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Pentagon Damage (2001)

On Sept. 11, 2001, an aircraft piloted by terrorist crashed into the Pentagon. The craft sliced a huge wedge in the middle of the western facade of the 1941 structure, which was built in haste to provide a command headquarters for the American World War II effort and is now a symbol of the nation's world-power status.

Hundreds of Northern Virginia firefighters, police, search and rescue teams responded to the disaster, involving fire, devastation and loss of life. A couple of days after the attack, the scent of burnt debris hung in the air. The impeccably-maintained grounds were cluttered with construction equipment and hundreds of personnel scurried on assigned tasks, bringing order out of the chaos.

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Response workers against the backdrop of the damaged Pentagon. The rubble of the damaged Pentagon. Virginia Hazmat Officer Glen Rudner (right) discusses the recovery effort with Ken Salfelder (left) and Jim Taber, members of the Alexandria, Va., Tech Rescue Team.
Response vehicles lined up outside the damaged Pentagon. Response workers outside the damaged Pentagon. Response workers outside the damaged Pentagon.
Three workers take a break from the arduous task of clearing out the Pentagon's rubble.    

Photos by Janet Clements and Bob Lambert, VDEM