American Airlines Flight 77
From September 11 Memories
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Security camera image of the moment that American Airlines Flight 77 hit the Pentagon.
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AA 77 flight path from Dulles to Pentagon (to east of Dulles).
American Airlines Flight 77 was a routine American Airlines morning flight from Washington Dulles International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport and crashed into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. The attack killed 65 people, 58 passengers including the 5 passengers, 4 flight attendants, and 2 pilots.
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Crew
- Charles F. Burlingame III, 51, Virginia, Naval Academy graduate - Class of 1971, captain
- David Charlebois, 39, Washington, D.C., first officer
- Michele Heidenberger, 57, Chevy Chase, Maryland, flight attendant
- Jennifer Lewis, 38, Culpeper, Virginia, flight attendant
- Kenneth Lewis, 49, Culpeper, Virginia, flight attendant
- Renee May, 39, Baltimore, Maryland, flight attendant
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Hijackers
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Passengers
- Dr. Paul Ambrose, 32, West Virginia, physician
- Yeneneh Betru, 35, Burbank, California, director of medical affairs, IPC
- MJ Booth, secretary to the General Manager of American Airlines at Washington-Dulles International Airport
- Bernard Brown, 11, student, Leckie Elementary School in Washington (National Geographic Society educational trip)
- Suzanne Calley, 42, San Martin, California, Cisco Systems Inc.
- William E. Caswell, 54, Silver Spring, Maryland, physicist, U.S. Navy
- Sarah Clark, 65, Columbia, Maryland, sixth-grade teacher, Backus Middle School in Washington (National Geographic Society educational trip)
- Zandra Cooper, Annandale, Virginia
- Asia Cottom, 11, student, Backus Middle School in Washington (National Geographic Society educational trip)
- James Debeuneure, 58, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, fifth-grade teacher, Ketcham Elementary School in Washington (National Geographic Society educational trip)
- Rodney Dickens, 11, student, Leckie Elementary School in Washington (National Geographic Society educational trip)
- Eddie Dillard
- Charles Droz, 52, Springfield, Virginia, vice president for software development, EM Solutions Inc.
- Barbara G. Edwards, 58, school teacher at Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas
- Charles Falkenberg, 45, University Park, Maryland, director of research at ECOlogic Corp.
- Zoe Falkenberg, 8, University Park, Maryland
- Dana Falkenberg, 3, University Park, Maryland
- James Joseph Ferguson, 39, Washington, D.C., educational outreach director, National Geographic Society (National Geographic Society educational trip)
- Darlene "Dee" Flagg, Millwood, Virginia
- Wilson "Bud" Flagg, Millwood, Virginia, retired Navy admiral and pilot for American Airlines
- Richard P. Gabriel Sr., 54, Great Falls, Virginia, managing partner, Stratin Consulting
- Ian Gray, 55, Washington, president of a healthcare consulting firm
- Stanley Hall, 68, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, Raytheon Co.
- Bryan W. Jack, 48, Alexandria, Virginia, senior executive at Defense Department
- Steven D. "Jake" Jacoby, 43, Alexandria, Virginia, chief operating officer, Metrocall Inc.
- Ann Judge, 49, Great Falls, Virginia, National Geographic Society travel office manager (National Geographic Society educational trip)
- Chandler Keller, 29, Boeing propulsion engineer in El Segundo, California
- Yvonne Kennedy, 62, retired staff member and volunteer with the Australian Red Cross.
- Norma Khan, 45, Reston, Virginia, nonprofit organization manager
- Karen A. Kincaid, 40, Washington, D.C., lawyer, Wiley Rein & Fielding
- Dong Lee, 48, Leesburg, Virginia, engineer, Boeing Co.
- Dora Menchaca, 45, Santa Monica, California, associate director of clinical research, biotech firm Amgen Inc.
- Christopher Newton, 38, Arlington, Virginia, executive, Work Life Benefits
- Barbara Kay Olson, 45, conservative TV commentator, lawyer and wife of United States Solicitor General, Theodore Olson. She had reported the hijacking to him by phone about 20 minutes before the plane hit the Pentagon.
- Ruben Ornedo, 39, Los Angeles, Boeing satellite communications engineer
- Robert Penniger, 63, Poway, California, electrical engineer with BAE Systems
- Robert R. Ploger III, 59, Annandale, Virginia, software architect, Lockheed Martin Corp.
- Lisa J. Raines, 42, senior vice president of biotechnology firm Genzyme Corp.
- Todd Reuben, 40, Potomac, Maryland, tax and business lawyer
- John Sammartino, 37, Annandale, Virginia, technical manager, XonTech Inc.
- Yang Shuyin, 61, Beijing, China
- Diane Simmons
- George Simmons
- Mari-Rae Sopper, 35, Santa Barbara, California, women's gymnastics coach, UC-Santa Barbara
- Robert Speisman, 47, Irvington, New York, diamond industry salesman
- Norma Lang Steuerle, 54, Alexandria, Virginia
- Hilda Taylor, sixth grade teacher at Leckie Elementary School in Washington (National Geographic Society educational trip)
- Leonard Taylor, 44, Reston, Virginia, technical group manager, XonTech Inc.
- Sandra Teague, 31, Fairfax, Virginia, physical therapist, Georgetown University Hospital
- Leslie A. Whittington, 45, University Park, Maryland, Georgetown University professor
- John Yamnicky, 71, Waldorf, Maryland, Naval Academy graduate - Class of 1952
- Vicki Yancey, 44, Springfield, Virginia, Vredenburg
- Zheng Yuguang, 65, Beijing, China
