Pentagon Memorial Site and Interview 9/11 Survivors

August 2, 2006, Washignton, D.C.
Contacts: Foreign Press Centers' Defense Liaison Officer Andy Strike and Program Officer Wendy Lyle
Andy Strike: Telephone: 202-504-6356; Email:strikeap2@state.gov
Wendy Lyle: Telephone: 202-504-6362; Email: lylewp@state.gov

Fifty foreign journalists from 19 countries took part in the tour designed to provide information for special media reports in commemoration of the 5th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.  The journalists toured and filmed the Memorial construction site, Memorial Chapel and 9/11 Attack Limestone Marker and conducted one-on-one interviews with the Memoria designer, Army Chaplain and 10 soldiers and family members of 9/11 attack survivors.