Crime & Safety

Remembering 9/11: Arlington Firefighter Byron Dixon Looks Back

Dixon said he has a hard time believing it has been 10 years since the attack.

Check back each day this week to watch interviews with other Arlington County firefighters who responded to the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2011.

  • recounts how emergency responders made sense of a chaotic situation just after the attacks.
  • describes the noises, the smells and the terrible scene when he arrived at the Pentagon in the late afternoon.
  • , a rookie with the department, talks about what it's like to work every day with firefighters who responded to the terrorist attack on the Pentagon.
  • remembers walking through the Pentagon, checking for structural integrity, and passing victims who had been so close to safety, but did not make it out alive.


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