Did a large commercial jet really crash into the Pentagon?

[CVX]

http://www.freedomunderground.org/me...entagon121.swf

[Tombstone]

Sometimes I'm cynical about things. I've been reading the news on this and just passed it off as a conspiracy theory.

This presentation is making me think. Who else has watched it?

[Warsai]

Just saw the video. It's making me wonder, there wasn't any plane wreckage, did a plane really hit the Pentagon?

The mind boggles.

[anastrophe]

it's a cute presentation, but flash (pun intended) is no substitute for facts and dispassionate analysis of same.

for one thing, the silly 'can a huge jet punch neat little holes in a steel reinforced building?'. i mean, come on - duh. ever seen the engine on a 757? can you figure out the physics of that engine going from 530mph (this speed is not established, by the way) to zero in a matter of a few dozen yards? you bet it'll punch a neat hole in a steel reinforced building.

here's some counter arguments, with a little less hysteria attached.

http://www.snopes.com/rumors/pentagon.htm

[Tombstone]

Snopes takes all the fun out of conspiracy theories.

[Tombstone]

Firefighter recalls terror of 9/11
Former Bloom Township man was in Pentagon when plane hit
By CARL BURNETT JR., cburnett@nncogannett.com
The Eagle-Gazette Staff
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Ken Ritchie
Retired firefighter Alan Wallace, 58, of Washington D.C., recounted his experience on Sept. 11, 2001.

Lancaster -- When the plane crashed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, standing just feet away from the point of impact was Alan Wallace.

Wallace, a former volunteer firefighter for Bloom Township Fire Department from 1974 to 1991, was working as a federal firefighter at the Fire Department at Fort Myers at the time.

http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com...s/1216682.html