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This Pentagon corridor map hung on the first floor of the innermost A ring, close to where the hijacked airplane hit the building. Had the fuselage of American Airlines flight 77 penetrated further into the Pentagon, it would have hit the wall where this locator map was hanging.
The distinctive shape of the Pentagon -- the largest office building in the world -- with its five sides and five concentric rings is plainly visible on this corridor locator map. Completed in 1943 under the urgencies of World War II, the Pentagon was built to provide a central headquarters for an expanded US military. Maps such as this are familiar sights to Pentagon employees and visitors. The airplane the terrorists hijacked and crashed into the building slide through the E, D and C rings, and fire spread throughout much of the entire wedge.
Sharp eyed visitors may notice that images of the map sometimes say second floor. In early planning, we had thought to use the second floor map but logistics forced us to choose the first floor map. |