(2011) Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Medal - Flight 93, Bronze 76mm

Coin Details

Description

The 2011 Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Flight 93 medal in 76mm bronze is a three-inch duplicate of the Congressional Gold Medal honoring the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93, who fought back against the hijackers over rural Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001. The aircraft crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania at 10:03 a.m. after passengers and crew, having learned through phone calls about the attacks on the World Trade Center, mounted an assault on the cockpit. Their actions prevented the aircraft from reaching its intended target, have been the United States Capitol or the White House. Public Law 112-76 authorized the Congressional Gold Medal to recognize this extraordinary act of collective heroism. The obverse, designed by Joel Iskowitz and sculpted by Phebe Hemphill, depicts the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville with its Tower of Voices — a 93-foot tall musical instrument containing forty wind chimes, one for each of the forty passengers and crew members who perished. The inscription FALLEN HEROES OF 9/11 appears above, with SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 and FLIGHT 93 below. The reverse, designed by Don Everhart, carries the unified commemorative design shared among the three 9/11 medals, featuring a shield with agency emblems encircled by an oak wreath and the inscription ACT OF CONGRESS 2011. The 76mm bronze format allows collectors and the public to appreciate the memorial landscape rendered on the obverse at generous scale. The Flight 93 story became one of the defining narratives of September 11, with the phrase "Let's roll" — attributed to passenger Todd Beamer — entering the national vocabulary as an expression of American resolve.

Rarity Notes

Produced by the U.S. Mint for public sale without a fixed mintage cap. The 76mm format is the larger duplicate size. Exact production figures were not separately reported.

Cross References

PCGS #534474; NGC #500333; Public Law 112-76