Just after 8:50 AM, shortly after the first plane struck the World Trade Center, American Airlines Flight 77, traveling from DC to LA, was hijacked and steered off-course. At 9:37 AM, the aircraft, flown by 5 hijackers, flew into the west side of the Pentagon. Military fighters scrambled too late to intercept the flight. Impact caused partial floors to collapse. Nearly 25,000 were evacuated. Fires persisted for weeks, yet the Pentagon reopened two days later. The 6 crew and 53 passengers of Flight 77 and 125 people in the Pentagon died.

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