Dragline To Be Used As Tribute To Victims Of Flight 93
Monday, June 2, 2008 – updated: 2:37 pm EDT June 2, 2008
SOMERSET CO., Pa. -- A dragline, a piece of mining equipment that had been in the background at the crash site for Flight 93, will now become a part of a unique tribute for the men and women who were killed in Somerset County on Sept. 11, 2001.A bucket from the dragline will be melted down and used in the building of the Navy's new amphibious assault ship USS Somerset.It will join the USS New York, which was made from pieces of the World Trade Center, and the USS Arlington, which was made from pieces of the Pentagon.The ship will join the fleet in 2012.
Previous Stories:
- May 3, 2008: Flight 93 Memorial Plans Debated At Meeting
- December 10, 2007: Park Service To Buy Land For Flight 93 Memorial
- October 23, 2007: Manganese Problem Solved At Flight 93 Crash Site
- October 1, 2007: State Discusses Fight 93 Site Contamination
- September 23, 2007: Mayor Bloomberg Visits Flight 93 Memorial
- September 11, 2007: Local Students Remember Victims Of United Flight 93
- September 11, 2007: Local Memorial Services Honor 9/11 Victims
- September 11, 2007: Rendell Says Flight 93 Memorial Will Be Constructed By 2011
- September 10, 2007: 9/11 Tribute Service Honors Somerset County Community
- September 10, 2007: Debate Continues Over Flight 93 Memorial
- September 9, 2007: EPA Must Make Decision On Flight 93 Crash Site
- September 7, 2007: Pollution May Delay Flight 93 Memorial
- August 20, 2007: Flight 93 Family Member Not Satisfied With Memorial Design
- August 9, 2007: Portion Of Somerset County Roadway Dedicated To Flight 93 Victims
- July 28, 2007: Flight 93 Meeting Held On Design
- July 27, 2007: Somerset County Donates $615,000 To 'Families Of Flight 93'
- July 3, 2007: Flight 93 Memorial To Get $420,000
- June 25, 2007: Power Lines Could Disrupt Flight 93 Memorial
- June 6, 2007: Flight 93 Site Landowner Says He Won't Accept Money For Property
- June 6, 2007: Flight 93 Memorial Highway One Step Closer To Reality
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