During the struggle , the plane crashed Catastrophe into a field near a reclaimed strip mine in Stonycreek Township , near Indian Lake and Shanksville , about southeast of Pittsburgh and northwest of Washington , D.C. A few people witnessed Know the impact from the ground , and news agencies began Process_start reporting the event within an hour .

The Broncos defeated Conquering the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots 20–18 in the AFC Championship Game joining the Patriots , Dallas Cowboys , and Pittsburgh Steelers as one of four teams that have made Creating eight appearances in the Super Bowl .

Until surpassed by the 2017 Sutherland Springs church shooting and the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting , this was the deadliest mass shooting at an American place of worship , alongside a 1991 attack at a Buddhist temple in Waddell , Arizona .

It is most notable for causing Causation the death Death of Pittsburgh Pirates star Roberto Clemente .

It began Process_start with a dispute over control of the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River called the Forks of the Ohio , and the site of the French Fort Duquesne in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania .

The coaches were Dallas ’ Barry Switzer and Bill Cowher of the Pittsburgh Steelers .

In Martinsburg , Pittsburgh , Philadelphia and other cities , workers burned Bodily_harm down and destroyed Destroying both physical facilities and the rolling stock of the railroads—engines and railroad cars .

The game was tied Connect 3-3 at halftime on field goals by Norm Johnson of the Atlanta Falcons and Gary Anderson of the Pittsburgh Steelers .