At 9:28 AM, after hijacked flights were flown into the World Trade Center, United Airlines Flight 93, traveling from Newark to San Francisco, was commandeered by 4 hijackers. The crew transmitted two May Day calls. Information from in-flight calls and flight recorders reveal the passengers attempted to regain control of the plane headed toward DC. At 10:03 AM, Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville in southwestern PA. Impact created a crater 8'-10' deep × 30'-50' wide. No one on the ground died. The 7-member crew and 33 passengers perished.

Photo: Devry Becker Jones

Wayne Heights, Pennsylvania · USA