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Work on 9/11 memorial park begins

Relatives of passengers on United flight 93, the hijacked 9/11 plane which crashed in a field after an on-board fight for the controls, have broken ground on a permanent memorial park in their honour.

At a ceremony at the weekend that was led by Ken Salazar, the US Interior Secretary, 39 relatives of the 40 passengers and crew who died turned shovels of soil in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

The government intends to have the first phase of a national monument completed by September 11, 2011 – the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)