{
  "id": 6765895,
  "title": "He was at his desk at the Pentagon on 9/11. As the chaos unfolded, he refused to leave",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/he-was-at-his-desk-at-the-pentagon-on-9-11-as-the-chaos-unfolded-he",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T13:16:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/11/matthew-klimow-9-11-pentagon"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}