Don Giesey Witnesses United Flight 93 on 9/11/2001

United Airlines Flight 93, which was hijacked on September 11, 2001, crashed near Ligonier, PA. The crash site is near Shanksville and Stonycreek Township, PA, south of U.S. 30 and north of I-70. There is currently a temporary Flight 93 National Memorial, and a permanent memorial is scheduled to be completed by the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.


Ligonier and Shanskville, PA
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Don and Arleen Giesey live nearby in Ligonier, PA. Don was working outside at the time. He witnessed the plane flying very low and erratically. It went over the horizon, and he saw the resulting billowing smoke from the crash site.


The "Let's Roll!" 9/11 Memorial in Pennsylvania
(photo by Don and Arleen Giesey)


Display showing path of Flight 93 on September 11, 2001
Flight 93 National Memorial
(photo by Philip "J.P." Brown)


Display of photo taken soon after the crash on September 11, 2001
Flight 93 National Memorial
(original photo by Valencia McClatchey)
(photo of display by Philip "J.P." Brown)


Construction work - August 2010
Flight 93 National Memorial
(photo by Philip "J.P." Brown)


Arleen and Don Giesey - August 2010
Flight 93 National Memorial
(photo by Philip "J.P." Brown)


Shed housing the temporary memorial - August 2010
Flight 93 National Memorial
(photo by Philip "J.P." Brown)