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 Shanksville, Pennsylvania - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Shanksville is a borough located in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
A modest memorial to the victims and heroes of the attack is now hosted there.
Shanksville is located at 40°1'2" North, 78°54'21" West (40.017182, -78.905891){{GR1}}.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /shanksville,_pennsylvania.htm   (401 words)

  
 usnews.com: One year after 9/11: Shanksville, Pa.
Shanksville is the kind of place where people in passing cars give you a little wave, and you return the gesture without even thinking about it.
Shanksville is tactfully adjusting to its new role as host to those who journey to see where 40 airplane passengers and crew overwhelmed four al Qaeda terrorists aboard a Boeing 757.
It had been 20 years since he'd even been to Shanksville when he was informed that the charred woods in all the news pictures were his woods.
www.usnews.com /usnews/9_11/articles/911shanksville.htm   (2142 words)

  
 Quick Response Report #157 - Terrorism in Shanksville: A Study in Preparedness and Response
Additionally, when it was obvious that the Shanksville site had the potential to yield the most evidence regarding the perpetrators of the day's activities, the entire area was quickly designated a crime scene with federal and state oversight.
Shanksville Fire Chief Terry Shaffer expressed his gratitude to the community and indicated that his group had received nothing but praise from the FBI and the Pennsylvania State Police on how the volunteers had handled themselves, not only as a fire company, but as a community.
The sparse population and remoteness of this site made the response in Shanksville especially challenging as even lodging for the responders was 25 to 30 miles from the scene and resources for providing food had to be rotated so that local suppliers were not overwhelmed and unable to continue to serve their regular clientele.
www.colorado.edu /hazards/qr/qr157/qr157.html   (3891 words)

  
 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly . TRANSCRIPT . August 30, 2002 | PBS
Shanksville is a small southern Pennsylvania town where the fourth hijacked plane crashed after taking off from Newark.
Reverend RON EMERY (Shanksville United Methodist Church): All we knew was that something terrible had happened to the nation and we were a part of it, and the community was sort of in shock and disbelief.
Shanksville was founded in the late 1700s and local residents say it's always been pretty much what it is now: a close-knit community with a school, a post office, a general store and seven churches -- all of them Protestant.
www.pbs.org /wnet/religionandethics/transcripts/552.html   (3751 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Shanksville, Pennsylvania
First Lady Laura Bush Laura Lane Welch Bush (born November 4, 1946) is the wife of U.S. President George W. Bush and is the First Lady of the United States.
Somerset County is a county located in the state of Pennsylvania.
Shanksville came to international attention during the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack, being located near the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Shanksville%2C-Pennsylvania   (813 words)

  
 Shanksville, Pennsylvania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Shanksville is located at 40°1'2" North 78°54'21" (40.017182 -78.905891)
Beth lives by herself in an unnamed Pennsylvania city where she fills her days with riding bus route af...
Since my husband and I were going to be spending a week in Pennsylvania, I brought the Roadside Geology book of PA along.
www.freeglossary.com /Shanksville%2C_Pennsylvania   (808 words)

  
 Shanksville on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Shanksville is situated in an agricultural area where corn, oats, livestock, and dairy animals are raised.
Shanksville mayor and his town accept higher profile cheerfully.
Pennsylvania Governor Schweiker Marks Sept. 11 in Somerset County; Unveils `Wall of Hope' at Shanksville Elementary School; Attends Flight 93 Memorial Ceremony.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/Shanksvl.asp   (477 words)

  
 Life in the fields of sorrow - smh.com.au
Shanksville was happy to be Nowhere, USA, but the community has lost its innocence to America's grief tour, writes Gerard Wright.
Shanksville, population about 250, eight kilometres east of the nearest large town, Somerset, is a geographic afterthought, an ink spot on the road map of western Pennsylvania.
Shanksville, the town, has become a roadside attraction in what Miller dismissively refers to as "the grief tour".
www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/09/10/1031608245087.html   (1646 words)

  
 CNN.com - 'Black box' from Pennsylvania crash found - September 13, 2001
SHANKSVILLE, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Searchers Thursday found one of the so-called fl boxes from United Airlines Flight 93, the hijacked airliner that crashed Tuesday in western Pennsylvania.
It crashed in Shanksville in Somerset County, 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
As the recovery process at the crash scene in western Pennsylvania continues, emergency workers are painstakingly looking for human remains, airplane parts and personal effects.
archives.cnn.com /2001/US/09/13/penn.attack   (495 words)

