The Healing Field of Flags in the west parking lot of the Pentagon. The USAF Memorial is in the background.
These are a set of additional photos taken on 09.11.08 at the Pentagon 9/11 Memorial. The memorial opened to the public yesterday evening at 7:00 p.m. and is open 24/7/365. To see the D.C. Confidential series on this newest monument and the first 9/11 memorial at one of the sites of the terrorist attacks, go here.
Nearly 3,000 flags represented those killed on 09.11.01. Flags tied with a blue ribbon represent those 184 souls who died
on American Airlines Flight 77 or in the Pentagon.
NCOs from the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Forcehelped visitors locate specific benches. The tall USAF sergeant
in this picture helped me find the bench of Scott Powell.
He was easily nearly 7' tall!
This couple was sitting along the perimeter wall when I arrived and,nearly an hour later, when I left, they were still there.
Mementos left on a bench. The stones are called ebenezers and are left as a remembrance.My guess is, the person represented by this bench was Jewish.
I took this shot to provide some perspective on the orientation of the benches.Those facing away from the USAF Memorial in the background were on AA Flight 77.
Those facing toward it were in the Pentagon.
In the immediate aftermath of the attack on the Pentagon, severalfirst responders and military personnel draped a flag over the side of the building.
Yesterday's events included a remembrance of that moment.
Just a random shot of visitors interacting with the 9/11 Memorial.
The bench of Dana Falkenberg, the youngest victim of the terror attacks.She was three-years old.
As the evening progressed more and more people arrived.When I left around 8:30, hundreds more were continuing to pour into the memorial.
The memorial at dusk.Photo copyright: D.C. Confidential, 09.11.08
6 comments:
its such a good idea to let them shine..
This is amazing, thank you. I never knew these benches were here, and I want to go here just to see this now. Its a humbling sight, thanks for sharing it with us. Love the night shot as well, the blue building. Id love to see that from about 200 feet in the air!
JRTC: The Pentagon 9/11 Memorial just opened a few weeks ago as part of the 7th Anniversary commemorations. As such, it's only a couple of weeks old. The building in the background lit in blue is the Pentagon. I don't know if it's still lit and flag-draped. I kind of doubt it. But I'll be going over that way tomorrow, so I'll check it out and let you know.
If you ever come to D.C., give a shout and we'll go photowalking.
Wow- I have just made my way over here and you've got some fantastic shots here. I love the 2nd flag photo from the top. The benches are amazing too. Not something I had heared off! I will have to come back and take a closer look.
Wonderful shots.
Lisa: Thanks! I did an entire series on this memorial on my D.C. Confidential blog.
Lynn: Thank you!
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