The people of Washington awoke yesterday morning KO. Stunned, they have nevertheless taken the path of their offices, according to the appeal launched yesterday by President Bush. The capital, which resembled the eve of a ghost town, gradually regained life, but in a gloomy atmosphere, each person waiting without much hope the outcome of the attack on the Pentagon. With the exception of schools which remained closed, all offices, including all federal agencies, all the shops and museums located all around the Capitol, next to the White House, have reopened their doors. At dawn, the traffic of trains and buses were normal..

Usually ultra-cluttered, sky air of Washington was surprisingly quiet, except, occasionally, the sound of army helicopters and the military aircraft. After being urgently evacuated Tuesday, MPs have taken possession in the early hours of congressional offices. All elected and then marched one by one to the rostrum of the Senate and the House to express their anger and compassion. The Pentagon, which employs 20,000 civilians in normal times in its offices and military giant, has also recalled yesterday from his principal agents.

Throughout the night the fire continued to spew its thick smoke, an acrid smell spreading to several hundred meters around the huge building, perched on the banks of the Potomac, not far away as the crow flies from the White House. And in mid-day estimates of American media, died on 800, seemed about to be confirmed. Torn between fear and anger, people fail to understand that the most protected building in the United States has been hit by a terrorist attack. A curious says he went to see the Pentagon in the night.

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