Somerset County gained worldwide attention in 2001 when a hijacked airliner, United Airlines Flight 93, crashed in Stonycreek Township near the town of Shanksville as part of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks.

It crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, during an attempt by some of the passengers to regain control, killing all 44 people aboard including the 4 hijackers.

On September 11, 2001, during the terrorist attacks on the United States, United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in a field in Stonycreek Township, north of the town of Shanksville.

President Bush signed a bill authorizing the building of a national memorial to the passengers and crew who died aboard Flight 93 when it crashed into Shanksville, in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, during the September 11 terrorist attacks.

On September 11, 2001, 19 al-Qaeda Islamic extremists hijacked American Airlines Flight 11, United Airlines Flight 175, American Airlines Flight 77, and United Airlines Flight 93 and crashed them into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, the southwestern side of the Pentagon building, and Stonycreek Township near Shanksville, Pennsylvania in a terrorist attack.

On September 11, 2001, Nami boarded United 93 and assisted in the hijacking of the plane, which crashed into a field in rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after a passenger uprising, due to the passengers receiving information from their families of the 3 other hijacked planes that hit the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

On September 11, 2001, Haznawi boarded United Airlines Flight 93 and assisted in the hijacking of the plane, which crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after a passenger uprising.

LeRoy Wilton Homer, Jr. ( August 27, 1965 – September 11, 2001 ) was the First Officer of United Airlines Flight 93, which was hijacked as part of the September 11 attacks in 2001, and crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing all 33 passengers and seven crew members.

On September 11, 2001, it was reported he boarded United 93 and assisted in the hijacking of the plane, which was crashed into a field in the control of hijacker-pilot Ziad Jarrah in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after the passengers attempted to take control of the plane in an uprising.

The Capitol is believed to have been the intended target of the hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001, before it crashed near Shanksville in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, after passengers tried to take over control of the plane from hijackers.

Ziad Samir Jarrah (, ) ( May 11, 1975 – September 11, 2001 ) was one of the masterminds of the September 11 attacks who served as the hijacker-pilot of United Airlines Flight 93, crashing the plane into a field in a rural area near Shanksville — after a passenger uprising — as part of the coordinated attacks.

* September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City, Washington, D. C. and Shanksville, Pennsylvania ( 2, 996 killed )

* On September 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 93, bound from Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco and one of the four planes hijacked that day by al-Qaeda operatives, crashed near Shanksville, killing all 44 persons on board.

* On September 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 93 was hijacked and crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania while en route to SFO.

The organizers of the September 11th Memorial in New York donated a grove of sweet gum trees to the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

* United Airlines Flight 93, plane that crashed in Stonycreek Township near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, as part of the September 11, 2001 attacks

United 93 crashed, at 580 miles per hour ( 933 km / h ), into a reclaimed strip mine at the edge of the woods near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, at 10: 03: 11, 125 miles ( 200 km ) from Washington, D. C. All aboard died.

The 9 / 11 Commission concluded without qualification that Jarrah was a hijacker on the plane when it crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

It was later surpassed by the 1900 Galveston hurricane and the 9 / 11 attacks ( in which, coincidentally, one of the hijacked airliners crashed near Shanksville, just south of Johnstown ).

The four flights are American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767-223ER with five hijackers and 87 other people on board which hits the North Tower of the World Trade Center ; United Airlines Flight 175, a Boeing 767-222 with five hijackers and 60 other people on board which almost collides in mid-air with Delta Air Lines Flight 2315 and hits the South Tower of the World Trade Center ; American Airlines Flight 77, a Boeing 757-223 with five hijackers and 59 other people on board which hits the Pentagon ; and United Airlines Flight 93, a Boeing 757-222 with four hijackers and 40 other people on board which was to hit the United States Capitol or White House, but is taken over by the passengers and crashes in a rural area in Stonycreek Township, near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

* Shanksville, Pennsylvania, to honor the crew and passengers aboard United Airlines Flight 93 on 9 / 11 in their efforts to thwart the hijacking

* Near Shanksville, Somerset County, is the site of the crash of United Airlines Flight 93, the " Let's Roll " flight which occurred on 9 / 11 after passengers attempted to overpower the plane's hijackers.

* 2001-September 11th terrorist attacks ; 19 terrorists hijack four planes and crash them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania killing nearly 3, 000 people and injuring over 6, 000.

President Bush visited the sites of the attacks, laying a wreath with First Lady Laura Bush at the field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania in which United Flight 93 crashed.

Bingham died when the plane crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers attempted to foil the hijacking.

He died when the plane crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Two hours later, it would crash into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, when passengers attempted to take over the plane from a team of hijackers.

* 10: 03 AM: United Airlines Flight 93 crashes into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

While the crash of United Flight 93 is often reported as Shanksville, it is actually closer to Indian Lake, about 1. 5 versus 2 miles away.

Shanksville is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States, with a population of 245, as of the 2000 census.

Three of the hijackers carried copies of an identical handwritten letter ( in Arabic ) that was found in three separate locations: the first, in a suitcase of hijacker Mohamed Atta that did not make the connection to American Airlines Flight 11 that crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center ; the second, in a vehicle parked at Washington Dulles International Airport that belonged to hijacker Nawaf al-Hazmi ; and the third at the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

* Flight 93 National Memorial, Shanksville, Pennsylvania, under construction

* Flight 93 National Memorial, Shanksville, Pennsylvania ( under construction )

Hijacker-pilot, Ziad Jarrah, crashed the plane into an empty field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania in order to prevent the passengers from gaining control of the plane.

During this struggle, it crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

During the attempt, however, the plane crashed into a reclaimed strip mine in Stonycreek Township, near Shanksville in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, about southeast of Pittsburgh and northwest of Washington, D. C. A few witnessed the impact from the ground and news agencies began reporting the event within an hour.

He was one of the passengers who attempted to foil the hijacking and reclaim the aircraft, which crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

A fourth hijacked airliner crashes in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

In addition, DNA samples submitted by his girlfriend were matched to remains recovered in Shanksville.

A passenger uprising resulted in the plane crashing into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing everyone aboard.

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