Workers broke ground for the construction of the Pentagon on 9.11.1941

[jus_the_facts]

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Pentagon Rising From Ashes in 24/7 Repair Effort

Less than three months later, the horrific surprise attack on Pearl Harbor made the need for a centralized command center a national priority. The sense of urgency driving design teams and construction workers was so strong that the Pentagon was completed in just 16 months.

Exactly sixty years from the day its construction began, the seemingly impregnable fortress was violated. On September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked a commercial airliner and slammed it into the building.


The emotional investment many Americans feel as the Pentagon rises from the ashes have sustained the team through the grueling work schedule, and given them a sense of responsibility that they take quite seriously.

"I think that in some way we've served as a type of recovery, some type of symbol for the whole nation," said Evey. "Something positive is happening, something is being built and not torn down, and people feel a part of that and I think that has been healthy for the whole country."


http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/07/0703_020703_pentagon.html

[Earth_First]

1. Hmmm...I did not know that. Thanks for the tidbit! n/t

[jus_the_facts]

2. You're most welcome....n/t

[pocoloco]

3. Are you sure it was a comercial airliner??

Just checking.

[DemoTex]

5. I am sure. A good friend of mine was killed on American Flight 11.

She was an American Airlines flight attendant. She left behind a wonderful husband (also a good friend and a fellow airline captain at my airline) and two young children.

She was flying "lead" flight attendant that day, and it is believed that she probably died at the hands of the terrorists before AA-11 crashed into the Pentagon. I hope it happened quick and painlessly for her. Those who took that ride down, knowing the end was near, must have .. I cannot even contemplate it.

Yes, I know what happened at the Pentagon that day. And I was here on this DU board all day 9/11 .. slow as it was .. and in the ensuing days. I tried, as an airline captain and ALPA-trained airline accident investigator, to help keep sanity on this board. That was not always possible. Then or now.

[paparush]

6. and they found evidence of her at the crash site? DNA? Hair? Anything?

Just sayin...

[DemoTex]

7. I'm going to pretend I put you on ignore before I saw your reply.

That is just about the most tasteless reply I have ever gotten on DU, and I've been here from the getgo.

[NutmegYankee]

8. Not one of you has any decency.

It never matters who you hurt in the pursuit of your bullshit fallacy.

Don't bother replying. That was the most F'ed up post I've seen in a long time.

[LostinVA]

12. Yeah -- she's living at Area 51

:eyes:

What is wrong with you? You think all the people on that plane didn't really die?

[paparush]

10. As the lawyers are fond of saying - "Don't tell me what you know. Tell me what you can prove."

[dysfunctional press]

11. 1000% POSITIVE of that FACT.

after 6 1/2 years of having those tin-foil hats screwed on so tight, a lot of those people should probably just be considered brain-dead from oxygen deprivation to the grey matter.

[NV Whino]

4. erm...

:tinfoilhat:

[jus_the_facts]

9. kick