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Bravo Zulu Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Nov-07-09 06:45 PM
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Ground broken for permanent Flight 93 memorial
Shanksville, Pa. -- Under a brilliant midday sun, a simple ceremony today marked the groundbreaking for a permanent national memorial on the site where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed on Sept. 11, 2001, killing everyone aboard.

"In honor of the 40 American heroes who gave there lives here -- Let's roll!" said U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar as he dug a silver shovel into a mound of dirt.

He echoed the famous words of Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer before passengers and crewmembers attempted to retake the plane from terrorists.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011710-455.stm#ix...
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   But how do they know Flight 93 even crashed there?  lib2DaBone   Nov-07-09 06:56 PM   #1 
   They don't know . nt  blues90   Nov-07-09 08:02 PM   #2 
   I guess you have a pretty crappy memory then - nt  Ohio Joe   Nov-07-09 08:11 PM   #3 
   ..Is that it? No shoes.. no luggage..no Debris... a few parts scattered around?  lib2DaBone   Nov-07-09 09:07 PM   #5 
   The wreckage.  Bravo Zulu   Nov-07-09 08:24 PM   #4 
      Well that proves it.. case closed.. now on to Lockerbie...  lib2DaBone   Nov-07-09 09:09 PM   #6 
   I've been there. The place is an old sand & gravel mine.....  Historic NY   Nov-07-09 09:50 PM   #7 
 
lib2DaBone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Nov-07-09 06:56 PM
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1. But how do they know Flight 93 even crashed there?
.. as I recall.. there were no bodies.. no wreckage.. no luggage... just a hole in the ground?
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blues90 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 08:02 PM
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2. They don't know . nt
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Ohio Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 08:11 PM
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3. I guess you have a pretty crappy memory then - nt
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lib2DaBone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Nov-07-09 09:07 PM
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5. ..Is that it? No shoes.. no luggage..no Debris... a few parts scattered around?
We did a haunted house at halloween for our United Way.. we did way better than this...
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4. The wreckage.


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6. Well that proves it.. case closed.. now on to Lockerbie...
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 09:50 PM
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7. I've been there. The place is an old sand & gravel mine.....
Edited on Sat Nov-07-09 10:15 PM by Historic NY
looks like a big bowl you can just see where it went straight into the ground.It reminded me a lot like the Everglades crash.

http://wtc7lies.googlepages.com/flight93page1
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