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September 11, 2001

Flight 93

In Retrospect/tiles/non-collection/o/oh_sept11_retrospect.xml Image used with permission by Douglas Graham, Roll Call newspaper Sunrise over the Capitol one year after the attacks of September 11, 2001.
“I can’t remember when I actually learned of that fourth plane. Certainly didn’t assume, necessarily, that it was headed toward the Capitol, but all indications are that it was. So it was–there was a numbness, an unawareness, which gradually gave way to a sense, an apprehension, a personal relief. I mean, from that point on, every day I sat in my office for the next three years, there wasn’t a day that went by that I didn’t think of those people in the plane that had been taken down in Pennsylvania who were true heroes, and certainly saved a lot of lives in the Capitol itself.”
— Charlie Johnson, June 9, 2011
    Parliamentarian, U.S. House of Representatives

Video

Extra Security and Flight 93

Personal thoughts on security and the connection between Flight 93 and the Capitol.
Paula Short, Scheduler/Executive Assistant, Representative Nancy Pelosi of California
Interview recorded June 29, 2011 – Deed of Gift

Heroes of Flight 93

Reflections on the heroism of the passengers of Flight 93.
Charles W. Johnson, Parliamentarian, U.S. House of Representatives
Interview recorded June 9, 2011 – Deed of Gift

House Pages and Flight 93

Explanation of the link between the House Pages and the passengers on Flight 93.
Zack Stanton, Page, U.S. House of Representatives
Interview recorded May 20, 2011 – Deed of Gift
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