Never-seen photographs from the September 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon released by the FBI this week show the massive devastation that faced first responders. Twenty-seven pictures from that day depict the crushed walls, blazing fires and eviscerated interiors of the seat of the US Department of Defence.
Never-seen photographs from the September 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon released by the FBI this week show the massive devastation that faced first responders. Twenty-seven pictures from that day depict the crushed walls, blazing fires and eviscerated interiors of the seat of the US Department of Defence.
The American Airlines jet that struck the Pentagon was one of four airliners hijacked by Al-Qaeda teams and used as weapons in the deadliest terror attack ever on US soil. When the Pentagon was hit, two other airliners had already been flown into New York's World Trade Centre; the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania after passengers rose up against the hijackers.
American Airlines Flight 77 out of Dulles International Airport slammed into the Pentagon's western wall, killing all 64 people on the plane, including the five hijackers, and 125 on the ground.
One poignant shot shows an American flag tangled in concrete-and-rebar wreckage being cleared by a tractor.
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1. The first responders at the Pentagon
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This image by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) newly released on March 31, 2017, shows first responders at the Pentagon after American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Image courtesy: AFP
2. Pentagon
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Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Image courtesy: AFP
3. 189 people were killed in the attack
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The flight from Dulles International Airport to Los Angeles, was hijacked by five Al Qaeda terrorists, who flew the plane into the building at 9:37 am ET, on September 11, killing 64 passengers and crew and 125 people in the Pentagon. Image courtesy: AFP
4. Star-Spangled Banner
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This image shows a bulldozer removing debris and a US flag from the Pentagon after the crash of American Airlines Flight 77 on September 11, 2001. Image courtesy: AFP
5. Dousing the fire
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First responders at the Pentagon after American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. Image courtesy: AFP
6. FBI agents at the Pentagon
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FBI agents working at the Pentagon after the crash of American Airlines Flight 77 on September 11, 2001. Image courtesy: AFP
7. American Airlines crash
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FBI agents working at the Pentagon after the crash of American Airlines Flight 77. Image courtesy: AFP
8. After 9/11
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The interior of the Pentagon after the crash. Image courtesy: AFP
9. The interiors of the Pentagon
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The images released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) show the damage inside the Pentagon after the crash on 9/11. Image courtesy: AFP
10. Debris from Flight 77
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This image shows debris from American Airlines Flight 77 after it crashed into the Pentagon. Image courtesy: AFP
11. US Department of Defense
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First responders at the Pentagon, the United States' Department of Defense headquarters, after American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Image courtesy: AFP
