Mifflinburg in Union County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Sept. 11, 2001...
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 25, 2021
1. Sept. 11, 2001... Marker
Inscription.
Sept. 11, 2001.... . ,
At 8:46 a.m. Sept. 11, 2001, American Airlines Flight 11 - with a crew of 11, 76 passengers and 5 hijackers - flew into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, the start of a day of terror that forever changed the United States and kickstarted the overall global war on terror. A second plane, United Airlines Flight 175 - with a crew of 9, 51 passengers and 5 hijackers - flew into the South Tower at 9:03 a.m. At 9:37 a.m., American Airlines Flight 77 - with a crew of 6, 53 passengers and 5 hijackers - flew into the Pentagon; and at 10:03 a.m., United Airlines Flight 93 - with a crew of 7, 33 passengers and 4 hijackers - went down in a field in Shanksville, Pa., rather than the intended target in Washington, thanks to the heroism of passengers aboard., The attack left 2,996 dead and was the largest attack on American soil since World War II., Dedicated 11-5-2016.
At 8:46 a.m. Sept. 11, 2001, American Airlines Flight 11 - with a crew of 11, 76 passengers and 5 hijackers - flew into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, the start of a day of terror that forever changed the United States and kickstarted the overall global war on terror. A second plane, United Airlines Flight 175 - with a crew of 9, 51 passengers and 5 hijackers - flew into the South Tower at 9:03 a.m. At 9:37 a.m., American Airlines Flight 77 - with a crew of 6, 53 passengers and 5 hijackers - flew into the Pentagon; and at 10:03 a.m., United Airlines Flight 93 - with a crew of 7, 33 passengers and 4 hijackers - went down in a field in Shanksville, Pa., rather than the intended target in Washington, thanks to the heroism of passengers aboard.
The attack left 2,996 dead and was the largest attack on American soil since World War II.
Dedicated 11-5-2016
Erected 2016 by Union County Veteran Foundation WWII Honor Roll Committee.
Location. 40° 55.158′ N, 77° 3.084′ W. Memorial is in Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania
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, in Union County. It can be reached from North 5th Street. Marker is at the Union County World War II Honor Roll, in Mifflinburg Community Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 131 North 5th Street, Mifflinburg PA 17844, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna Valley. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 25, 2021
2. Sept. 11, 2001... Marker
At far left, adjacent to the WWII Honor Roll
Credits. This page was last revised on August 30, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 30, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 237 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on August 30, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
