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Pentagon Survivor Hopes Younger Generation Doesn’t Forget 9/11

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Philip Beaver at his home in Cherry Hills Village. Sept. 7, 2021.
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Philip Beaver at his home in Cherry Hills Village. Sept. 7, 2021.

When hijackers flew a plane into the Pentagon 20 years ago, 184 people died. Among the survivors was Phil Beaver, then a lieutenant colonel working at the Defense Department. Today he teaches at the University of Denver and lives in Englewood. He worries that 9/11 will be forgotten by a younger generation.