Families of Flight 93

September 8, 2021 | 5:00 AM

How Flight 93 flight attendant Lorraine Bay’s family is working to keep her memory alive

On Sept. 11, 2001, Bay was winding down her 37-year career as a flight attendant when she boarded United Flight 93.

May 10, 2021 | 8:28 AM

Flight 93 families hope heroism award helps keep story alive

The award aims to reward selfless acts of heroism, but also to educate the public on what happened when those aboard the hijacked plane, bound for San Francisco, discovered that jets had been flown into the World Trade Center towers in New York and the Pentagon outside Washington.

By Marc Levy/Associated Press

January 22, 2021 | 5:20 AM

Activist Alice Hoagland, whose son died on Flight 93, dies

Hoagland, a former flight attendant who became a safety activist while carrying on her son’s athletic legacy, died Dec. 22 in her sleep at her home in Los Gatos, California, after battling Addison’s disease.

By Jeff McMillan/The Associated Press

September 10, 2018 | 11:49 AM

Families, friends close a chapter of the Flight 93 memorial

By Katie Meyer/WITF

September 10, 2018 | 11:22 AM

Families, friends close a chapter of the Flight 93 memorial

On September 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 93 passengers and crew diverted the plane from its likely target. All 40 were killed.

Now their loved ones have dedicated the final piece of a memorial commemorating them: the Tower of Voices.

By Katie Meyer/WITF

July 11, 2018 | 5:39 AM

17 years after the crash, the Flight 93 Memorial nears completion

By Katie Meyer/WITF

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