SHANKSVILLE — A piece of steel that was once part of the World Trade Center will soon stand in rural Pennsylvania just miles from where Flight 93 came crashing down on Sept. 11.

New York and Shanksville firefighters poured the concrete base on Monday where a 14-foot-high, 3,000-pound steel monument will soon stand.

The monument will be shaped like a cross and sit on a pentagon-shaped base near the Shanksville fire station. The area is a few miles from the actual crash site and is not a part of the official Flight 93 National Memorial.

On Sept. 11, 2001 Flight 93 crashed into a field in Somerset County, apparently while passengers were rushing the cockpit to retake control of the hijacked jet. Forty passengers and crew were killed. The four hijackers also died.