Flight 93 Memorial

Yesterday we were looking for something to do and had some time to kill, so Michelle and I decided to pack up the Forester and take a little bit of a road trip. We headed out to the Flight 93 Memorial, a place that we had talked about visiting previously, but just never made it yet. We knew it was fairly close and something we wanted to see, and there was no time like the present.

The trip took about an hour and fifty minutes from Morgantown and had us in a number of back roads in Pennsylvania. We passed the Sniders of Berlin Potato chip factory, and that was about the biggest highlight passing through the area. Lot's a farms and eminessence of livestock in the area, some places much stronger than others, but still a very pleasant drive.

We did finally arrive at the memorial a little before noon after guiding ourselves there with the iPhone and GPS, the only problem we encountered was the location we used was directions to where the access to the memorial used to be, we stopped and got directions and found out that they had moved the access point and we were then on our way.

The wall that you see if the actual flight path where it came onto the property before crashing into a lot of hemlock trees. Each portion of the wall is a remembrance to each brave hero that died on that plane. Individual names as well as any engraving requested by the family are on each individual slab.

The rock that you see here is the actual point of impact where the plane hit. I zoomed in to get a picture of it, but the only people allowed out there are the family members of the fallen heroes. There was a couple attendants on location to educate you with any and all questions that you may have. I was amazed to find out that the plane was 50' above the ground and upside down as it passed by where the memorial wall is located.

There is future development planned for the park including a tower of voices, where they are going to install 40 wind chimes, one for each passenger.

If you ever get the opportunity or have the time, it was well worth the trip and one you will always remember.