Keywords: DN-SD-03-17511.JPEG A piece of debris embedded in a tree at the site where a hijacked commercial airliner impacted the Pentagon 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 http //www dodmedia osd mil/Assets/Still/2003/Navy/DN-SD-03-17511 JPEG 2001-09-12 PH1 MICHAEL W PENDERGRASS USN PD-USGov PD-USGov The Pentagon on 12 September 2001 2001 photographs Photographs by Michael W Pendergrass |