Final Piece of Pentagon Facade Dedicated

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Final Piece of Pentagon Facade Dedicated

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In an act the U.S. deputy defense secretary said "defies those who seek ... to kill and destroy," workers on Tuesday fitted the final piece of limestone facade into the rebuilt section of the Pentagon.

The blackened stone was part of the original facade damaged during the Sept. 11 attack on the military headquarters that killed 189 people. It was engraved with the date, and behind it officials placed a bronze "dedication capsule" containing mementos of the terrorist attack.

The ceremony marked nine months since hijackers flew American Airlines Flight 77 into the northwest side of the building. Although the facade is complete, work still remains inside the building to finish the reconstruction.

The Defense Department is not calling the canister a time capsule because it is not meant to be ever removed.

The capsule holds a plaque with the names of the 184 victims of the Pentagon attack, as well as other mementos, including a photo of President Bush and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld outside the damaged building. A book listing some 46,000 people who registered their condolences on a Pentagon Web site also is included.

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