Retired United Captain Denny Flanagan asked me to update everyone on the Captain Jason Dahl Scholarship Fund fundraising efforts. Capt. Jason Dahl died on Sept. 11, 2001 after United flight 93 was hijacked by terrorists. It was the only one of the four hijacked planes that didn’t reach its intended target, instead crashing in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania after passengers and crew overwhelmed the four hijackers.

The Dahl Fund provide scholarships for qualified students who wish to attend accredited commercial flight training schools in the United States. To date $533,000 in scholarships have been awarded to 250 students; 14 of these recipients now fly for United. The current president, Captain Joseph Schmidt was one of those scholarship recipients. The Captain Jason Dahl Scholarship Fund is a IRS qualified 501(c)3 Non-Profit Corporation.

To learn more about The Dahl Fund you can visit the website at: https://www.dahlfund.org/about-us/
To make a donation you can visit the website at: https://www.dahlfund.org/donate/