Obama lays wreath at pentagon
- 13 years ago
At the Pentagon, President Obama laid a wreath, bowing his head in silence to remember those killed when a hijacked Boeing 757 crashed into the building.
Afterward, the Obamas greeted the crowds, talking at length with some of the relatives of 184 victims of the September 11th attacks.
A hundred and twenty-five of the victims were working inside the Pentagon when the crash occurred. The aerial assault was the only successful attack on a government building. Another hijacked flight, believed to have been headed to the Capitol, crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
The visit to the Pentagon was the third memorial of the day for the president who began his morning with a speech at Ground Zero. Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the attacks.
Deborah Gembara, Reuters.
Afterward, the Obamas greeted the crowds, talking at length with some of the relatives of 184 victims of the September 11th attacks.
A hundred and twenty-five of the victims were working inside the Pentagon when the crash occurred. The aerial assault was the only successful attack on a government building. Another hijacked flight, believed to have been headed to the Capitol, crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
The visit to the Pentagon was the third memorial of the day for the president who began his morning with a speech at Ground Zero. Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the attacks.
Deborah Gembara, Reuters.