PITTSBURGH Flight 93 group has yet to get money

The passengers and crew have been hailed as heroes.
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A nonprofit organization spearheading the construction of a permanent memorial to the 40 passengers and crew who died on United Flight 93 says it hasn't received the $1 million raised by a state senator.
Larry Catuzzi, co-chairman of the Flight 93 Memorial Task Force, told the Pittsburgh Tribune Review in a story published Sunday that the group has yet to receive the money behind a prop check state Sen. Jane Orie gave the group in December.
"We will make every effort to get Sen. Orie's funds into our account as soon as we can. We hope to have them transferred soon," Catuzzi said.
Orie, R-Allegheny, did not return phone calls to her legislative offices or respond to an e-mail sent by The Associated Press on Sunday. Her home phone rang unanswered.
Orie organized the sale of bracelets engraved with the words "We remember 9-11-01, United We Stand" and "Let's Roll" to help pay for a memorial at the crash site about 65 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
Seen as heroes
United Flight 93, which was headed from Newark, N.J., to San Francisco, was the only one of four flights hijacked Sept. 11, 2001, that did not take a life on the ground. Investigators believe it was headed toward a target in Washington when it turned east near Cleveland. They believe it was brought down near Shanksville, Pa., when people on board confronted the hijackers.
The passengers and crew have been hailed as heroes in what some have called the first battle in America's war against terrorism.
The task force, headed by a judge and the father of one of the victims, is working with National Park officials on a design for a memorial. President Bush has ordered that the design be completed and delivered to the Interior Department and Congress by 2005.