2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (862+ words) The phone messages got to me. “I’m on a plane that’s been hijacked. I’m on the plane. I’m calling from the plane. I want to tell you I love you. Please tell my children that I love them very much,…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (540+ words) Jennifer Messaros walked along Broadview Boulevard in Harrison on Friday, American flag in hand, thinking about the unsung heroes from Sept. 11, 2001. “Even though it’s been 25 years, I find out something new every year,” Messaros said, while participating in the annual…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (709+ words) Several thousand people made their way to the Flight 93 Memorial Plaza in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Morning and afternoon ceremonies centered around the 40 passengers and crew who died preventing the hijacked…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1778+ words) Outside tiny Shanksville’s fire station stands a gleaming steel cross made of material salvaged from remnants of the World Trade Center’s North Tower in New York City. Prominently displayed on the cross are a date, 9/11/01, the letters “WTC” and one…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (667+ words) As Southwestern Pennsylvania grappled with the grief and shock of Sept. 11, 2001, another task soon emerged: preserving the stories of the people whose lives intersected with United Airlines Flight 93. Twenty-five years later, an oral history project at Flight 93 National Memorial in…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (743+ words) As his staff prepares to mark the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks Friday, Flight 93 National Memorial Superintendent Stephen Clark said they had no trouble coming up with a theme for this year. “It’s three words: ‘The Next Generation,’ ” Clark said. That…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (963+ words) As the FBI wrapped up its work at the United Flight 93 crash site in Somerset County, then-Coroner Wally Miller had a message for the grief-stricken families of the 40 passengers and crew members aboard the airplane. Miller told them that if…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (95+ words) The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, changed America forever. Nearly 3,000 people were killed when hijacked planes struck the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and crashed into a field near Shanksville in Somerset County. This…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (534+ words) On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Oakmont author Lillie Leonardi will share reflections from her experience as a first responder at the scene of the United Airlines Flight 93 crash near Shanksville. The event will be hosted by Aluminum City Arts…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (222+ words) The Arnold Palmer Regional Airport terminal expansion project — the major “redo” of the passenger terminal — is a $22 million undertaking (“Contracts awarded to finish work on Arnold Palmer Airport terminal expansion project,” June 10, TribLive). This figure covers the 32,000‑square‑foot expansion…...