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At precisely 9.37am, exactly a decade after a hijacked Boeing 757 had flown into the building in front of them, survivors and relatives of those who died in the Pentagon silently bowed their heads in remembrance.
At precisely 9.37am, exactly a decade after a hijacked Boeing 757 had flown into the building in front of them, survivors and relatives of those who died in the Pentagon silently bowed their heads in remembrance.
The point of impact was marked by a huge American flag, above which were silhouetted six figures with weapons and binoculars scouring the distance. After Amazing Grace had been sung, a wreath was laid at each memorial bench commemorating the victims, 59 for the doomed souls on-board the aircraft, 125 for those inside the building.
It was a ceremony marked by profound grief and of pride. At times, there was also a distinctly Old Testament air of defiant revenge - this was, after all, the seat of American military power attacked in a manner reminiscent of the 1941 strike on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese.
"No music can assuage, no tongue can express, no prayer alone may dampen the yearning that must fire yet inside you," said Adml Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "Lives ended in this place. Dreams were shattered. Futures were instantly altered. Hopes were tragically dashed."
He added: "From this place of wrath and tears, America's military ventured forth as the long arm and the clenched fist of an angry nation at war. And we have remained at war ever since, visiting upon our enemies the vengeance they were due."
In front of him was some 1,600 people, including 1,200 relatives of Pentagon victims, who had gathered for the private ceremony outside the building in Arlington, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington. As they listened to the speeches and music, passenger planes taking off from nearby Ronald Reagan National Airport roared across the sky - a reminder of the way planes were turned into deadly missiles in 2001 but also of how normal life was continuing 10 years on.
After the speeches, relatives walked to the benches for private moments remembering those they had lost. Donn Marshall, his arms around his son, Drake, 13, and daughter, Chandler, 11, paused to recall his wife and their mother.
Shelley Marshall, 37, a Defence Intelligence Agency analyst, died when Flight 77 hit the Pentagon. Mr Marshall, who worked two miles away, arrived at the Pentagon to help with the rescue and find his family.
"Coming to see their mother's bench means a lot to them," he said of his children.
The Daily Telegraph