"What Are You Guarding?" (Flight 93)

[Robb]

Deputies at crash site call their work humbling

SHANKSVILLE Ð From a rickety, three-room construction trailer with no running water, a small group of Somerset County sheriffÕs deputies keeps watch over hallowed ground.
Their round-the-clock duties at the remote Flight 93 crash site donÕt carry the usual hazards that come with a badge. And theyÕre more likely to fight boredom or a freezing trip to the outhouse than criminals or terrorists.

But for deputies who have stuck with the job, thereÕs a certain prestige and satisfaction that comes with making sure grieving families find their way while shooing off the Òaverage oddball.Ó
ÒItÕs something thatÕs going to be with me for the rest of my life,Ó Deputy Franco Sanna said.
While many of those involved in efforts to preserve and memorialize Flight 93 continue to get headlines, the 10 part-timers guarding the crash site until federal officials take over work in anonymity.

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Then there were the conspiracy-theorist questions, Rager recalled with a grin. For example, ÒWhat are you guarding?Ó
Those without authorization were and continue to be dispatched promptly. But starting last summer, the deputies received a much more delicate job: Assisting Flight 93 families as they visited the exact spot where their loved ones perished.

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So a site is being kept from the public because it's a "crime scene"... great. But why are some people being allowed to tramp through it?

[donsu]

1. hmmmmmm

good question