This photograph, from the Victor F. Snyder congressional papers, 1943-2024, was taken in front of the Pentagon after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The photo captures both the physical damage done to the building as well as the emotional shock felt across the country.
ALT A color photograph of the Pentagon building after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The center part of the building in the photo is collapsed, the interior is visible at an angle, and the outside walls of each side are blackened from smoke and fire. There is the arm of a crane in the left side of the photo. Pop-up flood lights are positioned in different spots in front of the building and there is a truck with the trunk open in the center of the photo. People with hard hats are scattered throughout .