A documentary film about the need to personally memorialize an international event.

TV Interview: 9/11 Documentary “We Were Quiet Once” Created Locally

November 15, 2012 | Central PA Live on CBS/WTAJ-TV, State College, PA

Click here to watch Laura Beachy and Ryan Balton discuss the film on Central PA Live A fundraising campaign helped a local young filmmaker create a September 11 documentary. Somerset native, 22-year-old Laura Beachy, produced the film “We Were Quiet … Continue reading →

TV Package: Somerset Native Finishing Flight 93 Documentary

November 13, 2012 | NBC/WJAC-TV, Johnstown/Altoona/State College, PA

Somerset native Laura Beachy, along with Ryan Balton, debuted the documentary “We Were Quiet Once” at the Flight 93 Chapel on Saturday. Click here to watch the video on WJAC’s website Originally aired on WJAC-TV’s 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts … Continue reading →

Collegian rolls thesis into Flight 93 film: Special screening slated for Saturday in memorial chapel

November 8, 2012 | The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, PA

Somerset native Laura Beachy, 22, stands next to the Flight 93 Memorial, early in its construction. Beachy’s Flight 93 documentary, “We Were Quiet Once,” will have a special public feedback screening starting at noon Saturday at the Flight 93 Memorial … Continue reading →

Student reporters interview 9/11 filmmakers

November 2, 2012 | Times Herald-Record, Middletown, NY

Sixth-grade reporters from Delaware Valley Elementary School recently had the opportunity to interview a filmmaker who graduated from their school district just five years ago. The DVE-News/TV club from Delaware Valley Elementary School met with Ryan Balton, a 2007 Delaware … Continue reading →

“We Were Quiet Once” Documentary To be Released in January

October 22, 2012 | PAHomepage.com / WBRE Eyewitness News, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA

A local filmmaker’s documentary about the impact of the crash of Flight 93 was successfully funded this weekend. Dingman Township native, 23-year-old Ryan Balton, is co-producing the film “We Were Quiet Once.” The feature-length documentary shows how the crash of … Continue reading →

Local filmmaker’s Flight 93 documentary successfully funded

| Abington Journal, Clarks Summit, PA

A local filmmaker’s documentary about the impact of the crash of Flight 93 was successfully funded this weekend. Dingman Township native, 23-year-old Ryan Balton, is co-producing the film “We Were Quiet Once.” The feature-length documentary shows how the crash of … Continue reading →

Last week to support local filmmaker’s 9/11 documentary

October 15, 2012 | The Abington Journal, Clarks Summit, PA

This week is the last chance to support the fundraising campaign for a local young filmmaker’s Sept. 11 documentary. Dingman Township native, 23-year-old Ryan Balton, is co-producing the film “We Were Quiet Once.” The feature-length documentary shows how the crash … Continue reading →

Film: ‘We Were Quiet Once’: How Flight 93 affected Pennsylvania community

October 3, 2012 | The Independent Mail, Anderson, South Carolina

Laura Beachy has spent the last two years trying to illustrate the lasting effects of the Flight 93 crash on residents in Pennsylvania’s Somerset County — a storyline that often takes a natural back seat to profiles on the victims … Continue reading →

‘We Were Quiet Once’: Film tells of effects Flight 93 had on Somerset

October 1, 2012 | The Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA

Laura Beachy has spent the last two years trying to illustrate the lasting effects of the Flight 93 crash on residents in Somerset County — a story line that often takes a natural backseat to profiles on the victims and … Continue reading →

Local filmmaker seeks funds Sept. 11 documentary

| The Daily American, Somerset, PA

Terry Butler was working at the Stoystown Auto Wreckers salvage yard along Route 30 when the plane went down. “I could tell it was flying too low and too fast for being in these mountains,” the Somerset resident said, recalling … Continue reading →