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Design Contest to Start for Flight 93 SiteParticipants in the United Flight 93 memorial design competition soon will be able to survey sections of the memorial site - 2,200 acres that include the spot where the plane crashed nearly three years ago.
Planners of a national memorial for the plane's 40 passengers and crew will launch an international design competition with news conferences on Wednesday in New York and on Sept. 11 in Shanksville, about 65 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
During the first stage of the competition, which runs through the end of the year, professional designers, as well as novices, can submit their concepts, competition adviser Helene Fried said.
Twice during the first stage, in October and November, competition coordinators will lead competitors through an escorted tour within the memorial's newly established boundaries. Few besides law-enforcement officers and memorial planners have surveyed the land since the tragedy, Fried said.
Seeing the reclaimed strip mine with its rolling hills, vast sky, and wooded terrain is necessary in the design process, Fried said. Competition coordinators will supply video footage to those who can't visit, she said.
It's hard to say how many groups and individuals will participate in the design competition, she said. "It's like counting jelly beans. We just don't know."
About 5,200 groups from
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