Redondo Beach 9/11 Memorial - Redondo Beach, CA - 9/11 Memorial Sites on Waymarking.com

The memorial is made up of four plaques with text. on top of this is what looks like a piece of a metal beam. On top of the beam is an abstract piece that looks almost like something from a sundial.

The text of all four plaques are below:

"At 8:42 AM, United Airlines Flight 93, a Boeing 757 headed for San Francisco takes off from Newark, New Jersey. Four terrorists take seven crew members and thirty three passengers hostage at 9:32.

Passengers make calls to family and friends, learning the fate of other hijacked planes. They voted to retake their plane, and volunteers steeped forward to lead the revolt.

'Let's roll', says one man reflecting the group's determination.

The cockpit voice recorder captures the sounds of the struggle beginning at 9:57. The plane began to fly erratically, then dove with accelerating speed. At 10.03, the plane crashed in a field near Shanksville, southeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Thanks to the heroic efforts of the passengers of flight 93, the hijackers never reached their target destinations and hundreds, if not thousands of lives are sparred."

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Just after 9:30, American Airlines flight 77 is on its way from Washington D.C. to Los Angeles, when five hijackers take control of the plane and fly it into the Pentagon's west facade.

The attack penetrates three of the five rings, and fire spreads throughout. All civilian and military personal evacuate the 29 acres complex.

The crash kills nearly 200 people, including Pentagon employee and fifty three passengers and five crew members on the plane. With the realization that America is under attack the White House is evacuated.

At 9:40 for the first time in United States history. The Federal Aviation Administration brings all US air traffic to a complete standstill.

New York governor George Pataki and New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani close all state and city offices."

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"At 9.03 a.m. United Airlines flight 175 from Boston to Los Angeles is commanded by five hijackers who fly it into the South Tower of the World Trade Center, tearing through floors 78 to 84. The Boeing 767 explodes, igniting this portion of the building.

At 10:05 the South Tower collapses followed by the North Tower, twenty three minutes later. Massive amount of dust and debris fly in every direction clouding visibility and shrouding chaos in the streets.

Before the crash, one of the United passengers, speaks to his father for the last time.

'I think we are going down. Don't worry dad, if it happens, it'll be very fast.'

Along with at least 599 people who are working in the South Tower, nine crew members and 51 passengers die tragedly."

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"On September 11, 2001, just after 8:14 am EST, hijacker forcibly seize control of American Airlines flight 11 from Boston to Los Angeles.

In a 25 minute emergency call to authorities on the ground two of the flight attendant calmly and professionally relay details of the unfolding events.

At 8:46, the hijackers fly the Boeing 767 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. It crashes through floors 94-98 catching fire on the impact.

By 9:21 all New York area airports bridges and tunnels are shut down. At 10.28, the North Tower collapses, creating a suffocating cloud of smoke. In addition to nine crew members and 76 passengers, more than 1,360 people parish."

Date of Dedication: 09/13/2008 Name of organization that built the memorial: Leadership Redondo Classes 2007 Private or Public Monument?: Government Text on the memorial: Too much text. Complete text above Physical address of memorial: Not listed Additional coordinates: Not Listed Website for more information: Not listed

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