The west-facing wall of the Pentagon.

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The west-facing wall of the Pentagon.

The west-facing wall of the Pentagon sags on Sept. 12, 2001, where a hijacked American Airlines flight with 64 passengers aboard was purposely crashed into this spot in an act of terrorism.

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