Pennsylvania

Deadly Crash Causes Flight 93 Chapel to Close

A car crashed into a Pennsylvania chapel honoring the Sept. 11 victims of United Airlines Flight 93, temporarily closing it.

State police said the car hit a chapel wall after a two-vehicle crash Tuesday. The accident killed a Shanksville woman and injured the other driver, police said.

The chapel in Stonycreek Township is a spiritual memorial to the 40 victims of Flight 93, which crashed in a nearby field on Sept. 11, 2001, after being hijacked by terrorists.

The chapel is overseen by the Most Rev. Ramzi Musallam. He said an engineer will need to assess the damage before visitors can be allowed back in.

He said the force of the crash knocked photos of Flight 93 victims off the wall. The chapel also contains various Sept. 11 mementos.

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