Originally Posted by pwrinkle

i have actually been to the pentagon, and have stood exactly where the wreckage was. now there is a memorial room there, very somber. basicly our tour guide, a coast guard ceremonial guy, pointed out the path of the plane through the window. it banked over arlington cemetary, and actually hit the ground before it hit the pentagon, where there used to be a helipad which isn't there anymore, then it hit the building. So it skipped before actually hitting the wall. This would take a lot of its energy and momentum away so the damage wouldn't be as bad as most people think because they are ignorant to this information. Also the part of the buildling it hit was under renovation being reinforced and strengthend to be bomb proof, so this also limited the damage that it took.