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America’s 9/11 Ride roars through Hancock

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If you were in town around 11 a.m. Friday morning and heard a steady rumbling, it wasn’t an earthquake, it was the sound of over 400 motorcycles making their way through town.

One of the over 400 motorcycle drivers salutes as he rides by as part of the America’s 9/11 Ride. The annual motorcycle ride that runs from Somerset County to Washington D.C. to New York City, is memorializing the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001, with their 26th annual event.

In the past, the motorcycles would stay on Interstate 68 and Interstate 70 as they traveled to Washington D.C. and then on to New York City.

Over 400 motorcycles and their support crew roared through the Hancock area on National Pike/Western Pike and Main Street last Friday, August 21, as part of the 26th annual America’s 9/11 Ride.
photos by Geoff Fox

The ride started Friday morning, August 21, in Somerset, Pa., with riders and support vehicles rolling out at 6:45 a.m.

After fueling stop in Cumberland and a break at Rocky Gap State Park, the riders made their way to National Pike/Western Pike and onto Main Street in Hancock.

The end of the road for the riders on Friday was Arlington, Virginia.

This marks the 26th annual ride for the America’s 911 Ride as they remember the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001 and honoring all first responders and remembering those who perished.

A group of police officers on their motorcycles led over 400 motorcycle drivers along Western Pike and through Hancock last Friday, August 21, as part of the America’s 9/11 Ride.

The trek covers the locations where the planes crashed on that 9/11 – Somerset County (United Airlines Flight 93), the Pentagon (American Airlines Flight 77), and the New York City (North Tower American Airlines Flight 11 and South Tower United Airlines Flight 175)