2001年9月11日午前9時37分、アルカイダのテロリストたちがアメリカン航空77便をハイジャックし、ペンタゴン(国防総省)へ突っ込み、184人が死亡した。
15年以上経った今でも、資料が少しづつ明らかになっている。FBIには、事件直後に撮られた27枚の写真がある。テロ直後に職員が内部で消火作業にあたる様子や、破壊された建物などの写真がある。
FBIが3月23日、この写真を公開した。当初は「未公開写真」と報じられていたが、報道や陰謀論を検証するサイト「メタバンク」は、これらの写真は2011年にすでに公開されており、最近になってFBIのネット上の「保管室」から改めて公開されたものだと指摘した。
184人の死者のうち、125人はペンタゴンの職員だった。ABCニュースによると、この数は予想された数より大幅に少なかった。飛行機が激突したエリアは改装中で、比較的人が少なかったからだ。
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September 11th Terrorist Attacks(01 of34)
Plumes of smoke pour from the World Trade Center buildings in New York Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. Planes crashed into the upper floors of both World Trade Center towers minutes apart Tuesday in a horrific scene of explosions and fires that lead to the collapse of the 110-story buildings. The Empire State building is seen in the foreground. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
September 11th Terrorist Attacks(02 of34)
Plumes of smoke pour from the World Trade Center buildings in New York Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. Planes crashed into the upper floors of both World Trade Center towers minutes apart Tuesday in a horrific scene of explosions and fires that left gaping holes in the 110-story buildings. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
September 11th Terrorist Attacks(03 of34)
Flames and smoke pour from a building at the Pentagon Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, after a direct, devasting hit from an aircraft. (AP Photo/Mandatory Credit, Will Morris) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
September 11th Terrorist Attacks(04 of34)
FIremen walk through a dust and debris covered street in lower Manhattan Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, after a terrorist attack at the World Trade Center. Two jet planes were crashed into the twin towers, collapsing them and covering the area with the debris.(AP Photo/Richard Cohen) (credit:AP)
SEPT 11 2001 NYC(05 of34)
A jet crashes into the World Trade Center in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. Terrorists crashed two planes into the World Trade Center, and the twin 110-story towers collapsed Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/Moshe Bursuker) (credit:AP)
September 11th Terrorist Attacks(06 of34)
Women wearing dust masks flee across the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan to Brooklyn following the collapse of both World Trade Center towers Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001 in New York. The towers previously loomed tall in the skyline behind. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
September 11th Terrorist Attacks(07 of34)
The south tower collapses as smoke billows from both towers of the World Trade Center, in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. In one of the most horrifying attacks ever against the United States, terrorists crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center in a deadly series of blows that brought down the twin 110-story towers. (AP Photo/Jim Collins) (credit:AP)
SEPT 11 2001 NYC(08 of34)
Firefighters make their way through the rubble after two airliners crashed into the World Trade Center in New York Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Shawn Baldwin) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
September 11th Terrorist Attacks(09 of34)
Firefighters make their way through the rubble after two airliners crashed into the World Trade Center in New York bringing down the landmark buildings Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Shawn Baldwin) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
TO GO WITH AFP STORY "Americans mark 9/1(10 of34)
New York, UNITED STATES: TO GO WITH AFP STORY \'Americans mark 9/11 anniversary with new questions on vulnerability\' - (FILES) The twin towers of the World Trade Center billow smoke after hijacked airliners crashed into them early 11 September, 2001. Americans mark the fourth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks Sunday nagged by new burning questions about their readiness to confront a major disaster after the debacle of Hurricane Katrina. AFP PHOTO/Henny Ray ABRAMS (Photo credit should read HENNY RAY ABRAMS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:HENNY RAY ABRAMS via Getty Images)
September 11th Terrorist Attacks(11 of34)
A plane approaches New York\'s World Trade Center moments before it struck the tower at left, as seen from downtown Brooklyn, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. In an unprecedented show of terrorist horror, the 110 story towers collapsed in a shower of rubble and dust after 2 hijacked airliners carrying scores of passengers slammed into them. (AP Photo/ William Kratzke) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
SEPT 11 2001 NYC(12 of34)
A jet airliner is lined up on one of the World Trade Center towers in New York Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. In the most devastating terrorist onslaughts ever waged against the United States, knife-wielding hijackers crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center on Tuesday, toppling its twin 110-story towers. (AP Photo/Carmen Taylor) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
September 11th Terrorist Attacks(13 of34)
Fire and smoke billows from the north tower of New York\'s World Trade Center Tuesday Sept. 11, 2001 after terrorists crashed two hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and brought down the twin 110-story towers. (AP Photo/David Karp) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
ATTACKS 911 TAPES(14 of34)
** FILE ** A person falls from the north tower of New York\'s World Trade Center as another clings to the outside, left center, while smoke and fire billow from the building, in this file photo of Tuesday Sept. 11, 2001. New York City is scheduled to release phone calls Friday, March 31, 2006 made during the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, from 28 people trapped in the burning towers to the emergency 911 phone number. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
September 11th Terrorist Attacks(15 of34)
People flee lower Manhattan across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, following a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/Daniel Shanken) (credit:AP)
September 11th Terrorist Attacks(16 of34)
People flee lower Manhattan across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, following a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/Daniel Shanken) MANDATORY CREDIT (credit:AP)
September 11th Terrorist Attacks(17 of34)
Police officers and civilians run away from New York\'s World Trade Center after an additional explosion rocked the buildings Tuesday morning, Sept. 11, 2001. In unprecedented show of terrorist horror, the 110-story World Trade Center towers collapsed in a shower of rubble and dust Tuesday morning after two hijacked airliners carrying scores of passengers slammed into the sides of the twin symbols of American capitalism. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
