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This cite started on September 11, 2001 when the al Qaeda terrorists took over a plane, Flight 93, and crashed it into a field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Many people only think of the two planes crashing into the Twin Towers and the one plane crashing into the Pentagon. This flight was very important though, because this flight involved people who were true hero's. They took their own lives to save many others. Thes hero's tried to get control back from the terrorists after they took over. This flight was supposed to go from New Jersey to California and it had seven crew members aboard. Thirty-three members were on the plane for normal reasons, just casually going to California. The difference between this flight and the others was that Flight 93 was delayed 25 mins due to a lot of traffic that morning. Four minutes after Flight 93 departed, Flight 11 hit the North Tower. At 9:03am the second plane, Flight 175, struck the South Tower. About a half an hour after, 9:37am, the third plane hit the Pentagon, Flight 77. At 9:28am Flight 93's passangers were forced to the back of the plane and was told to be quiet. At this time many people were calling to report the hijacking before it was too late. All of the passangers worked together to distract the hijackers so some people could try to land the plane in a rural area. They did manage to do so by landing it in southwestern Pennsylvania. When they crashed 7,000 gallons of fuel exploded causing the passangers to die on impact. Overall, this National Park is very important and people should realize how important it really is. This cite became a National Park because of the plane crash in 2001. It became it by people who donate money to make it a place to people can appreciate it.