US President George W. Bush visits the ntagon on September 12, 2001. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld briefs him, in the aftermath of the September 11th terror attack. 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 it into the ntagon killing all 64 passengers onboard and 125 people on the ground. Firefighters fought the fire through the night. The ntagon was the third target by four hijacked aircraft, the twin towers of the World Trade Center (WTC) were the other targets, and one unknown when the passengers brought the aircraft down in a...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: US President George W. Bush visits the Pentagon on September 12, 2001. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld briefs him, in the aftermath of the September 11th terror attack. 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 it into the Pentagon killing all 64 passengers onboard and 125 people on the ground. Firefighters fought the fire through the night. The Pentagon was the third target by four hijacked aircraft, the twin towers of the World Trade Center (WTC) were the other targets, and one unknown when the passengers brought the aircraft down in a Pennsylvania field.

Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE

Base: Pentagon

State: District Of Columbia (DC)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Michael Garcia, CIV, Dod

Release Status: Released to Public
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