Six-by-six timbers, stacked Lincoln-log style, support a three-story section of the Pentagons outer wall twelve hours after the attack. The morning before, in an attempt to frighten the American people, five members of Al-Qaida, a terrorist group of fundamentalist Muslims, hijacked American Airlines Flight 77, then flew a circuitous route returning to Washington and impacting 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
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE
Base: Pentagon
State: District Of Columbia (DC)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Michael Garcia, CIV, Dod
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
12/09/2001
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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