SECONDARY EXPLOSIONS reported at the Pentagon,, CNN Pentagon burst into flames and a part of one side of the five-sided structure collapsed. SECONDARY EXPLOSIONS were reported in the aftermath of the attack and smoke billowed skyward toward the Potomac River and the city beyond.
Rumsfeld (ABC News This Week, Interview 9/16/01) By Donald Rumsfeld's own admission, he was unaware of any threats to the Pentagon -- the building where he was located during the September 11th attacks -- until an aircraft crashed into the side of it, and he ran out "into the smoke" to see if it might be a "A bomb? I had no idea.
Rumsfeld talking about the MISSILE that hit the Pentagon Here we're talking about plastic knives and using an American Airlines flight filed with our citizens, and the MISSILE to damage this building and similar (inaudible) that damaged the World Trade Center.