History of the United States (1991–2008) South Tower less than twenty minutes later at 9:03 A.M. (EST), resulting in the collapse of both 110 story skyscrapers, and the destruction of the World Trade Center. The third hijacked plane, American Airlines Flight 77, was crashed into the Pentagon (the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense) in Arlington County, Virginia, demolishing a section of the outer southwest facing wall. After discovering that their plane, United Airlines Flight 93, was going to be used as a missile, passengers attempted to regain control of the plane which had been redirected towards Washington, D.C. However, after regaining control from
Construction of the Virginia approaches to Arlington Memorial Bridge the Wilson Boulevard approach could not be submitted to the state of Virginia to obtain funding from the Civil Works Administration. Without federal funding, the project appeared dead. The federal government pledged in December 1933 that WPA money would be available in the future to hire laborers to begin the extension of the roadway. But by June 1934, no funds had come forth. The Arlington County Civic Federation urged the County Board of Supervisors in July 1934 to appropriate funds for the extension of Wilson Boulevard to Arlington Memorial Bridge. CWA funds for the approach appeared to have been secured