Transcript: Profile: Somerset County, Pennsylvania, residents keep vigil over Flight 93 crash site

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Profile: Somerset County, Pennsylvania, residents keep vigil over Flight 93 crash site

Host: SCOTT SIMON Time: 1:00-2:00 PM

SCOTT SIMON, host:

The first battle in America's new war against terrorism most likely took place on September 11th in the brilliant blue sky over Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Passengers on United Flight 93 from Newark to San Francisco apparently attacked four al-Qaeda hijackers who had seized control of the Boeing jet and were steering it toward Washington, DC. During the struggle, the plane plunged to the ground in an open field near the tiny town of Shanksville. On a recent visit to Somerset County, NPR's John Ydstie found a community ...

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