  
 Facts about Shanksville, Pennsylvania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Below is information on the population, racial profile, house hold count, and sex/age profiles for the city of Shanksville.
The population for Shanksville, Pennsylvania is approximatly 245.
The total amount of households in Shanksville, Pennsylvania is 96.
www.uscityfacts.com /city.htm?state=pennsylvania&city=Shanksville   (134 words)

  
 Shanksville photographs - September 11: Bearing Witness to History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Description: This collection of fourteen images of the Shanksville, Pennsylvania, crash site of United Airlines Flight 93 was taken by Tim Shaffer of Reuters.
The answer was "No, go to Shanksville, Pennsylvania." Shaffer photographed the crash site and transmitted the digital images to Reuters using his cell phone.
Rocky the carpenter was working to true up a deck on my family’s townhouse that had been sold recently.
americanhistory.si.edu /september11/collection/record.asp?ID=94   (297 words)

  
 News articles for Shanksville, Pennsylvania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
CONSOL Energy Inc. is donating 140 acres of land in rural Pennsylvania for a memorial to United Flight 93, which crashed near Shanksville on Sept. 11, 2001.
SHANKSVILLE, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A coal company has agreed to sell 800 acres to a nonprofit group working to preserve land for a memorial for the 40...
SHANKSVILLE — The Flight 93 temporary memorial began two years ago as a tiny, spontaneous outpost of grief and patriotism.
www.linkmorgue.org /united_states/full/Pennsylvania/Shanksville.html   (1170 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Hijacked jet crashes in Pennsylvania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 called on his cell phone from a locked bathroom and delivered a chilling message.
In Chicago, United CEO James Goodwin said the airline was sending a team to Pennsylvania to assist in the investigation and to provide assistance to family members.
In Pennsylvania's Richland Township, police Chief Jim Mock said air traffic control coordinators reported Tuesday morning that a large aircraft was heading toward John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Municipal Airport in the township, about 60 miles east of Pittsburgh.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2001/09/11/penn-crash.htm   (937 words)

  
 Shanksville, Pennsylvania Relocation - Houses, Apartments, Jobs, Schools, Crime Reports, Weather
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Population for Shanksville, PA (2000): 245 comprising 119 (48.6%) males and 126 (51.4%) females.
Your one-stop resource for Shanksville and Pennsylvania city guides, real estate for sale, apartments for rent, home loans, school reports, movers, roommates, jobs and other moving needs.
www.relo-guide.com /pa/Shanksville_pa.html   (153 words)

  
 United Airlines Flight 93 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was the only one of the four planes that did not reach its intended target, instead crashing in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, about 150 miles northwest of Washington, DC.
The plane crashed into a reclaimed coal-mining area in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, near the municipalities of Stonycreek Township and Shanksville at 10:03 AM, according to the 9/11 Commission Report.
To be directed by Paul Greengrass, the movie was reported as being improvised (rather than scripted formally) with reference to the published phone call transcripts as source material, and to be filmed using handheld cameras for immediacy (a directorial preference of Greengrass).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Airlines_flight_93   (3384 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Americas | Shanksville remembers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Service of Remembrance in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, started with the pledge of allegiance from two local schoolchildren.
She said Flight 93 should be seen as a flight of courage, where bravery spread from the cockpit to the back of the plane.
But the ceremony was not just for the families, it was also for the people of Shanksville, this tiny village with only 200 residents watched in horror as the World Trade Center and then the Pentagon were attacked.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/2252415.stm   (519 words)

  
 Shanksville, Pennsylvania - links to government resources and information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Gold Medal to the passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 that was hijacked and crashed on September 11, 2001 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
The strongest evidence of what those passengers must have done is the existence of this crash site in the woods of Shanksville, Pennsylvania instead of at the...
Shanksville, Pennsylvania Crash Site: From September 12 through the 14th, the EPA's Special Agents were on the Somerset County, Pennsylvania airplane crash...
www.us-news-watch.com /Pennsylvania/Shanksville.html   (607 words)

  
 Shanksville, Pennsylvania -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Shanksville, Pennsylvania -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Shanksville is a (One of the administrative divisions of a large city) borough located in (Click link for more info and facts about Somerset County, Pennsylvania) Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
Out of the total population, 4.7% of those under the age of 18 and 12.5% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sh/shanksville,_pennsylvania.htm   (502 words)

