(Beaver Falls, Pa.) September 11, 2001 started off as a calm peaceful Tuesday morning that took a turn for the worse when 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group Al Qaeda high jacked four airplanes and carried out the worse terrorist attack in the history of the United States.

It all started at 8:45 a.m. when an American Airlines Boeing 767 crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York. At 9:03 a.m. a second plane crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center. A third plane crashed into the Pentagon at 9:45 and finally a fourth plane that was bound for California crashed into a field in Shanksville Pa. after it was taken over by passengers who learned through cell phone calls what had occurred in New York and Washington.

Knowing that the aircraft was not returning to an airport as the hijackers claimed, a group of passengers and flight attendants planned an insurrection.

One of the passengers, Thomas Burnett, Jr., told his wife over the phone that “I know we’re all going to die. There’s three of us who are going to do something about it. I love you, honey.” Another passenger Todd Beamer was heard saying “Are you guys ready? Let’s roll” over an open line.

Forty passengers and crew members died when they fought back against the hijackers of their airplane. It crashed into a reclaimed coal mine field in Shanksville Pa. killing everyone on board.

At the request of the Families of Flight 93, and in order to adhere to public health guidelines, the National Park Service reports on its website, that this year’s observance will be held privately. The event will be live-streamed.

The Flight 93 Memorial grounds in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, will remain closed until the end of the event. 

President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are planning to attend the observance.

So on this somber day Let’s Remember those who lost their lives on one of the most horrible days in the history of the United States of America September 11, 2001.