Everett Lata, left, 13, and his sister Ellie, right, 12, of Saylorsburg, place flowers by the name of their great grandmother Hilda Marcin along the Wall of Names on Monday, Sept. 11, 2017 at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville. “It’s truly something special,” said Everett of visiting the site. “I hope that nothing like this would ever happen again,” said Ellie. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)U.S. Dept. of the Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke is silhouetted against a flag in front of a ceremonial structure to honor the “soundbreaking” of the Tower of Voices site on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017 at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville. Families of those killed on Flight 93 got a chance to ring a small tribute structure of the Tower, which will have 40 chimes that ring in different pitches to symbolize the voices of those lost at the site on September 11, 2001. “9/11, for those who lived through it, is a very personal experience,” said Sec. Zinke. “I remember that day and I remember that it ever changed America. America is different today then it was prior, this field is different than what it was the day before.” (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)People gather for the “sound breaking” ceremony at the future site of the Tower of Voices on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017 at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville. Families of those killed on Flight 93 got a chance to ring a small tribute structure of the Tower, which will have 40 chimes that ring in different pitches to symbolize the voices of those lost at the site on September 11, 2001. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Germaine Wilson, left, and her sister Marilyn Johnson, right, both of Queens, N.Y., ring a chime in memory of their brother LeRoy Homer, Jr. during a “sound breaking” ceremony at the future site of the Tower of Voices on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017 at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville. Homer was the co-pilot of Flight 93 that crashed at the site 16-years-ago on Sept. 11, 2001. His is one of the 40 voices memorialized in the future 93-foot-tall Tower of Voices that will hold 40 different sized chimes to symbolize the 40 voices of those lost on Flight 93. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Families of those killed on Flight 93 and National Park Service employees carry 40 candle lanterns, one for each crew member and passenger lost, to the Wall of Names on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017 at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville. The lanterns were placed below each of the names remembered at the memorial, part of the 16th anniversary remembrances for those lost at the site on 9/11. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)A child wanders off into a field of wild flowers beyond the site of the “sound breaking” ceremony at the future location of the Tower of Voices on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017 at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville. Families of those killed on Flight 93 got a chance to ring a small tribute structure of the Tower, which will have 40 chimes that ring in different pitches to symbolize the voices of those lost at the site on September 11, 2001. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Flight 93 National Memorial September 11 Observance Ceremony on Monday, September 11, 2017 in Shanksville, Pa. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)Security walks between the walls in the visitors center at the Flight 93 National Memorial as the sun rises on Monday, Sept. 11, 2017 in Shanksville. Vice President Mike Pence is among the dignitaries attending the site’s 9/11 remembrance ceremonies. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Master Sgt. Emily Wellington of Washington, D.C., does a sound check with fellow members of Celtic Aire, a subset of the Singing Sergeants Air Force Band, as the sun rises on Monday, Sept. 11, 2017 at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville. Vice President Mike Pence is among the dignitaries attending the site’s 9/11 remembrance ceremonies. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Volunteer Bebe Anderson, 62, of Meyersdale, rings out her rag as she wipes dew from the seats assembled for the day’s 9/11 remembrance ceremonies on Monday, Sept. 11, 2017 at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville. Anderson started as part of the mental health response team for the families of Flight 93’s lost passengers and crew members. “It’s important to keep this alive,” said Anderson. “I don’t want people to forget it happened.” (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Celtic Aire, a subset of the Singing Sergeants Air Force Band, prepares for sound check as the sun rises on Monday, Sept. 11, 2017 at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville. Vice President Mike Pence is among the dignitaries attending the site’s 9/11 remembrance ceremonies. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Families of those killed on Flight 93 and National Park Service employees carry 40 candle lanterns, one for each crew member and passenger lost, from the Wall of Names on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017 at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville. The lanterns were placed below each of the names remembered at the memorial, part of the 16th anniversary remembrances for those lost at the site on 9/11. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Vice President Mike Pence arrives at the Flight 93 Memorial for the site’s 9/11 remembrance ceremonies on Monday, Sept. 11, 2017 in Shanksville. Pence’s remarks included a salute to those lost in the tragedy and a reflection that if the passengers of Flight 93 had not organized to act, the plane could have crashed into the Capitol, where he was on Sept. 11th 16 years ago. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Capt. David Dosch, hidden at left, and flight attendant Judee Beyer, right, ring two large bells as the names of those lost on Flight 93 are read aloud as part of the 9/11 remembrance ceremony on Monday, Sept. 11, 2017 at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)A visitor touches the map of the Flight 93 Memorial grounds as they walk in to the site’s 9/11 remembrance ceremony on Monday, Sept. 11, 2017 in Shanksville. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)
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