Pentagon 9/11 / Alfred Goldberg, [and 4 others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Goldberg, Alfred, 1918- author.

Contributor:

United States. Department of Defense. Historical Office, issuing body.

Series:

Defense studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pentagon (Va.).

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

Terrorism--Virginia--Arlington.

Terrorism.

Rescue work--Virginia--Arlington.

Rescue work.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks.

terrorism.

Virginia--Arlington.

Medical Subjects:

September 11 Terrorist Attacks.

Genre:

Government publications -- United States.

Military.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 280 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Historical Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense, 2007.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on May 20, 2009).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-266) and index.

Online resource (HathiTrust, HeinOnline, November 18, 2022)

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2024.

Other Format:

Print version: Pentagon 9/11.

OCLC:

352907982

Access Restriction:

Use copy Restrictions unspecified