Shawnee SP day 2

This morning we visited the Flight 93 Memorial. To be completely honest it dredged up some memories that I didn't really care to relive. The visitor center walked you through a timeline of all 4 of the hijacked flights. The hijackers were in control of flight 93 for 35 minutes. During that time the passengers were able to make phone calls and they learned of the attacks on the World trade center. A vote was taken and the passengers took back control. The airplane impacted the ground inverted at nearly 600 miles/hour. The voice recorder and flight data recorder (which are in the tail) were found 20 feet underground. After the FBI investigation was completed, the coroner told them to fill in the crater. It is now a sacred spot, the final resting place of the 40 heros who took back control of the plane. As you enter the Monument there is a 90 foot tower that will eventually have 40 wind chimes hanging in it. They are still working on that. We left the visitors center and did a mile hike around the  Monument. The actual impact site is marked by a large boulder. The debris field covers 40 acres. The names of all the passengers are inscribed on marble slabs and the slabs are lined up on the final  flight path. There is a lot of symbolism in the way the Monuments designers arranged things. As are most National Monuments we have visited, this one was extremely well done. We are here another day I think. I'll have to ask Jenny.