FBI releases unseen photos of 9/11 attack on Pentagon
1 April 2017 2:14 PM IST1 April 2017 2:14 PM IST
The pictures depict crushed walls, blazing fires and eviscerated interiors of the seat of the US Dept of Defense.
Never-seen photographs from the September 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon released by the FBI this week show the massive devastation that faced first responders.- In all, nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks, most of them at the World Trade Center.
- Rescue workers with sniffer dogs make their way through the rubble as they look for survivors. (Photo: FBI)
- In another, helmeted and gas-masked rescuers watch as a dog sniffs the rubble in the search for survivors and bodies.
- One poignant photograph shows rescuers crouched as a blaze consumes part of west side of the building.
- American Airlines Flight 77 out of Dulles International Airport slammed into the Pentagon's western wall, killing all 64 people on the plane, including the five hijackers, and 125 on the ground.
- Firefighters douse the flames after the plane slammed into the iconic five-sided building housing the headquarters of the US defense department. (Photo: FBI)
- Debris from the American Airlines plane that was used to target the Pentagon. (Photo: FBI)
- The devastated exterior of the Pentagon after the 9/11 terror attack. (Photo: FBI)
Never-seen photographs from the September 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon released by the FBI this week show the massive devastation that faced first responders.
The pictures depict crushed walls, blazing fires and eviscerated interiors of the seat of the US Dept of Defense.
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