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On September 11, 2001, under a cloudless blue sky and mild weather, many people stayed indoors in shock and horror as they watched the World Trade Center and the Pentagon burn and realized America was under attack by terrorists using hijacked planes as missiles. In this area, where residents felt relieved to be far from any terrorist target, a large aircraft appeared shortly after 10:00 a.m., barely clearing the mountain ridge and flying far too low over the homes of Lambertsville with engines roaring and wings rocking from side to side before disappearing over the rise. Residents recalled unbearable noise, shaking windows and rafters, a plane filling an entire window as it buzzed past, a silver streak moving so fast it could scarcely be seen, and the sight of the aircraft so low that one witness doubted it would clear the town in the last moments before the crash of Flight 93.
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