AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - September 2019 - 36
PILOT BRIEFING
MILESTONES
|
Tower of Voices
sings in the wind
Remembering the victims of Flight 93
B Y D AV I D T U L I S
co.somerset.pa.us/airport; 814-445-1599
EMAIL david.tulis@aopa.org
36 | AOPA PILOT September 2019
DAVE TULIS
IF YOU GO
Somerset County Airport (2G9) is about 10 miles away
from the memorial, and a crew car is usually available for
pilots. The airport's 5,002-foot-long runway can easily
handle typical GA flight operations, but the field's 2,275foot elevation and shifting winds often rushing through
the valley should be considered.
A PENNSYLVANIA FIELD is a "beautiful, yet ugly" reminder of how
40 ordinary citizens stood up to terrorist hijackers who tried
to turn an aircraft into a device of mass destruction. The Flight
93 National Memorial near general aviation's Somerset County
Airport honors the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight
93 for sacrificing their lives to prevent further human casualties
on September 11, 2001.
Phase One of the memorial, which includes the "Sacred Ground"
portion that surrounds the entire site, was completed in 2011 for
the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks. Phase Two includes
the interpretive exhibits, aerial walkway, and other architectural
features and was completed in 2015. Phase Three, the Tower of
Voices-a 93-foot-tall structure with 40 wind chimes that will sing
out in the nearly constant mountain winds-was dedicated in 2018.
The 40 chimes are in honor of the 40 passengers and crew who lost
their lives in the crash. Each chime will deliver a different tone based
on the size and diameter of the eight- to 16-inch polished aluminum
tubes (only several chimes were operating when we visited). The
tower is designed to bring "serenity and nobility" to the site while
also adding "dissonance," according to the National Park Service.
The memorial's angular aerial walkway marks the aircraft's
flight path before the pavement abruptly ends dozens of yards
above a former surface coal field. The field was reclaimed and now
yellow sunflowers gaze at the sky near stands of seedling trees
planted in groups of 40-one for each person aboard the aircraft.
A white marble Wall of Names is at the bottom of the field near
a large boulder that marks the aircraft's impact site. While most
of the memorial is open to the public, only family are permitted
beyond a gated area into the exact spot of impact.
Flight 93 was the fourth to be commandeered by terrorists
on September 11. Two aircraft-American Airlines Flight 11 and
United Airlines Flight 175-were crashed into the Twin Towers of
New York City's World Trade Center, which burned and crumbled,
killing 2,753 victims. Another jet-American Airlines Flight 77-
pierced a Pentagon wall in Washington, D.C., killing 184.
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