Stonycreek Township gained worldwide attention on September 11 , 2001 , when United Airlines Flight 93 crashed there . Flight 93 was one of four airliners hijacked that day as part of the al-Qaeda terrorist attack on the United States . It is widely held that the Flight 93 hijackers intended to use the craft to target the United States Capitol building or the White House in Washington , D.C . The crash here was a result of a struggle over control of the plane between hijackers and passengers , who learned of the plane 's intended fate through cellphone calls to and from family members . All 44 people aboard the plane , including four hijackers , were killed . The community intends to preserve the Flight 93 crash site as a historical memorial
United Airlines Flight 93
United Airlines Flight 93
Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania