Across the state Saturday and Sunday, Pennsylvanians remembered the events of that fateful day and came together in memorials and commemorations in remembrance of the lives lost and the heroes forged. They stood in solidarity with the families who experienced tremendous grief that day. They offered respectful support to those who survived and to those who continue to suffer.

Prominent politicians from across the nation joined families and other dignitaries today in Shanksville, PA to unveil the Wall of Names and to commemorate the lives of the 40 American heroes that died fighting the hijackers aboard United Flight 93 just ten years ago tomorrow.

The Pennsylvania delegation’s response to President Obama’s jobs speech illustrated two main points: 1) Republicans are unlikely to throw down their arms and go along with a bipartisan plan, and 2) Democrats aren’t exactly rushing to the front line of the President’s next battle.

It took more than twenty years following the devastation of Hurricane Agnes for the federal government to raise the Wyoming Valley levee, and nearly forty for the levee to be tested to its limit.