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Fighting the Pentagon Inferno

From "Firefight: Inside the Battle to Save the Pentagon on 9/11"

Posted June 9, 2008
The Pentagon Burning Gallery
The destroyed section of the Pentagon after the terrorist attack of September 11. The US Capitol is on the left, in the background.
The destroyed section of the Pentagon after the terrorist attack of September 11.

Adapted from Firefight: Inside the Battle to Save the Pentagon on 9/11 by Patrick Creed and Rick Newman. Copyright © 2008, Patrick Creed and Rick Newman. Published by arrangement with Random House, New York.

More at firefightthebook.com

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