Photos: New 9/11 memorial honors heroes of Flight 93

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Photos: New 9/11 memorial honors heroes of Flight 93

The center uses photos, video, artifacts and interactive displays to tell the story of Flight 93, the only jetliner among the four commandeered by terrorists that failed to reach its intended target on Sept. 11, 2001, The Associated Press reports.

Members of the media get a preview of the the Flight 93 National Memorial visitors center complex in Shanksville, Pa, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. The visitors center will be formally dedicated and open to the public on Sept. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Gordon Felt, whose brother Edward Felt was one of 40 passenger and crew on Uniter Airlines Flight 93 that crashed in a Shanksville, Pa field 14 years ago on Sept. 11, 2001, leads a media tour of the Flight 93 visitors center complex overlooking the crash site of Flight 93 at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. The visitors center will be formally dedicated and open to the public on Sept. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Visitors walk along the Wall of Names at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. In the rear center, is the new visitors center. The memorial's new visitors center will be formally dedicated and open to the public on Sept. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

This shows the remnants of an airfone that was recovered at the crash site of United Flight 93, on display at the Flight 93 National Memorial visitor's center Sept. 9, 2015 in Shanksville, Pa. Visitors will be able to listen to the recorded phone calls made by passengers on United Flight 93. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Plants and gourds sit at the base of the Wall of Names in memory of United Flight 93 pilot Captain Jason M.Dahl at the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, Pa, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. The memorial's new visitors center will be formally dedicated and open to the public on Sept. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

These are some of the items that were left at the temporary memorials to United Flight 93 that are on display at the Flight 93 National Memorial Visitor Center in Shanksville, Pa, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. The visitors center will be formally dedicated and open to the public on Sept. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Plants and gourds sit at the base of the Wall of Names in memory of United Flight 93 pilot Captain Jason M.Dahl at the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, Pa, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. The memorial's new visitors center will be formally dedicated and open to the public on Sept. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

This is a view of the Flight 93 National Memorial visitors center in Shanksville, Pa, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. The flight path of United Airlines flight 93 is memorialized by the dark stone path that bisects the building. The visitors center will be formally dedicated and open to the public on Sept. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

This is a view of the Flight 93 National Memorial visitors center in Shanksville, Pa, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. The flight path of United Airlines flight 93 is memorialized by the dark stone path that bisects the building. The visitors center will be formally dedicated and open to the public on Sept. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

These are personal items recovered from the crash site of United Flight 93 on display at the Flight 93 National Memorial visitors center complex in Shanksville, Pa, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. The visitors center will be formally dedicated and open to the public on Sept. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

The Flight 93 National Memorial's new Visitors center complex sits on a hill, center rear, overlooking the memorial's Wall of Names, left, in Shanksville, Pa, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. The visitors center will be formally dedicated and open to the public on Sept. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Gordon Felt, whose brother Edward Felt was one of 40 passenger and crew on Uniter Airlines Flight 93 that crashed in a Shanksville, Pa field 14 years ago on Sept. 11, 2001, stands in front of a wall of photos of the 40 crew and passengers who perished in the crash while leading a media tour of the Flight 93 visitors center complex at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., on Sept. 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

This exhibit that shows the view from the rear of the plane of a Boeing 757-200, like United Flight 93, at the Flight 93 National Memorial visitor's center. Visitors will be able to listen to the recorded phone calls made by passengers on United Flight 93, during a media preview in Shanksville, Pa, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. The visitors center will be formally dedicated and open to the public on Sept. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

The violence of United Flight 93 crashing at 563 mph reduced the 155-foot long aircraft to unrecognizable fragments of wire, metal, and insulation, like these shown on display at the Flight 93 National Memorial Visitors Center Complex in Shanksville, Pa., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

The Flight 93 National Memorial's new Visitors center complex sits on a hill, center rear, overlooking the memorial's Wall of Names, left, in Shanksville, Pa, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. The visitors center will be formally dedicated and open to the public on Sept. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

This is a wall of the names of people who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, that are on display as part of the Flight 93 National Memorial Visitors Center Complex in Shanksville, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

The Flight 93 National Memorial's new Visitors center complex sits on a hill, center rear, overlooking the memorial's Wall of Names, left, in Shanksville, Pa, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. The visitors center will be formally dedicated and open to the public on Sept. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Gordon Felt, whose brother Edward Felt was one of 40 passenger and crew on Uniter Airlines Flight 93 that crashed in a Shanksville, Pa field 14 years ago on Sept. 11, 2001, leads a media preview of the Flight 93 visitors center complex at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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Members of the media get a preview of the the Flight 93 National Memorial visitors center complex in Shanksville, Pa, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. The visitors center will be formally dedicated and open to the public on Sept. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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