September is an especially difficult month for Diqui LaPenta. On Tuesday, she marked 17 years since her boyfriend Richard Guadagno was killed amid the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. His birthday will soon follow. Guadagno was just two weeks shy of turning 39 when he died, believed to be one of the passengers and crew […]
Flight 93 Memorial
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Flight 93 “Tower of Voices” Memorial to be Dedicated Today
Encircled by trees and rising above a sprawling Pennsylvania meadow brimming with wild flowers, the 93-foot Tower of Voices is being dedicated today in memory of the 33 passengers and seven crew members who died aboard Flight 93 amid the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Each of them — including former Humboldt Bay National […]
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A Final Burial of Flight 93 Slated at National Memorial
The National Park Service is preparing to lay to rest the last remnants of Flight 93, which was brought down in a Pennsylvania field rather than its intended target on Sept. 11, 2001, after crew members and passengers — including Humboldt County resident Richard Guadagno — thwarted their hijackers. According to a news release, the […]