Deep in rural Somerset County is the crash site for flight 93, a plane terrorists intended to fly into the Capitol Building on September 11, 2001. Autumn here is quiet and you really feel the wild things of the area heaving sighs and going within to prepare for winter resting. So it is unthinkable that something so violent occurred here. I think the designers must have felt this, too because they created a memorial that both encompasses the land on which this terrible tragedy occurred and honors the memories of brave people who learned from loved ones what was happening in NYC and chose to fight their hijackers.
The Tower of Voices is a giant windchime still under construction, but will be the first thing visitors see when they arrive at the Flight 93 Memorial.
There is a walkway encircling the entire memorial. 40 orchards with 40 trees line half. The crash occurred near a working coal mine. FBI soon closed down the mine and used their buildings for investigative work. The memorial grounds are slowly healing from coal mining activity.
The Memorial Sights.
Joanie On My Mind 