Video discovered of Flight 93 crash
Officials believe a home video shot just minutes after the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 near Shanksville is the earliest known footage of the wreck to date.
View ArticleMcClatchey ready to put disputed photograph in the past
Life changed in a single camera click on Sept. 11, 2001, for Somerset County resident Val McClatchey.
View ArticleThousands honor Flight 93
(Log on to www.dailyamerican.com Sunday between 9:15 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to watch live streaming video of the 9/11 events.)
View ArticlePresidential honors for Flight 93 passengers and families
The last time a president came to Pennsylvania to pay tribute to a battlefield was Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg.
View ArticleHonoring Flight 93: We had to be here
For many of the thousands of people who attended Saturday’s events in honor of the heroes of United Flight 93, it was a time of honor and respect.
View ArticleThe Hoovers: Walking the whole way through
The Rev. Larry Hoover, his wife, Linda, and their son, Barry sat along a sightline to where their homes had once been located during Saturday’s dedication of the Flight 93 National Memorial.
View ArticleVisitors travel near and far for services
Thousands of people traveled from near and far Sunday to Stonycreek Township to remember the heroes of Flight 93 in Stonycreek Township.
View ArticlePresident and Mrs. Obama visit memorial
President Barack Obama placed a wreath of 40 white roses at the Flight 93 National Memorial on Sunday in memory of the 40 passengers and crew who died a decade ago.
View ArticleUSS Somerset enters dry dock on way to completion
A Navy vessel being built in honor of the passengers and crew of Flight 93 is gliding toward a June completion date. The USS Somerset's construction is about 75 percent complete, U.S. Navy officials...
View ArticleVideo remembers Flight 93
"An Evening of Remembrance" was held at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.to benefit the Flight 93 National Memorial Campaign. Co-hosts President Bill Clinton, President George W. Bush and Speaker of the...
View ArticleSomerset County helps christen USS Somerset
About 20 representatives of Somerset County were on hand as the Navy christened a ship Saturday in Avondale, La., in honor of America’s County.
View ArticleBiden, Salazar honor Flight 93
Vice President Joe Biden quoted Irish poet and playwright William Butler Yeats at the Service of Remembrance at the Flight 93 National Memorial on Tuesday.
View ArticleAluminum producer pledges $255K for Flight 93 memorial trees
The Alcoa Foundation has announced it will match public donations to the Flight 93 National Memorial up to $255,000 through Oct. 1.
View ArticleGrant awarded for Flight 93 National Memorial
Lamberts Run has been polluted by acid mine drainage from underground mines that were abandoned prior to World War II.
View ArticleSenators' wives stress need to complete Flight 93 memorial
Kris Toomey remembers her reaction when she first saw the video featuring people who were in the Capitol on Sept. 11, 2001.
View ArticleUSS Somerset to carry road signs from Somerset County
The future USS Somerset will not only carry the name of this county, it will also carry names from boroughs and townships in Somerset County and wood from along Route 219.
View ArticleFlight 93 chapel changes hands
It took only seconds to transfer ownership of the Flight 93 Memorial Chapel on Thursday.
View ArticleSenator: USS Somerset should be commissioned in Philadelphia port
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey is asking that the commissioning ceremony for the USS Somerset be held in Philadelphia.
View ArticlePublic invited to register for tree planting at Flight 93 memorial
Last April more than 600 volunteers braved rain and winds to plant thousands of tree seedlings along the approach road to the Flight 93 National Memorial in Stonycreek Township.
View ArticleProjects converge: 219 sugar maple to be used in Flight 93 museum on USS...
Wood from some of the sugar maple trees cut down for construction of the new four-lane segment of Route 219 from Meyersdale to Somerset will go to another project: the USS Somerset.
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