SHANKSVILLE, Pa., Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Bishop Alphonse Mascherino, the priest who created a chapel memorializing United Flight 93 that crashed in Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001, has died. He was 69.
Mascherino, or Father Al to those who knew him, had been diagnosed with cancer and recently told those close to him he wasn't long for this life. He died Friday. He urged those also involved in the effort to create and maintain the 9/11 memorial chapel to carry on with his work, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review said Tuesday.