Cranberry Township in Butler County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Cranberry Township 9-11 Memorial

Photographed by Bradley Owen, September 16, 2025

1. Cranberry Township 9-11 Memorial

Inscription.

Cranberry Township 9-11 Memorial. . We Will Never Forget, This monument stands in memory of all those who lost their lives as a result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.. , On the morning of September 11, 2001, with clear blue skies, four airplanes departed from east coast cities; shortly after departure hijackers commandeered these planes., 7:59 AM...American Airlines Flight 11, departing from Boston to Los Angeles with 81 passengers and 11 crew members, crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center at approximately 8:46 AM... 8:14 AM...United Airlines Flight 175 departs from Boston to Los Angeles with 56 passengers and 9 crew members aboard, crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center at approximately 9:03 AM... 8:20 AM...American Airlines Flight 77, departing from Washington D.C. Dulles Airport to Los Angeles with 58 passengers and 6 crew members aboard, crashed into the Pentagon at approximately 9:37 AM... 8:42 AM...United Airlines Flight 93, delayed 25 minutes, departs from Newark with 38 passengers and 7 crew members for San Francisco. It is believed that due to the delay the heroic passengers learned of the other hijackings through cell phone conversations with loved ones and attempted to take back control of the plane; diverting it from its intended target, The US Capitol (White House). During the passengers struggle the plane crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, at 10:02 AM... As a stunned nation was learning of these tragedies, The North and South Towers of the World Trade Center collapsed from the damage at 9:50 AM...and 10:29 AM..., This single steel girder represents and honors the strength and courage of over 3,000 people that were killed on this day. In particular the 343 New York City Firefighters, 23 NYC Police Officers and 37 Port Authority Police Officers who made the ultimate sacrifice while assisting the employees and visitors of the World Trade Center that September day., The attacks were intended to break the spirit of the American people But in the days that followed, we learned of the stories of heroism. Our nation unified in its grief., 343 Lives Lost City of New York Fire Department . 23 Lives Lost Police Department City of New York . 37 Lives Lost Port Authority Police New York New Jersey.

We Will Never Forget

This monument stands in memory of all those who lost their lives as a result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

On the morning of September 11, 2001, with clear blue skies, four airplanes departed from east coast cities; shortly after departure hijackers commandeered these planes.

7:59 AM...American Airlines Flight 11, departing from Boston to Los Angeles with 81 passengers and 11 crew members, crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center at approximately 8:46 AM...
8:14 AM...United Airlines Flight 175 departs from Boston to Los Angeles with 56 passengers and 9 crew members aboard, crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center at approximately 9:03 AM...
8:20 AM...American Airlines Flight 77, departing from Washington D.C. Dulles Airport to Los Angeles with 58 passengers and 6 crew members aboard, crashed into the Pentagon at approximately 9:37 AM...
8:42 AM...United Airlines Flight 93, delayed 25 minutes, departs from Newark with 38 passengers and 7 crew members for San Francisco. It is believed that due to the delay the heroic passengers learned of the other hijackings through cell phone conversations with loved ones and attempted to take back control of the plane; diverting it from its intended

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target, The US Capitol (White House). During the passengers struggle the plane crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, at 10:02 AM...
As a stunned nation was learning of these tragedies, The North and South Towers of the World Trade Center collapsed from the damage at 9:50 AM...and 10:29 AM...

This single steel girder represents and honors the strength and courage of over 3,000 people that were killed on this day. In particular the 343 New York City Firefighters, 23 NYC Police Officers and 37 Port Authority Police Officers who made the ultimate sacrifice while assisting the employees and visitors of the World Trade Center that September day.

The attacks were intended to break the spirit of the American people
But in the days that followed, we learned of the stories of heroism. Our nation unified in its grief.

343 Lives Lost City of New York Fire Department • 23 Lives Lost Police Department City of New York • 37 Lives Lost Port Authority Police New York New Jersey

Erected 2012 by Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Company.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: 9/11 Attacks. In addition, it is included in the World Trade Center Beams series list. A significant historical date for this entry is September 11, 2001.

Location. 40° 42.734′

Photographed by Bradley Owen, September 16, 2025

2. Cranberry Township 9-11 Memorial

N, 80° 6.267′ W. Memorial is in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, in Butler County. It is on U.S. 19 just north of Ernie Mashuda Drive, on the left when traveling north. Memorial is located in front of the Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Company building. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 20727 US Route 19, Cranberry Township PA 16066, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Northwestern Pennsylvania

and in Greater Pittsburgh.

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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Ogle (approx. 0.8 miles away); Sample School (approx. 0.9 miles away); Cranberry Township Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Seneca Village (approx. 1.3 miles away); Miracle League of Southwestern PA (approx. 1.3 miles away); 1806 Plains Presbyterian Church (approx. 1.6 miles away); Crider's Corners (approx. 1.9 miles away); Venango Path (approx. 2.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cranberry Township.

Fire Department Entrance image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bradley Owen, September 16, 2025

3. Fire Department Entrance

Credits. This page was last revised on September 18, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 18, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 93 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 18, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.