Today, the United Flight 93 National Memorial is hosting a dedication event to mark the completion of the final phase of the memorial in Shanksville, PA. The Tower of Voices is the last piece of the permanent memorial, which rests on more than 2,000 acres of land owned by the National Park Service.

This memorial makes Shanksville a tourist destination in Pennsylvania with a US National Park in charge of hosting this important reminder of Human Rights and the fight against terror.

Over eight years EarthCam captured the construction of the memorial and released its time-lapse movie.

The Flight 93 National Memorial is located at the site of the crash of United Airlines Flight 93, which was hijacked in the September 11 attacks, in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Shanksville, and 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Pittsburgh. The memorial was made to honor the passengers and crew of Flight 93, who stopped the terrorists from reaching their target by fighting the hijackers. A temporary memorial to the 40 victims was established soon after the crash, and the first phase of the permanent memorial was completed, opened, and dedicated on September 10, 2011. The design for the memorial is a modified version of the entry Crescent of Embrace by Paul and Milena Murdoch.

A concrete and glass visitor center was opened on September 10, 2015, situated on a hill overlooking the crash site and the white marble Wall of Names. An observation platform at the visitor center and the white marble wall are both aligned beneath the path of Flight 93.

Continuing its longstanding partnership with the National Park Service, EarthCam cameras were onsite in Shanksville, PA to document the construction of the Flight 93 National Memorial from start to finish, including the Wall of Names, Visitor’s Center and the Tower of Voices. From August 2010 to September 2018, EarthCam cameras captured more than 275,000 high-resolution images, which were professionally-edited into a commemorative time-lapse movie. The Tower of Voices is the newest addition to the Memorial site. The 93-foot tall musical instruments holds forty wind chimes, representing the forty passengers and crew members, and serves as a visual and audible reminder of the heroism of all those onboard United Flight 93.

In addition to the Flight 93 National Memorial, EarthCam continues to document the rebuilding at the World Trade Center site. In 2001, just days after the attacks, EarthCam CEO & Founder, Brian Cury, personally installed the first camera to webcast the rescue and recovery for the world to see. Millions of photos of the rebuilding plus the original camera are part of the National September 11 Memorial Museum collection.