Powell to speak Sept. 11 at Flight 93 ceremony
ASSOCIATED PRESS SHANKSVILLE, Pa. - Colin Powell, the former secretary of state, will be the keynote speaker Sept. 11 at the ceremony to honor the victims of Flight 93, the Families of Flight 93 group announced yesterday.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. - Colin Powell, the former secretary of state, will be the keynote speaker Sept. 11 at the ceremony to honor the victims of Flight 93, the Families of Flight 93 group announced yesterday.
Forty passengers and crew were killed when Flight 93, on the way from Newark, N.J., to San Francisco, crashed into a Western Pennsylvania field on the day of terrorist attacks against the United States.
"I look forward to coming to Shanksville to be with the families of those who gave their lives on 9/11 in freedom's name," Powell said in a statement.
The theme this year is "Upon This Sacred Ground, Courage Remembered." The crew and passengers of Flight 93 are credited with storming the cockpit, preventing the hijacked plane from crashing into landmarks in Washington. A $58 million, 2,200-acre memorial that commemorates the victims and what happened that day is scheduled to open on the 10th anniversary of the attacks.
























