An engineer with Military District of Washington (MDW) Engineer Company (Technical Rescue) gingerly walks through the wreckage near ground-zero where the morning before the hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 impacted the Pentagon killing all 64 passengers onboard and 125 people on the ground. The impact destroyed or damaged four of the five rings in that section of the building. Firefighters fought the fire through the night
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Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE
Base: Pentagon
State: District Of Columbia (DC)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Paul Disney, CIV, USA
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
On September 11, 2001, two of the planes were flown into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Often referred to as 9/11, the attacks resulted in extensive death and destruction, triggering major U.S. initiatives to combat terrorism and defining the presidency of George W. Bush. Over 3,000 people were killed during the attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., including more than 400 police officers and firefighters
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