Event Program

 

NPS

Morning Observance Program

Friday, September 11, 2026 at 8:30 AM near the Wall of Names

Welcome & Pledge of Allegiance
Voice of Gary Sinise

Musical Selections
The Pennsylvania Quintet

8:46 AM Reading
Bells Toll for AA Flight #11
and WTC North Tower
Wreath Laying, Flight 93 Visitor Center

Musical Selections
The Pennsylvania Quintet

9:03 AM Reading
Bells Toll for UA Flight #175
and WTC South Tower
Wreath Laying, Flight 93 Visitor Center

Moment of Silence & Prayer
Rabbi James Gibson
Chair, Community Relations Council
Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh

Musical Selections
The Pennsylvania Quintet

9:37 AM Reading
Bells Toll for AA Flight #77
and the Pentagon
Wreath Laying, Flight 93 Visitor Center

Moment of Silence & Prayer
Bishop Mark L. Bartchak
Diocese of Johnstown-Altoona

Musical Selection
The Pennsylvania Quintet

Reading

The Arts and The Hours - Jean-Philipe Rameau
The Pennsylvania Quintet

Flight 93 Reading

Name Presentation
Flight 93 Family Members
Jeff Reinbold, President & CEO, National Park Foundation

Bells of Remembrance
James Pinkerton, former Disaster Coordinator for the PA Funeral Directors Association & member of DMORT III
Sean Douglass, President, Douglass Funeral Coordinators

Ceremonial Gate Opening
U.S. Air Force Honor Guard

10:03 AM Wreath Laying
National Park Service Honor Guard

Moment of Silence & Prayer
Reverend J. Matthew Deal
St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, Somerset, PA

Memorial Flag Fold
Pennsylvania State Police Ceremonial Unit

Never Forget - Josh Gallagher

Closing

*A private wreath laying for family members will be held immediately following the morning observance.

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Afternoon Ceremony Program

Friday, September 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM near the Wall of Names

Music Selection
Bach Sonata No. 1 - G Minor
Karma Lopez-Oakes

Welcome
Stephen M. Clark, Superintendent
Flight 93 National Memorial

Presentation of Colors
National Park Service Ranger Honor Guard

National Anthem
Somerset County Youth Chorus

Invocation
Fred Lukachinsky, Past President
Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial

Remarks
Captain Morrie Weiner (UAL ret.)

My America
Somerset County Youth Chorus

Remarks
Governor Josh Shapiro, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Gordon Felt, Brother of Passenger Edward Porter Felt

Memorial Expression
Paul Murdoch, Architect, Flight 93 National Memorial

From Sea to Shining Sea
Somerset County Youth Chorus

Remarks
Jessica Bowron, exercising the delegated authority of the Director of the National Park Service

Secretary Doug Burgum
Department of the Interior

Hallelujah - Soloist Bianca Melgar

Wreath Laying

Taps- Ian Monaghan

The passengers and crew members of Flight 93

Christian Adams	Wanda Anita Green*
Lorraine G. Bay*	Donald Freeman Greene
Todd M. Beamer	Linda Gronlund
Alan Anthony Beaven	Richard J. Guadagno
Mark Bingham	First Officer LeRoy Homer*
Deora Frances Bodley	Toshiya Kuge
Sandy Waugh Bradshaw*	CeeCee Ross Lyles*
Marion R. Britton	Hilda Marcin
Thomas E. Burnett, Jr.	Waleska Martinez
William Joseph Cashman	Nicole Carol Miller
Georgine Rose Corrigan	Louis J. Nacke II
Patricia Cushing	Donald Arthur Peterson
Captain Jason M. Dahl*	Jean Hoadley Peterson
Joseph DeLuca	Mark David Rothenberg
Patrick Joseph Driscoll	Christine Ann Snyder
Edward Porter Felt	John Talignani
Jane C. Folger	Honor Elizabeth Wainio
Colleen L. Fraser	Deborah Jacobs Welsh*
Andrew (Sonny) Garcia
Jeremy Logan Glick
Kristin Osterholm White Gould
Lauren Catuzzi Grandcolas & Unborn Child
* Denotes crew members