Шанксвиль ЛинкPa. Crash Site Finding Its Place in History
By Robert E. Pierre
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, March 25, 2002; Page A03
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. – There's little to see from the lazy hill overlooking the barren stretch of earth where United Flight 93 fell from the sky. Few trees and even fewer houses dot the land. The gaping hole at the crash site has been filled, and unlike at the Pentagon or the World Trade Center, there is no ongoing hustle and bustle.
Neither are there amenities. No place to sit. No toilet. Nothing to shield visitors from the harsh winter wind. Just a makeshift memorial, a new parking lot and an abundance of sky.
And yet people keep coming to this quaint hamlet – more than 1,000 a week from near and far – to see, just see, the spot where a huge plane and its 44 passengers and crew disintegrated. Yellow ribbons and tiny flags line the route there, along Lambertsville Road, on to Buckstown Road and then, finally, on to Skyline Road.
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