"Union City dedicates memorial to 9/11's United Flight 93"
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"The Bay Area memorial honoring those who died Sept. 11, 2001, on Flight 93 is nestled between a shopping center and a drainage ditch in Union City."
Waymark Code: WM2R10
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/10/2007
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"At first, the site - dedicated Saturday - appears an odd location to represent such a significant event.
The terrorist attacks of 9/11 shook the country to its core, rippling into every corner, seemingly leaving no place or person untouched by the tragedy.
Given that, perhaps it makes sense to place the austere and regal row of 40 granite stones - one for each of the passengers and crew members who were killed - not in the middle of a metropolis, but in a suburban patch of land called Sugar Mill Landing Park...."
Type of publication: Internet Only
When was the article reported?: 12/09/2007
Publication: San Francisco Chronical
Article Url: [Web Link]
Is Registration Required?: no
How widespread was the article reported?: regional
News Category: Society/People
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