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Some of my MAXIMUM CARDS about UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 93, crashed on 9/11/2001. "Let's roll!"

These maximum cards were created with my custom postcard from Zazzle, shown below without stamp. Because I knew that the pictorial postmark will not be very visible on the dark background of the glossy Zazzle postcard, even if I scratched with hard plastic dishpad , I asked to get  that postmark also on the back - now we can see it! Notice that the MC from lower-right was actually mailed as a postcard to me, per my request, having the postage (my Zazzle stamp "We'll never forget!" - 44 cents) only on the front-side.

http://www.zazzle.com/shanksville2_postcard-239704125727068181?rf=238693463283865848

"United Airlines Flight 93

UA 93's flight path on September 11, 2001 from New Jersey to Pennsylvania.
Hijacking summary
Date	Tuesday, September 11, 2001
Type	Hijacking
Site	Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Passengers	33 plus 4 hijackers
Crew	7
Fatalities	40 plus 4 hijackers
Survivors	0
Aircraft type	Boeing 757–222
Operator	United Airlines
Tail number	N591UA
Flight origin	Newark International Airport (now Newark Liberty International Airport)
Destination	San Francisco International Airport"

"United Airlines Flight 93 was United Airlines' scheduled morning transcontinental flightacross the United States from Newark International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco International Airport in California. On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, the Boeing 757–222 aircraft operating the route was hijacked by four al-Qaeda terrorists as part of the September 11 attacks. It subsequently crashed into a field near Shanksville in Stonycreek Township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, during an attempt by some of the passengers to regain control.

The hijackers breached the aircraft's cockpit and overpowered the flight crew approximately 46 minutes after takeoff. Ziad Jarrah, a trained pilot, then took control of the aircraft and diverted it back toward the east coast of the United States. Although the evidence remains inconclusive, it is widely presumed the intended target was the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.^[1]

After the hijackers took control of the plane, several passengers and flight attendants were able to make telephone calls and learn that attacks had been made on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Virginia. Some of the passengers then made an attempt to regain control of the aircraft. During the attempt, however, the plane crashed into a field in Stonycreek Township, near Shanksville in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, about 80 miles (130 km) southeast of Pittsburgh and 150 miles (240 km) northwest of Washington, D.C. All on board, including the four hijackers, were killed. A few witnessed the impact from the ground and news agencies began reporting the event within an hour.

Subsequent analysis of the flight recorders recovered from the crash site revealed how the actions taken by the passengers prevented the aircraft from reaching the hijackers' intended target. Of the four aircraft hijacked on September 11 – the others were American Airlines Flight 11, American Airlines Flight 77 and United Airlines Flight 175 – United Airlines Flight 93 was the only one that failed to reach its hijackers' intended target.

A temporary memorial has stood on the site since the attacks; construction of the first phase of a permanent memorial at the crash site was dedicated on September 10, 2011."

"Are you guys ready? Okay. Let's roll!"

Todd Beamer's last words heard by operator Lisa Jefferson at 09:55.[51]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_93

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Maximum card with the railway station from Oran, sent to me by my friend Zine (ALGERIA). Merçi beaucoup!

Maximum card with the railway station from Oran, sent to me by my friend Zine (ALGERIA). Merçi beaucoup!

"Algeria ⁱ/ælˈdʒɪəriə/ (Arabic: الجزائر‎, al-Jazā'ir; Berber and Algerian Arabic: Dzayer or Ldzayer), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (Al Jumhuriyah al Jazairiyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Shabiyah), also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria,^{[11][12][13][14]} is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.

In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa, the Arab World and of the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea; it is also the tenth-largest country in the world."

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشّعبية  (Arabic) al Jumhuriyya al Jazā'iriyya ad-Dīmuqrāţiyya ash Sha'biyya [note 1]
Flag Emblem
Motto: " بالشّعب وللشّعب "  (Arabic) "By the people and for the people"[1][2]
Anthem:  "Kassaman" We Pledge
Capital (and largest city)		Algiers 36°42′N 3°13′E
Official language(s)		Arabic[3]
National languages		Berber
Demonym		Algerian
Government		Semi-presidential republic
-	President	Abdelaziz Bouteflika
-	Prime Minister	Ahmed Ouyahia
History
-	Numidia	from 202 BC
-	Roman Republic	from 46 BC
-	Vandal Kingdom	from 430
-	Rustamid dynasty	from 767
-	Zirid dynasty	from 973
-	Hammadid dynasty	from 1014
-	Abdalwadiddynasty	from 1235
-	Ottoman Empire	from 1516
-	French rule	from 1830
-	Independence from France	3 July 1962 (recognized by France)
-	Independence from France	5 July 1962 (declared by Algeria)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria

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