Flight 93: Passengers and crew Anniversary of 9/11 attacks

It's been 22 years, but their names, their sacrifice and their stories still stand at a Union City memorial and in our hearts.

“I went to New York a month after it happened, I went to Manhattan, I saw the devastation,” said David Baltazar of Union City. “I could still smell smoke.”

He and others walked along the names of the 40 passengers on Flight 93 on Monday.

Those heroes were headed for San Francisco when their plane was hijacked during America's worst act of terrorism.

“I just want to say thank you to each of them for their bravery, this is actually the plane that actually realized what was going on and decided to take action,” said Lee Ann Williamson of Union City. 

Captain Dahl was the pilot on Flight 93. It crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania as the passengers and crew prevented the hijackers from crashing the plane into another American landmark.

Dahl was a student at a San Jose school named after him in 2002.

2023 marks 22 years since the terrorist attacks that shocked the country and the world. The sacrifice and heroic actions of the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93 which saved countless lives are remembered to this day.

On Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, Flight 93 was flying from New Jersey to San Francisco when Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked the aircraft and began to head for Washington, D.C. The hijackers’ intended target was believed to be the U.S. Capitol building.

"The Flight 93 story shared here is now interwoven into an important lesson about our nation's history," said Stephen Clark, superintendent of the Flight 93 National Memorial. "It is a memorial dedicated to honoring the memory of 40 individuals who, on September 11, 2001, acted with such bravery and without regard for themselves, ultimately thwarting an attack on our nation's Capitol.

The association has representatives who travel to memorials all across the county to keep the commitment of storytelling alive, and to share this with the next generation.

“We will not allow their memories to be shrouded in hate, we will come together and shine light in the darkness and bring everyone together for goodness, hope, peace and a stronger future.”

And after today, preparations for next year's remembrance ceremony begin.

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Sarah H

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