Message from the desk of the Superintendent

Hello and welcome to our visitors.

The events of September 11, 2001 will never be forgotten in the annals of our nation’s history. The passengers and crew members aboard Flight 93 courageously gave their lives on September 11th, thwarting a planned attack on our nation’s capital, and thereby saving countless other lives. Their selfless acts of heroism will provide an inspiration for many generations to come, and cause us to pause and reflect, “What would I have done?” They were ordinary people living their lives, but were called to an extraordinary task that day.

It is our job here at the National Park Service to ensure that their story is told for generations to come, and that the crash site of Flight 93 – the Sacred Ground – is protected unimpaired in perpetuity. To that end, we have been working to plan for and develop the Flight 93 National Memorial with our partners – the Families of Flight 93, the Flight 93 Advisory Commission, the Flight 93 Memorial Task Force, the National Park Foundation, the local community and many others.

We’ve come a long way over the last several years. We held an incredibly successful international design competition to choose the winning design for the memorial; the boundary for the national memorial was approved; we completed a management plan which will guide development of the national memorial for the next 15 to 20 years.

We are currently deep into the design process to build the permanent memorial to honor the heroes of Flight 93; we are active in different stages of the land acquisition process with many landowners; and our partners are engaged in a very successful national fundraising capital campaign.

There are many ways for you to be involved. Whether you want to be a park volunteer, contribute to the development of the memorial, or be one of the hundreds of thousands of people who have visited the temporary memorial, we welcome you and invite you to become part of our Flight 93 family.

Thank you for your interest in and support of the Flight 93 National Memorial.

Sincerely,

Joanne Hanley Superintendent, Flight 93 National Memorial