America Responds: Anatomy of a collapse
 

Pentagon
 
HOW IT HAPPENED AT THE PENTAGON
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At about 9:40 a.m., the Boeing 757, carrying 64 people and some 10,000 gallons of fuel, crashes into the Pentagon's lower floors near a helicopter landing pad. The fireball and debris punch through a recently renovated and reinforced segment where more than 800 people work.

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GRAPHICS BY ROB CADY - USN&WR
REPORTING BY THOMAS HAYDEN - USN&WR
COORDINATED BY PHILIPPE MOULIER - USN&WR