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I've been traveling on business in western Pennsylvania this week. I decided to drive 30 minutes out of my way to visit the temporary memorial for United Flight 93, near Shanksville, PA.
Most US residents have a "what I was doing on Sept 11th" story. I was in Atlanta on a business trip and I watched the events unfold from a Hilton lobby bar. I was particularly concerned because my daughter is a US Airways flight attendant and she was doing a lot of flying in the US northeast. It took me an hour or so to reach her and find out that she was not flying that day. But the memory of those feelings of fear and uncertainty are still close to me. And in a very, very, very small way I feel I understand the feelings of those who lost family and friends on that fateful day.
I arrived at the Flight 93 Memorial right after the sun went below the horizon. It is in a very out-of-the-way location and yet people were visiting the site even after it got quite dark. There's not too much to see but many have left tributes on supplied fence and surrounding space.
The field where Flight 93 came down
No politics here - just feelings of remembrance and grief. Visiting this location made me thankful for my life and freedom and sorry for those who lost their lives here.
Thanks for viewing.
Link to a gallery of a few other shots
Most US residents have a "what I was doing on Sept 11th" story. I was in Atlanta on a business trip and I watched the events unfold from a Hilton lobby bar. I was particularly concerned because my daughter is a US Airways flight attendant and she was doing a lot of flying in the US northeast. It took me an hour or so to reach her and find out that she was not flying that day. But the memory of those feelings of fear and uncertainty are still close to me. And in a very, very, very small way I feel I understand the feelings of those who lost family and friends on that fateful day.
I arrived at the Flight 93 Memorial right after the sun went below the horizon. It is in a very out-of-the-way location and yet people were visiting the site even after it got quite dark. There's not too much to see but many have left tributes on supplied fence and surrounding space.
The field where Flight 93 came down
No politics here - just feelings of remembrance and grief. Visiting this location made me thankful for my life and freedom and sorry for those who lost their lives here.
Thanks for viewing.
Link to a gallery of a few other shots
john w
I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
Edward Steichen
I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
Edward Steichen
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I'm assuming the jewelry as been left by visitors. The location was a granite marker with a plaque <sp?> and these momentos were left sitting on top of it.
There are lots of little mini-locations like this with trinkets, notes, and other items of thought left behind.
Thanks
I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
Edward Steichen
As my first post, I couldn’t find any better and more touching photos than these. Thanks for sharing them with the rest of us.
-Andre
Just a few weeks after the events of September 11, I flew from Australia to America then took a couple of internal flights with American Airlines.
During my flight from Dallas to Oklahoma, I reached in to my bag and took out a stickpin of the Australian Flag and the American Flag together as ONE and gave it to the Flight Attendant.... I just held out my hand and gave it to him, and my eyes filled with tears, but I know he understood my gesture.
Fear is a terrible thing, but you can't live in a box, life goes on, and if you give into fear it will rule your life........ live it to the fullest you only get one chance at it.
Thank you for your sharing your images...... Skippy (Australia)
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I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
Edward Steichen
Within days of the crash, people were leaving mementos and stuffed animal at areas around the crash site. The visitors area arose spontaneously. Visitors just seemed to keep coming day after day, and still are over 4 years later.
I spoke to a couple of fellows that afternoon in 2001, who said they worked in the Pentagon building, and felt that the people of Flight 93 may have saved their lives on Sept 11, because they did not allow the plane to return to the DC area. Very moving then, and still very moving today.
Nightingale and I were there again a few years later, and the site still seems to call to people as a very moving experience. Somber, earnest, and almost a religious experience.
We must never forget. The men who attacked that day in September want vastly more powerful weapons. We must not allow that to happen. We must not..............
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