  
 Shanksville Pennsylvania Resource Guide, City or community of Shanksville, Pennsylvania Facts, Information, Relocation, ...
The distance from Shanksville to Washington DC is 129 miles.
The distance to the Pennsylvania state capital is 108 miles.
Shanksville is positioned 40.01 degrees north of the equator and 78.90 degrees west of the prime meridian.
www.usacitiesonline.com /pacountyshanksville.htm   (160 words)

  
 Flight 93 Crash Site Memorial, Shanksville, Pennsylvania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In this part of central Pennsylvania, the abundance of homemade "Let's Roll!" signs and bumper stickers echo the prevailing sentiment that the Flight 93 Crash Site marks the spot where America started taking action.
The "temporary" national memorial in Shanksville stirs powerful emotions in nearly all who visit.
It's in the middle of an open field, miles from the nearest town, and many miles from the nearest freeway interchange or Starbucks.
www.roadsideamerica.com /attract/PASHAflight93.html   (572 words)

  
 Collection Story Transcript - September 11: Bearing Witness to History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Types in "Should I go to New York?" and the response is "No, go to Shanksville, Pennsylvania." And he didn't really didn't know what was happening, he hadn't quite heard that part of the story yet.
There's nothing there to see in Shanksville except this crater and a few pieces scattered in the field from the plane.
He also has images of the police going up a winding road in the mist of the morning on horseback and in their police cars and the coroner arriving in his big truck with the coroner's sign on the outside.
americanhistory.si.edu /SEPTEMBER11/collection/transcript.asp?ID=29   (293 words)

  
 Shanksville Pennsylvania car rentals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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www.travelcentric.com /travel-cars/Shanksville-Pennsylvania-car-rentals.asp   (140 words)

  
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www.roommatenation.com /cities3/PA_Shanksville_Pennsylvania.asp   (422 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Programmes | Breakfast | The legacy of Flight 93
They forced the plane to crash in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
The people of Shanksville describe it themselves as a place that time forgot: in the middle of nowhere.
Less than a mile from Shanksville, deep in rural Pennsylvania, there's a traffic jam.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/programmes/breakfast/2238271.stm   (429 words)

  
 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly . COVER STORY . Shanksville One Year Later . August 30, 2002 | PBS
Local kids are learning about the life and times of Jesus … and for a while, forgetting about the tumultuous times of their own town over the past year.
RON EMERY (Shanksville United Methodist Church): All we knew was that something terrible had happened to the nation, and we were part of it.
And by that I would say we kind of were not even a spot on the map, and now, when you mention Shanksville, we're a spot on the map.
www.pbs.org /wnet/religionandethics/week552/cover.html   (1616 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Remembering Sept. 11: Flight 93
Update: President Bush traveled to the crash site of United Flight 93 in Shanksville, Penn. and offered personal condolences to family members on the one year anniversary of the flight's crash on Sept. 11.
The passengers and crew of that flight have been hailed as heroes for challenging their hijackers and apparently keeping their plane from hitting its intended target.
Update: A special church service in Shanksville, Penn. marked one of several services marking six months since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
www.pbs.org /newshour/terrorism/sept11/flight93.html   (447 words)

  
 WORLDPAC - PRESS RELEASE - Flt 93 Memorial Chapel Schedules Dedication Services   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Shanksville, Pennsylvania (September 11, 2002) — Flt 93 Memorial Chapel, Boulevard of Heroes, Shanksville, Pennsylvania has finalized the schedule for three dedication ceremonies at the Chapel, Rev. Alphonse T. Mascherino, Director, announced today.
Pastors visiting with their own flock, especially when they are leading pilgrimages from their own parishes to Shanksville are welcome to arrange to conduct services with their parishioners at the Chapel.
Located in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, the UAL Flight 93 Memorial Chapel is a spiritual memorial and perpetual tribute in honor of the Heroes of UAL Flight 93, and all others who perished September 11, 2001.
www.flt93memorialchapel.org /press/2002.09.11_chapel.html   (1044 words)

  
 Shanksville Pennsylvania Information
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Our History, Trivia and Facts Pages are populated with interesting, useless and random facts pertaining to Shanksville, Pennsylvania history, American history, family history and the history of names.
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