APS ASSESSMENT: False. Mete Sozen, an American Society of Civil Engineers team member and professor of structural engineering at Purdue University, told Popular Mechanics that one of the planes wings hit the ground and the other was sheared off due to the impact with the Pentagon. In pictures: Pentagon before and after 9/11 - BBC News Traveling at an estimated 350 mph, the hijacked American Airlines plane plowed into the southwest side of the Pentagon at 9:38 a.m. EDT, shortly after two other hijacked airlines were flown into the twin towers at the World Trade Center in New York. Text above the clip reads, THIS FOOTAGE AIRED ONCE AFTER 9/11 AND WAS NEVER ON TV AGAIN, while the posts caption claims that every article or photo will show you ZERO debris at the alleged crash site at the pentagon., In the clip, then-CNN anchor Judy Woodruff says: Jamie, you got very close to where that plane went down, and McIntyre, at the time the networks military affairs correspondent, responds: Thats right Judy, a short while ago I walked right up next to the building as firefighters were still trying to put out the blaze that the fire, by the way, is still burning in some parts of the Pentagon and I took a look at the huge, gaping hole thats in the side., He appears to continue by saying: But from my close-up inspection, theres no evidence of a plane having crashed anywhere near the Pentagon. Salwan Georges/The Washington Post. On the inside wall of the second ring of the Pentagon, a nearly circular hole, about 12-feet wide, allows light to pour into the building from an internal service alley. As 60 Minutes II reported in its "Miracle of the Pentagon" episode on 28 November 2001, the section of the Pentagon into which the hijacked airliner was flown had just been reinforced during a renovation project: "We made several modifications to the building as part of that renovation that we think helped save people's lives," says Lee Evey, who runs a billion-dollar project to renovate the Pentagon. FACT: When American Airlines Flight 77 hit the Pentagons exterior wall, Ring E, it created a hole approximately 75 feet wide, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers Pentagon Building Performance Report. "Never forget no plane debris was found at the Pentagon. "US Invented Air Attack on Pentagon, Claims French Book." Her death and the deaths of nearly 3,000 people . During the exchange,McIntyre states that there is no evidence of a plane having crashed "anywhere near" the Pentagon. Emergency vehicles rushing towards Pentagon, AUDIO of sirens\r9. And as I said, the only pieces left that you can see are small enough that you could pick up in your hand. This article may not be republished, rebroadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without written permission.
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