Though the exact meanings are lost to us for all the different flowers and colors, we still use the rose to get our emotions across to the recipient. âThe single rose is, in essence, a symbol of completion, of consummate achievement and perfectionâ, says J. E. Cirlot in his âA Dictionary of Symbolsâ.
The plane didnât make an emergency landing or detour â it continued on to its destination of Denver, Colorado, where passengers got another shock: they found the lightning strike punched a hole through the nose of the plane.
A comparison of the fuel explosions of the WTC 2 hit (image reversed) and the Pentagon hit: UPDATE: Images from a second camera at the Pentagon, pried loose in a FOIA lawsuit, shows the plane approaching the Pentagon. An example showing what happened to the plane when it hit the newly reinforced section of the Pentagon: Photo showing the Pentagon shortly after the impact: Note the fires where the engines hit.