Hijacking of United Airlines Flight 93- Shanksville, Pennsylvania, USA
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The hijacking of United Airlines Flight 93 (Flight 93) was part of the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001.
Waymark Code: WM16N2H
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 08/31/2022
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The posted coordinate are those of the crash site of Flight 93. The Pittsburgh office of the FBI were making plans to send investigators to one of the first three site where passenger jet airliners were used as weapons in World Trade Centers and the Pentagon when news came across that Flight 93 was hijacked also.
"The Flight 93 crash site yielded a wealth of evidence critical to the September 11 investigations. Lead investigators from the FBI looked back at their roles in uncovering what happened on Flight 93.
Panelists:
Roland Corvington—Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC), Federal Bureau of Investigation
Roland Corvington worked in the Pittsburgh Field Office of the FBI on September 11, 2001 and was attending a training session when he learned of the ongoing terrorist attacks. He received word that a plane had crashed near Shanksville, PA and drove to the crash site, where he served as the senior FBI official. After retiring from the FBI in 2010, Corvington served as the Assistant Vice President and Director of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness for Saint Louis University and was a commissioner on the Board of Police Commissioners for the St. Louis County Police.
Wells Morrison—Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
On September 11, 2001, Wells Morrison worked in the Pittsburgh Field Office of the FBI. He was one of the first FBI agents to respond to the crash of Flight 93 and served as the Deputy On-Scene Commander during the crash investigation. Morrison retired from the FBI in 2002 and currently works as the Director of Security for a golf and residential community in South Carolina."Source
FBI Investigation