Flight of Valor is a musical piece written by James Swearingen as a memorial for the victims of United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Somerset County, Pennsylvania during the September 11, 2001 attacks. James Swearingen is an American composer and arranger. ... United Airlines Flight 93 was a Boeing 757-222 flight that regularly flew from Newark International Airport (now known as Newark Liberty International Airport) in Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco International Airport continuing on to Narita International Airport in Tokyo, Japan, on a different aircraft. ... Somerset County is a county located in the state of Pennsylvania. ... The resulting explosion after the crash of United Airlines Flight 175 into the South Tower. ...