APNewsBreak: Laura Bush to speak at event marking 9th anniversary of crash of Flight 93

AP: Laura Bush to speak at Flight 93 anniversary

PITTSBURGH — Former first lady Laura Bush will speak at an event marking the ninth anniversary of the crash of Flight 93 in western Pennsylvania during the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

The National Park Foundation made the announcement Friday, a day before a joint meeting of the Flight 93 Memorial Task Force and the Flight 93 Federal Advisory Commission. Bush says she’s honored to speak at the site and that we “must never forget the brave sacrifice of these extraordinary men and women.”

Flight 93 was traveling from Newark, N.J., to San Francisco when hijackers took it over on Sept. 11, 2001. It crashed in a field near Shanksville, killing everyone aboard.

Construction on a permanent memorial to the victims is under way. The memorial’s first phase is expected to be dedicated in time for the 10th anniversary of the crash in 2011.