USA TERROR JAHRESTAG(18 of34)
** FOR USE AS DESIRED WITH SEPT. 11 ANNIVERSARY STORIES -- FILE **Smoke billows from one of the towers of the World Trade Center and flames as debris explodes from the second tower, in this Sept. 11, 2001, file photo. In one of the most horrifying attacks ever against the United States, terrorists crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center in a deadly series of blows that brought down the twin 110-story towers. This year will mark the fifth anniversary of the attacks. (AP Photo/Chao Soi Cheong/FILE) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
September 11th Terrorist Attacks(19 of34)
The Statue of Liberty stands as smoke billows from the World Trade Center in New York, Tuesday, Sept 11, 2001 after terrorists crashed two hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and brought down the twin 110-story towers. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Smoke and ash from the destroyed World T(20 of34)
Smoke and ash from the destroyed World Trade Center billows over the southern end of New York City\'s Manhattan as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey in the early morning, 12 September, 2001. Terrorists hijacked two commercial airliners and crashed them into each of the towers of the Trade Center. AFP Photo/Tannen Maury (Photo credit should read TANNEN MAURY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:TANNEN MAURY via Getty Images)
September 11th Terrorist Attacks(21 of34)
Emergency personnel carry an orange body bag with the remains of a victim of the World Trade Center crash, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2001. Two hijacked airliners crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center on Tuesday, Sept. 11, destroying both buildings. (AP Photo/Bill Farrington) (credit:AP)
SEPT 11 2001 NYC(22 of34)
Dust and debris cover the ground and cloud the air near the site of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Bernadette Tuazon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Attacks World Trade Center(23 of34)
People run from the collapse of one of the twin towers of New York\'s World Trade Center in this Sept. 11, 2001, file photo. (AP Photo/FILE/Suzanne Plunkett) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
September 11th Terrorist Attacks(24 of34)
People run from the collapse of World Trade Center Tower Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001 in New York. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
September 11th Terrorist Attacks(25 of34)
People run from the collapse of World Trade Center towers in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001 after terrorists crashed two hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and brought down the twin 110-story towers. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
SEPT. 11 ANNIVERSARY(26 of34)
** FOR USE AS DESIRED WITH SEPT. 11 ANNIVERSARY STORIES--FILE **People run from the collapse of World Trade Center Tower, in this Sept. 11, 2001, file photo in New York. In a horrific sequence of destruction, terrorists crashed two planes into the World Trade Center and the 110-story twin towers collapsed. This year will mark the fifth anniversary of the attacks. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett/FILE) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
SEPT 11 2001 NYC(27 of34)
People run from the collapse of World Trade Center Tower Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001 in New York. In a horrific sequence of destruction, terrorists hijacked two airliners and crashed them into the World Trade Center in a coordinated series of attacks that brought down the twin 110-story towers. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
September 11th Terrorist Attacks(28 of34)
Rubble and ash fill lower Manhattan streets after two hijacked airliners were crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. The planes crashed into the upper floors of both World Trade Center towers minutes apart collapsing the 110-story buildings. (AP Photo/Boudicon One) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
September 11th Terrorist Attacks(29 of34)
Firefighters make their way through the rubble after terrorists crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center in a deadly series of blows Tuesday that brought down the twin 110-story towers in New York Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Shawn Baldwin) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
SEPT 11 2001 NYC(30 of34)
People make their way amid debris near the World Trade Center in New York Tuesday Sept. 11, 2001. In one of the most horrifying attacks ever against the United States, terrorists crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center in a deadly series of blows that brought down the twin 110-story towers. (AP Photo/Gulnara Samoilova) (credit:AP)
SEPT 11 2001 NYC(31 of34)
People make their way amid debris near the World Trade Center in New York Tuesday Sept. 11, 2001. In one of the most horrifying attacks ever against the United States, terrorists crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center in a deadly series of blows that brought down the twin 110-story towers. (AP Photo/Gulnara Samoilova) (credit:AP)
Sept 11 Anniversary Photo Gallery(32 of34)
FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, people make their way amid debris near the World Trade Center in New York. Families of the victims of the worst terror attack on the United States in history gathered Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, to mark their 12th anniversary with a moment of silence and the reading of names. The Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in New York City and Washington killed almost 3,000 people and lead to a war in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Gulnara Samoilova) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
SEPT 11 2001 NYC(33 of34)
A priest aids people making their way amid debris just outside a churchyard near the World Trade Center in New York Tuesday Sept. 11, 2001. In one of the most horrifying attacks ever against the United States, terrorists crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center in a deadly series of blows that brought down the twin 110-story towers. (AP Photo/Gulnara Samoilova) (credit:AP)
September 11th Terrorist Attacks(34 of34)
Rescue workers continue their efforts Monday, Sept. 24, 2001, at the site of the Sept. 11 World Trade Center terrorist attack in New York. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, Pool) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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