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Pentagon 9/11 /Alfred Goldberg [and others]

by: Washington, D.C. :Historical Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense :[For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.]; Goldberg, Alfred, 1918-; United States. Department of Defense. Historical Office

Publication date: 2007

Topics: Pentagon (Va.), Pentagon (Va.), Pentagon (Va.), September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001), September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, Terrorism, Rescue work, Attentats du 11 septembre 2001, États-Unis, Terrorisme, Sauvetage, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, Rescue work, Terrorism, Pentagon attack, September 11, 2001, Terrorism, First responders, Treatment, Damage assessment

Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Historical Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.]

Collection: uffamilysearch; univ_florida_smathers; americana

Contributor: University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries

Language: English

(MARCIVE)tmp97361404

Shipping list no.: 2007-0400-P

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-266) and index

Target: the Pentagon -- The deadly strike -- The rescuers -- Fighting the fire -- Treating the injured, searching for remains -- Up and running -- Securing the Pentagon -- Caring for the dead and the living -- Afterword -- Appendix A: List of 9/11 Pentagon fatalities -- Appendix B: National Transportation Safety Board reports

The response and subsequent performance of federal, state, and especially local agencies, in particular their coordination and cooperation with each other and with Pentagon authorities, provide lessons for dealing with other large-scale emergencies in the future. Material used in this study was distilled from more than 1,300 interviews, relying on the corroborative testimony of two or more witnesses wherever possible