Keywords: DN-SD-03-17505.JPEG A United States UH-1H Iroquois Huey Army medical helicopter standing by in the event that injured survivors are found among the charred debris inside the Pentagon on September 12 2001 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 http //www dodmedia osd mil/Assets/Still/2003/Navy/DN-SD-03-17504 JPEG 2001-09-12 PH1 MICHAEL PENDERGRASS USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy The Pentagon on 12 September 2001 September 2001 photographs Bell UH-1 Iroquois Photographs by Michael W Pendergrass |