IMPACT AND EXPLOSION

September 11, 2001

The initial impact and explosion of the plane hitting the Pentagon at 0937 on September 11, 2001 as seen from a security camera. The explosion rips through the building immediately following impact, causing severe damage, starting fires, and killing or wounding many members of the Pentagon workforce.

BURNING PENTAGON

September 11, 2001

Dark smoke rises from the flaming Pentagon shortly after the collapse of the E Ring.

THE SMOKE RISES

View from the Jefferson Memorial

September 11, 2001

The Smoke Rises - View of the burning Pentagon from the Washington Side of the Potomac.

FIREFIGHTERS

September 11, 2001

Dark smoke rises from the flaming Pentagon shortly after the collapse of the E Ring.

NIGHTMARISH CROSS-SECTION

September 11, 2001

Damaged interior offices sheared open by the collapse of the Pentagon's E Ring.

MILITARY SOLDIERS

September 11, 2001

Soldiers from the Military District of Washington arrive at the Pentagon Reservation.

CARRYING THE INJURED

September 11, 2001

Military personnel assist emergency response teams in carrying the injured to medical treatment locations.

THE WORLD HAS CHANGED

September 11, 2001

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld briskly marches past the burning section of the Pentagon to attend to urgent matters of national defense now suddenly brought to light.

FBI INVESTIGATION

September 11, 2001

The FBI conducting a thorough line-sweep in front of the Pentagon Heliport to find evidence of the terrorist attack.

EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE

September 11, 2001

Emergency treatment of injured victims in the first triage area.

WRECKAGE OF THE ATTACK

September 11, 2001

A remnant of the fuselage from Flight 77.

SEARCHING FOR SURVIVORS

September 11, 2001

Dogs and handlers scour the debris in search and rescue operations.

PRESS CONFERENCE

September 11, 2001

Secretary Rumsfeld at his Pentagon press conference the evening of 11 September, with (left to right) Secretary of the Army Thomas White, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Hugh Shelton, Sen. John Warner (R-VA), and Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI).

THE EXECUTIVE VIEWS THE DEVASTATION

September 12, 2001

President Bush thanks responders while visiting the Pentagon crash site.

FLAG ABOVE THE PENTAGON

September 12, 2001

Firefighters and military personnel unfurl the flag from the Pentagon roof during President Bush's visit on 12 September 2001.

3RD INFANTRY OLD GUARD

September 12, 2001

Soldiers from Company B, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, 'The Old Guard'. This unit played a critical role in maintaining volunteer cohesion, search & rescue operations, remains recovery, and security during the emergency response following the attack.

MEMORIAL SERVICE

October 2001

Pentagon workers attend October 2001 memorial service for victims of the 9/11 attack.