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===Remains=== [[File:FirstFloor Pentagon Bodies.png|right|thumb|alt=Refer to caption|Diagram of body fragments found in the Pentagon. Most body fragments were found near the impact zone.]] Army engineers determined by 17:30 on the first day that no survivors remained in the damaged section of the building.<ref>Goldberg et al., p. 97.</ref> In the days after the crash, news reports emerged that up to 800 people had died.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,34177,00.html |title=Twin Towers Demolished, Pentagon Hit in Terrorist Attacks |date=September 12, 2001 |publisher=[[FoxNews.com|Foxnews.com]] |access-date=June 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501110625/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C34177%2C00.html |archive-date=May 1, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Army soldiers from [[Fort Belvoir]] were the first teams to survey the interior of the crash site and noted the presence of human remains.<ref name="Pent119">Goldberg et al., p. 119.</ref> [[Federal Emergency Management Agency]] (FEMA) [[FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force|Urban Search and Rescue]] teams, including [[Urban Search and Rescue Virginia Task Force 1|Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue]] assisted the search for remains, working through the National Interagency Incident Management System (NIIMS).<ref name="Pent119" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Eversburg |first=Rudy |title=The Pentagon Attack on 9-11: Arlington County (VA) Fire Department Response |url=http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/print/volume-155/issue-11/features/the-pentagon-attack-on-9-11-arlington-county-va-fire-department-response.html |work=Fire Engineering |date=November 1, 2002 |access-date=June 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104123657/http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/print/volume-155/issue-11/features/the-pentagon-attack-on-9-11-arlington-county-va-fire-department-response.html |archive-date=January 4, 2014}}</ref> Kevin Rimrodt, a Navy photographer surveying the Navy Command Center after the attacks, remarked that "there were so many bodies, I'd almost step on them. So I'd have to really take care to look backwards as I'm backing up in the dark, looking with a flashlight, making sure I'm not stepping on somebody."<ref>Goldberg et al., pp. 121β122.</ref> Debris from the Pentagon was taken to the Pentagon's north parking lot for more detailed search for remains and evidence.<ref name="Wash-oct01"/> Remains recovered from the Pentagon were photographed, and turned over to the Armed Forces Medical Examiner office, located at [[Dover Air Force Base]] in [[Delaware]]. The medical examiner's office was able to identify remains belonging to 179 of the victims.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.edgewood.army.mil/hld/dl/MFM_Capstone_August_2005.pdf |title=Mass Fatality Management for Incidents Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction |publisher=U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command and the Office for Domestic Preparedness |date=August 2005 |access-date=June 24, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080802031006/http://www.edgewood.army.mil/hld/dl/MFM_Capstone_August_2005.pdf |archive-date=August 2, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Investigators eventually identified 184 of the 189 people who died in the attack.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kelly |first=Christopher |url=http://www.dcmilitary.com/dcmilitary_archives/stories/112901/12279-1.shtml |title=Forensic feat IDs nearly all Pentagon victims |work=Stripe |date=November 29, 2001 |access-date=June 27, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513132259/http://www.dcmilitary.com:80/dcmilitary_archives/stories/112901/12279-1.shtml |archive-date=May 13, 2011}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The remains of the five hijackers were identified through a process of elimination, and were turned over as evidence to the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI).<ref>{{cite news |last=Vogel |first=Steve |title=Remains Unidentified For 5 Pentagon Victims; Bodies Were Too Badly Burned, Officials Say |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 21, 2001}}</ref> On September 21, the ACFD relinquished control of the crime scene to the FBI. The Washington Field Office, National Capital Response Squad (NCRS), and the [[Joint Terrorism Task Force]] (JTTF) led the [[crime scene]] investigation at the Pentagon.<ref name="acfd" /> By October 2, 2001, the search for evidence and remains was complete and the site was turned over to Pentagon officials.<ref name="Wash-oct01"/> In 2002, the remains of 25 victims were buried collectively at Arlington National Cemetery, with a five-sided granite marker inscribed with the names of all the victims in the Pentagon.<ref name="Wash5">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2002/09/13/AR2006031501324.html |title=Lost and, Sometimes, Never Found |author=Steve Vogel |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=September 13, 2002 |access-date=February 8, 2015 |archive-date=October 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017221543/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2002/09/13/AR2006031501324.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The ceremony also honored the five victims whose remains were never found.<ref name="Wash5" />
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