Mary Gay Scanlon: “My community in southeastern Pennsylvania was deeply impacted by the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. Members of…”

“My community in southeastern Pennsylvania was deeply impacted by the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. Members of our community were among the flight crews and passengers on the hijacked planes, others worked at the World Trade Center or Pentagon that day and were killed or had to flee for their lives. Airplanes headed to Philadelphia were diverted to Canada, and the high- rise offices were evacuated with bomb threats. Located between New York, D.C., and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, our area keenly felt like the geographic center of the three airplane attacks. I am proud to cosponsor H.R. 2278, which authorizes the National Park Service to designate the September 11 National Memorial Trail route linking the Memorial and Museum in New York to the Pentagon Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, and the Flight 93 National Memorial in Somerset County. The 9/11 Memorial Trail will allow us all not to just engage with the tragedy of that terrorist attack, but also to heal from it. In Pennsylvania's Fifth District, the Memorial Trail will link parts of the Schuylkill River Trail, Kingsessing, the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, and move on through Delaware County. This bill passed the House with great bipartisan support, and I urge the Senate to take it up before the 20th anniversary of September 11. ____________________”