Stonycreek Township near Stoystown in Somerset County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

The Search for Evidence

Flight 93 National Memorial

— National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

The Search for Evidence Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sean Flynn, April 24, 2024

1. The Search for Evidence Marker

Inscription. Key evidence in the investigation of the September 11 terrorist attack was recovered at the Flight 93 site. FBI teams launched the investigation while State Police provided security. Mining company buildings, since removed, became their command post. The American Red Cross and The Salvation Army supported this temporary city of more than 1,500 people from 70 federal, state, and local agencies. Recovered weapons, belongings, and the "black box" recordings linked the Flight 93 hijackers to the international terrorist network, al Qaeda. While the intensive onsite investigation was completed in 13 days, the global investigation of the September 11 attack continues.

Erected by National Park Service.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: 9/11 Attacks • Disasters. A significant historical date for this entry is September 11, 2001.

Location. 40° 3.32′ N, 78° 54.393′ W. Marker is near Stoystown, Pennsylvania, in Somerset County. It is in Stonycreek Township. It can be reached from Western Overlook Road. The marker is located at the Flight 93 National Memorial. It is on the pathway between the Visitors Center and the Memorial Plaza. It is about a ¼-mile hike from the bathrooms building near the Visitors Center, and about ½ a mile hike from the Wall

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of Names. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Stoystown PA 15563, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands.

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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Flight 93 (within shouting distance of this marker); First View (within shouting distance of this marker); Welcome To Flight 93 National Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Flight 93 Temporary Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Overlooking History (approx. 0.3 miles away); Flight 93 National Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Crash Site and Debris Field (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Investigation (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Stoystown.

More about this marker. The marker sits in front of the oval driveway that represents one of the last remnants of the mining company buildings that were on the site.

Also see . . . National Park Service: Flight 93 National Memorial. (Submitted on April 24, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)

Photographed by Sean Flynn, April 24, 2024

2. The Search for Evidence Marker

The Memorial Plaza and, beyond it, the impact zone of Flight 93 are behind and below the ridge and trees in the background of this photo.

Photographed by Sean Flynn, April 24, 2024

3. The Search for Evidence Marker

The Flight 93 Memorial's Flight Path Overlook is in the distance beyond the marker.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 29, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 24, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 220 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 24, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.