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Rescheduled Appointment Saves Man's Life

  • Defense.gov
  • Sept. 8, 2016 | 1:54

On Sept. 11, 2001, American Airlines Flight 77 was flown into the Pentagon, plowing through the Army Personnel Department and killing 26 people in that office alone. One man who worked there still struggles with survivor's guilt.