11, 2001 attacks. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Visitor Center and viewing platform at the 9/ 11 memorial for Flight 93.. Lanterns are carried during a candlelight memorial to the passengers and crew ...

Nearly three thousand people lost their lives on September 11, 2001. But the death toll could have been much greater, if not for the actions of 40 people aboard United Flight 93, which left Newark ...