Twenty-five years after United Airlines Flight 93 fell into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, the nation pauses again to reckon with what forty ordinary people chose to do in the final minutes of their lives. Armed with nothing but phone calls from the ground and the knowledge of what was unfolding below them, the passengers and crew voted, in effect, to become the first American counteroffensive of September 11th. The Flight 93 National Memorial now draws more than 300,000 visitors a year — not merely to mourn, but to stand in the presence of a decision that reminds us what human beings
Flight 93 heroes remembered 25 years on for thwarting 9/11 attack
40 passengers and crew members died when United Airlines Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania after they fought back against terrorists who had taken control of the aircraft.