Urgent.News

What's breaking now, across thousands of outlets.

World

He was at his desk at the Pentagon on 9/11. As the chaos unfolded, he refused to leave

Matthew Klimow recalls the day a hijacked airliner crashed into the headquarters of the US defence department in Arlington, Virginia “All day I had been a good soldier: stolid, resolute, unemotional, rational, and dispassionate,” writes Matthew Klimow , recalling the wave of emotion that overwhelmed him as he arrived home from the Pentagon on 11 September 2001. There was sadness for the lives…

He was at his desk at the Pentagon on 9/11. As the chaos unfolded, he refused to leave

We haven't written up this one. The Guardian US has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

Read the original at theguardian.com →

More in World

More from Friday 11 September →