{"id":831,"date":"2020-09-11T07:27:46","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T11:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=831"},"modified":"2022-05-14T20:16:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T00:16:41","slug":"shanksville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=831","title":{"rendered":"Shanksville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/flight-93-1575622_1920-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/flight-93-1575622_1920-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/flight-93-1575622_1920-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/flight-93-1575622_1920-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/flight-93-1575622_1920-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/flight-93-1575622_1920-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/flight-93-1575622_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>19 years ago today Al Qaeda terrorists seized four commercial jets with the intent to use them as suicide bombs against American targets.\u00a0 Three of these succeeded, resulting in the collapse of both towers of the World Trade Center in New York and massive damage to the Pentagon.\u00a0 The fourth attempt was foiled by the plane&#8217;s passenger over the skies of Appalachia.\u00a0 Today we tell the story as seen from the ground in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where the plane crashed.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for listening.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5176\"><audio 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