Shanksville, Pa., post office to honor Flight 93

SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is marking the eighth anniversary of Flight 93’s crash in southwestern Pennsylvania with a special pictorial cancellation on letters handled at a nearby post office.

The Shanksville Post Office will offer the cancellation for 30 days starting Sept. 11, the anniversary of the terrorist attacks that included a hijacked jet that crashed in a field about 65 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.

The image on the cancellation will honor the 33 passengers and seven crew killed in the crash by depicting the “Memorial Chapel Station” near the crash site.

The National Park Services is in the process of turning the crash site into a national memorial by the 10th anniversary of the attacks.