Twenty-five years after United Flight 93 fell into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania — its passengers having chosen resistance over resignation in their final moments — CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman has returned to the ground where he once stood reporting on the unthinkable. His return is less a news assignment than a pilgrimage, a journalist measuring the distance between catastrophe witnessed and history absorbed. Some places hold their meaning across decades, and some acts of courage refuse to be reduced to footnote.
Hartman Returns to Shanksville 25 Years After Covering Flight 93 Crash
Flight 93 crashed killing all 33 passengers, 7 crew members, and 4 hijackers aboard after passengers and crew attempted to retake control.