Reply #38: Published Eyewitness Testimony.

[DulceDecorum]

The next day, the Pentagon was back in business. We took a hit but no one wavered. Our nation needed us.

We went to see firsthand the damage, the aftermath of this tragedy. No one could believe the catastrophic damage to the Pentagon - it was horrible. A whole "wedge" had collapsed; the aircraft had penetrated about three of the five "rings" of the building. There wasn't a single piece of the jet to be seen anywhere.
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123004570

BRIGADIER GENERAL ARTHUR F. "CHIP" DIEHL III
Retired Jan. 1, 2005.
Brig. Gen. Arthur F. "Chip" Diehl III is Deputy Director of Engagement, Plans and Policy Directorate, Headquarters U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. As Deputy Director, General Diehl is responsible for building and maintaining military-to-military bilateral relationships with 22 countries in the commands area of responsibility. Additionally, he is responsible for the guidance and sustainment of more than 70 coalition partners supporting the global war on terrorism and Operation Enduring Freedom.
http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=5226

Accounts like that
are the reason why a certain scriptwriter had to came up with this:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-03-13-rumsfeld-sept11_x.htm

But please do not discount the heroism shown on that day.

Others were luckier. Some, such as Michael Petrovich, 32, an Army specialist, reacted swiftly. He threw a computer out of the window, then jumped though. He suffered second-degree burns. Paul Gonzalez, 46, a budget analyst, smashed a hole in the wall and crawled out. He was pulled to safety by Donald Rumsfeld who, although ordered by the secret service to leave the Pentagon, had refused.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/09/16/watt16.xml

Yeah.
Smashed a hole in the Pentawall.
Crawled out.
Into the waiting arms of Herr Rumsfuhrer.
For more on Paul Gonzales see:
http://news.bellinghamherald.com/special-pub/remember/109368.shtml
http://www.livejournal.com/users/gigglecam/1854702.html
And that that Rummladenstory came from a genuwine eye-witless
who is just as reliable as Judith Miller of the New York Times.