Flight 93 — Shanksville

After learning of the other attacks, Flight 93’s passengers and crew fought back against the hijackers. The aircraft crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, at about 10:03 a.m., killing its 40 passengers and crew. Their resistance prevented the aircraft from reaching its intended Washington target.

Simplified historical route traced from the Commission diagrams; not a point-by-point radar replay.

Related Reports

• September 11, 2001
• Ziad Jarrah
• Ahmed al-Haznawi
• Ahmed al-Nami
• Saeed al-Ghamdi
• Flight 93 passengers and crew
• Flight 93 telephone calls

Sources and Records

1. 9/11 FAQs
2. September 11, 2001 Timeline
3. 9/11 Commission, chapter 1: The four flights and emergency response
4. National Park Service — Flight 93 story
5. FBI releases photographs and names of the hijackers
6. Flight 93 — historical questions and answers — Telephone calls, resistance, target and crash

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