Shanksville, PA 9/11 Memorial is Still Unfinished
by Margaret Hartmann, nymag.comNovember 30th -0001
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The Obamas visit the Shanksville, P.A. crash site on September 11, 2011. The 40 passengers and crew members who managed to take down D.C.-bound United Airlines Flight 93 after it was hijacked on 9/11 are undeniably heroic, yet the memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania is still far from completion. While the Pentagon and World Trade Center 9/11 memorials were erected within a decade, The Washington Post reports that the fund to construct a permanent memorial at the Pennsylvania site is millions short of the $70 million needed.
Last week a fundraiser attended by George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and John Boehner managed to raise $2 million, but that still leaves an $8 million gap. Those in charge of constructing the site hoped lawmakers in D.C. would be interested in chipping in, considering that Flight 93's sacrifice saved 5,000 people who were in the Capitol that day, according to the 9/11 Commission. However, so far only 10 people who were members of the House or Senate at the time have been moved to donate.
Congress slow to act on 9/11 memorial in Pennsylvania [The Washington Post]
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