Secretary Salazar Gives NPS and Landowners Deadline for Agreement for Flight 93 Memorial

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar visited the site of the September 11 crash of Flight 93 near Shanksville, Penn. In addition to meeting with family members, he also met with landowners to work on an agreement over property needed for the memorial.

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    Secretary Salazar with Park Ranger Keith Newlin visits the citizen-created memorial at the site of the crash of United Flight 93 on September 11, 2001. (Photo credit: Tami A. Heilemann – DOI)

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    Names of Flight 93 passengers and crew are inscribed on benches at the temporary memorial site. Left to right are Dan Wenk, Acting Director of the National Park Service, Park Ranger Keith Newlin and volunteer interpreter for the site, Stan Jerich. (Photo credit: Tami A. Heilemann – DOI)

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    Park Ranger Keith Newlin and Secretary Salazar at Flight 93's point of impact. Secretary Salazar was there to reiterate his commitment to complete the Flight 93 Memorial in time for the 10th anniversary (Photo credit: Tami A. Heilemann – DOI)

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    Secretary Salazar visited with family members of Flight 93 victims. Here he shares a moment with a family member who lost her uncle. (Photo credit: Tami A. Heilemann – DOI)

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    Park Ranger Keith Newlin shows Secretary Salazar and Senator Arlen Specter plans for the Flight 93 memorial. (Photo credit: Tami A. Heilemann – DOI)

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    Secretary Salazar held a news conference detailing his visit to the Flight 93 memorial site. He met with landowners to build a consensus over property needed for the memorial. Pictured left to right are landowner Christine Williams, acting Director of the National Park Service, Dan Wenk, Secretary Salazar and Senator Arlen Specter. (Photo credit: Tami A. Heilemann – DOI)

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