LAURENCE KESTERSON / Inquirer Staff Photographer
Some of the crew and passengers of United Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001.
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Fighting to build a 9/11 memorial in a violated land
Though some see Islam’s crescent in the plan, a park is to open in Shanksville.
Many visitors leave something behind - a baseball cap, a flower, or small message. Because no official place exists to hold their thoughts, they write on whatever is available. The parking-lot guard rails are covered with their words: "We will never forget."
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The unarmed passengers and crew - among them a retired special-ed teacher, an arborist, a software salesman and college students - defeated the hijackers' plot to use their plane as a missile to attack Washington.
"This was an act by 40 heroes, one of the most selfless acts in the history of the country, not a grand military campaign," Murdoch said, in describing his effort to build a memorial that is both bold and understated. "These were everyday people who did something extraordinary."
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