United Airlines Flight 93 was one of the four planes hijacked during the September 11, 2001, attacks in the United States. It was on this flight that 40 passengers and crew members courageously gave their lives to thwart a planned attack on the Nation’s Capital. Tragically, the plane crashed in Western Pennsylvania with no survivors.
In the first stage of the competition, Paul Murdoch Architects presented a master plan with key memorial features, such as a the “Tower of Voices” featuring 40 wind chimes, a large curving landform with memorial trees framing the “field of honor” and integrating memorial walls that frame the flight path and enclose a visitor center, and a memorial plaza along the edge of the crash site that leads to a ceremonial gate.
In the first stage of the competition, Paul Murdoch Architects presented a master plan with key memorial features, such as a the “Tower of Voices” featuring 40 wind chimes, a large curving landform with memorial trees framing the “field of honor” and integrating memorial walls that frame the flight path and enclose a visitor center, and a memorial plaza along the edge of the crash site that leads to a ceremonial gate.