Taking a deep draught of water, a rescue worker from the Montgomery County Maryland Fire & Rescue, takes a break at the heavily damaged Pentagon. Shortly after 8 AM on September 11, 2001 in an attempt to frighten the American people, five members of Al-Qaida, a group of fundamentalist Islamic Muslims, hijacked American Airlines Flight 77, a Boeing 757-200, from Dulles International Airport just outside Washington DC. About 9:30 AM they flew the aircraft and 64 passengers into the side of the Pentagon. The impact destroyed or damaged four of the five "rings" in that section that circle the building. That section of the Pentagon was in the finishing stages of a renovation program to ...
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[Complete] Scene Caption: Taking a deep draught of water, a rescue worker from the Montgomery County Maryland Fire & Rescue, takes a break at the heavily damaged Pentagon. Shortly after 8 AM on September 11, 2001 in an attempt to frighten the American people, five members of Al-Qaida, a group of fundamentalist Islamic Muslims, hijacked American Airlines Flight 77, a Boeing 757-200, from Dulles International Airport just outside Washington DC. About 9:30 AM they flew the aircraft and 64 passengers into the side of the Pentagon. The impact destroyed or damaged four of the five "rings" in that section that circle the building. That section of the Pentagon was in the finishing stages of a renovation program to re-enforce and update the building. Fire fighters fought the fire through the night. The Pentagon attack followed a similar attack, two hijacked passenger planes flown into the twin towers of the New York World Trade Center, on the same day, in what is being called the worst terrorist attack in history.
Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE
Base: Pentagon
State: District Of Columbia (DC)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: DoD
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Larry A. Simmons, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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