Posted on 09/11/2023 10:26:29 AM PDT by Rummyfan
Within moments after Flight 93 hit the ground here 21 years ago, locals, some on foot, others on tractors, and some on ATVs, dropped everything they were doing and hurried to the scene to see how they could help.
To their great horror, all they found was a crater in the field near the edge of the trees spanning 30 feet in both directions still smoldering from the impact.
Within six days, bales of hay were laid down at the reclaimed coal mine to create a base for a makeshift memorial for the family members who were brought here to honor the bravery of the 44 lives who were cut short when terrorists hijacked their plane, ultimately crashing into the rolling hills here in Somerset County.
There were over 200 family members transported from nearby Seven Springs Resort who piled into six coach buses. Most of the town of 200 or so stopped and lined the streets in respect for their loss as they arrived.
Someone, perhaps it was one of the state troopers, had placed an American flag on a poll at the site. It billowed at half-staff as they exited the buses.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
I can’t help to be pessimistic about 911 when we said the same thing after Pearl Harbor in 41 we will never forget. We now have more terrorists in the US now than we had in 2001.
We even elected a POTUS with the middle name of “Hussein”.
God Bless the souls lost.
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perhaps it was one of the state troopers, had placed an American flag on a poll at the site
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Where, oh where do they get these dumass writers
I can still taste the salty tears of that terrible day...
What was striking was how friendly people were to each other in the days, weeks months following. Perhaps it was just the American loving people. It disgusts me to see how the Democrat Party hates America - prosecuting America’s Mayor - I can only hope somehow someway these haters get an awakening.
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