Families of Flight 93 seek support for memorial

[March 25, 2010]  WASHINGTON (AP) -- Families of those killed on United Airlines Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001, are asking Congress to continue its support for a national memorial at the crash site in southwestern Pennsylvania.

The group Families of Flight 93 planned to tell a House Appropriations panel on Thursday that more money and other support is needed so the memorial's first phase can open on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist hijacking and crash.

The initial phase represents most of the memorial's expense and will cost $58 million, of which $30 million will be paid through private contributions.

Flight 93 was traveling from Newark, N.J., to San Francisco when hijackers took it over with the likely goal of crashing it into the White House or Capitol.

[Associated Press; By ANDREW MIGA]

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