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#Navy christens last of three ships honoring 9/11 sites

Family members of victims of Flight 93, which crashed in Somerset County, Pa., on 9/11, bow their heads in a moment of silence during a christening ceremony for the USS Somerset at the Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard in Avondale, La., Saturday, July 28, 2012. Gerald Herbert/AP AVONDALE, La. — The USS Somerset — the last of three Navy ships named for 9/11 attack sites — was christened Saturday in honor of the passengers and crew of the plane that crashed short of terrorists' intended target after passengers stormed the cockpit. Instead of hitting a target in Washington on Sept. 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in Somerset County, Pa., killing all 40 passengers and crew members. "The men and women of Flight 93 ... thought they were going to San Francisco to work, to play, to learn; to live their lives in peace while others guarded them," said Navy Rear Adm....

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