Personal/professional reaction – violated, appalled anyone would attack soft (civilian) targets, most don’t realize the Pentagon is an office building dedicated to acquiring and organizing resources, all warfighting and military operations occur from the combatant commands (EUCOM, CENTCOM, PACOM, etc). Sadness for friends who lost loved ones. Surreal experiences as there was NO traffic (D.C. is famous for traffic at all hours of the day, every day) in the D.C. area and no sound of aircraft overhead (it was constant prior to 9/11). Over time, it became sadness/anger for the loss of freedom, safety, and cultural changes
