A Journey Along the Final Millisecond

Part of the Flight 93 Memorial in Pennsylvania.

This "path" is part of the route of the final millisecond of Flight 93 just before it pile-drived upside-down into a field.

I walked every part of the path that the public is allowed to walk out of respect to the crew and passengers.  

According to the National Park Service,
"Flight 93 struck the ground at a 40 degree angle almost upside down, hitting right wing and nose first, at a speed of between 563-580 miles per hour."

Paying Respects

Part of the Flight 93 Memorial in Pennsylvania.

This "path" is part of the route of the final millisecond of Flight 93 just before it pile-drived upside-down into a field.  (Behind this shot.)  

According to the National Park Service,
"Flight 93 struck the ground at a 40 degree angle almost upside down, hitting right wing and nose first, at a speed of between 563-580 miles per hour."

Grand Entrance

Continuing from yesterday,  More from the Grand Concourse restaurant in Pittsburgh.

And That Ceiling

Continuing from yesterday, the staff person who was showing us around gave us some history on the ceiling in the main dining room.

The people who renovated the railroad station into a restaurant had no idea there were real Tiffany stained-glass windows in the ceiling.  The square glass windows were blacked out during WWII.

Spurred on by this tidbit, I Googled to find out more.  According to a Pittsburgh City Paper article from 2004, not only were they blacked out with paint, but they were covered in decades of coal dust and tar.  Nothing they did would clean them until a woman suggested oven cleaner.  It took 400 cans to get the glass clean!

Main Dining Room

As promised yesterday, there will be more from the Grand Concourse this week.