responsibility to the families, this community and the nation to ensure that the heroic actions of the 40 brave individuals who perished on that ill-fated flight are never forgotten," said Chairman James Marker. "The Board of Commissioners sincerely thanks them for their call to public service." Among the first duties of the Flight 93 Memorial Task Force will be to develop a mission statement and guiding principles for the development of the memorial. The Task Force will also be responsible for establishing the criteria and nominating process for the members of the Flight 93 Federal Advisory Commission and is expected to submit recommendations for nominees to the Secretary of the Interior by early summer, 2003. The Task Force will also work closely with the National Park Service as it works to develop a General Management Plan for the site, assisting with the public involvement process and various aspects of planning. "The National Park Service looks forward to working in partnership with the Flight 93 Task Force. I'm sure that together we will be able to enlist the support of the families, the community, the Commonwealth, and the Nation in planning and developing a national memorial to honor the passengers and crew of Flight 93," said Joanne Hanley, Superintendent of the Flight 93 National Memorial. "As a unit of the National Park Service, it will be forever protected for generations of Americans to come."

Archived News

09/06/2004
SEPTEMBER 11, 2004

02/18/2004
Task Force Meeting

11/11/2003
Task Force Meeting

10/19/2003
Task Force Reaches Out to Families

10/11/2003
Shanksville Hopes, Fears

10/01/2003
Community Open House

09/12/2003
Visitors Touched by Simple Ceremony

09/12/2003
Families Cope with Memories

09/12/2003
Bells toll for lives lost on Flight 93

09/12/2003
Tears, thank yous flow in Shanksville

09/12/2003
Bell Tolls for Flight 93

09/12/2003
Family Members return to Flight 93 site

09/12/2003
Norton: Hijackers changed this day

09/12/2003
Memorial Advisory Commission Takes Oath

09/11/2003
Flight 93 Responders

09/10/2003
County moves forward on property

09/10/2003
Swearing In Marks 9-11 Ceremony

09/09/2003
SEPTEMBER 11, 2003 INFORMATION

09/08/2003
Memorial Planning Unfolds Smoothly

09/08/2003
Volunteers Collect Momentos

09/07/2003
2 Years Later, site carefully guarded

09/07/2003
Deputies Call Work Humbling

09/07/2003
Nation Seeks Resolution in Memorials

09/05/2003
Cabinet Member may visit

09/06/2003
Norton swears-in Commissioners

09/04/2003
Living Memorial to honor Sept 11 spirit

08/26/2003
Transition Plan for Flight 93 Crash Site

08/19/2003
Task Force Statement on Orie Funds

08/13/2003
August 16, 2003 Task Force Meeting

08/11/2003
They are still a group of heroes

08/09/2003
White House Called Target of Plane Plot

08/09/2003
Father: Flight 93 passengers' actions

08/09/2003
Flight 93 families: Passengers heroes

08/09/2003
Report: Hijackers crashed Flight 93

08/08/2003
New theory on 9/11's Flight 93

07/29/2003
Flight 93 Service 'smaller'

07/29/2003
Somerset claims 'America's County'

06/22/2003
Flight 93 Memorial Panel Named

06/15/03
Flight 93 Memorial Preservation Grant

06/15/2003
Flight 93 Memorial Panel to be Nominated

05/15/2003
Flight 93 Memorial Plan Slowly Unfolds

05/12/2003
Task Force Discuss Flight 93 Options

05/11/2003
Task Force Seeks 'Common Ground'

06/10/2003
TEMPORARY MEMORIAL SITE GUIDELINES

03/31/2003
9/11 Survivors back troops but not war

03/06/2003
Feds eye local office for Flight 93

03/02/2003
Somerset picks task force for Flight 93

03/02/2003
Panel outlines Flight 93 Plan

03/02/2003
Planning Starts on Flight 93 Memorial

01/30/2003
Flight 93 Memorial Task Force Announced

12/13/2002
Task Force Co-Chairs Announced

12/09/2002
Task Force Co-Chairs Report

08/08/2002
MEDIA CREDENTIALS

07/15/2002
Anniversary Memorial Plans Announced

04/18/2002
Flight 93 In The News - 04/18/2002

03/08/2002
Murtha Announces Legislation

03/11/2002
flt93memorial.org goes online

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