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-Testimony:<br />
Dean Eckmann, one of the F-16 pilots who was sent to Washington was asked by NEADS to fly over the<br />
Pentagon and report on the damage. He stated: “there was no airplane wreckage off to the side” and<br />
it looked like it was caused by “a big fuel tanker truck because of the amount of smoke and flames<br />
coming up.” 1<br />
Karen Kwiatkowski, then an Air Force Lieutenant Colonel working at the Pentagon, wrote of: “a strange<br />
lack of visible debris on the Pentagon lawn, where I stood only moments after the impact...I saw...no<br />
airplane metal or cargo debris.” 2<br />
Jamie McIntyre (CNN News) stated on air he saw “very small pieces of the plane...small enough that you<br />
can pick up in your hand. There are no large tail sections, wings sections, fuselage, nothing like that any<br />
where around.” 3<br />
Eileen Murphy, a nurse arriving after the crash, stated: “I knew it was a crash site before we got there...I<br />
expected to see the airplane, so I guess my initial impression was “Where’s the plane? How come there’s<br />
not a plane?” I would have thought the building would have stopped it and somehow we would have seen<br />
something like part of, or half of the plane, of the lower part, or the back of the plane. So it was a real<br />
surprise that the plane wasn’t there.” 4<br />
Steve DeChiaro, Engineer, stated: “When I looked at the site, my brain could not resolve the fact tat it<br />
was a plane because it only seemed like a small hole in the building, No Tail, No Wings, No Nothing.” 5<br />
Captain Dennis Gilry, arriving from the Fort Myer fire department wondered: “why he saw no aircraft<br />
parts...” 6<br />
Captain John Durrer, also a fireman: “had expected to see large parts of the plane and thought, ‘Well<br />
where’s the airplane, you know, where’s the parts to it?” You would think there’s be something.” 7<br />
Former Navy/ Commercial Pilot Ralph Kolstad asked: “Where are the big pieces that always break away<br />
in an accident? Where is all the luggage? Where are the miles and miles of wire, cable, and lines<br />
that are part and parcel of any large aircraft? Where are the steel engine parts?... where is tail<br />
section that would have broke into large pieces?” 8<br />
Arriving 5 hours after the crash, filmmaker Paul Cross said: “There was no passenger jet wreckage; the<br />
lawn wasn’t scorched...” 9<br />
April Gallop, who was injured in the attack and was inside, had this to say about internal debris: “I was<br />
located at the E ring...And we had to escape the building before the floors...collapsed on us...I don’t recall<br />
at any time seeing any plane debris...I walked through that place to try to get out before everything<br />
collapsed...Surely we should have seen something.” 10<br />
Sgt. Reginald Powell said: “I was ...impressed...with how the building stood up...And then I was in awe<br />
that I saw no plane, nothing left from the plane. It was like it disintegrated as it went into the building.” 11<br />
Judy Rothschadl, a media producer who managed to get inside the Pentagon said, “There weren’t seats<br />
or luggage or anything you find in a plane.” 12<br />
1 Leslie Filson, Air War over America... 2003, p 66<br />
2 Karen Kwiatkowski, “Assessing the Official 911 Conspiracy Theory”<br />
3 Jamie McIntye interviewed by Judy Woodruff, CNN, 9/1/01<br />
4 “Responding in the Pentagon”, Office of Medical History, 96<br />
5 Ryam Alessi and M,E. Sprengelmeyer, “An Anniversary of Agony at the Pentagon,” Aug. 1 2002<br />
6 Goldberg et al., Pentagon 9/11, 69<br />
7 Goldberg et al., Pentagon 9/11, 70<br />
8 Alan Miller, “US Navy ‘Top Gun’ pilot questions 911 Pentagon Story” OpedNews.com, Sept. 5 2007<br />
9 Henry Makow, “Filmmaker was at Pentagon on 911” May 28th 2008<br />
10 “Interview with April Gallop” George Washington Blog, July 13 2006<br />
11 “Responding in the Pentagon” Office of Medical History<br />
12 Randy Dockendorf, “Tyndall Native Relives 911” Yankton Press & Dakotanm Sept 11 2003