Barbara Kay Olson was an American lawyer and conservative television commentator who worked for CNN, Fox News Channel, and several other outlets. She was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 77 en route to a taping of Bill Maher's television show Politically Incorrect when it was flown into the Pentagon in the September 11 attacks.
Barbara Olson
Olson's name on Panel S-70 of the National September 11 Memorial’s South Pool, with other passengers of Flight 77.
American Airlines Flight 77
American Airlines Flight 77 was a scheduled domestic transcontinental passenger flight from Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia to Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles. The Boeing 757-223 aircraft serving the flight was hijacked by five al-Qaeda terrorists on the morning of September 11, 2001, as part of the September 11 attacks. The hijacked airliner was deliberately crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, killing all 64 aboard and another 125 in the building.
N644AA, the aircraft involved, seen on the morning of September 11th, 2001
Debris from Flight 77 scattered near the Pentagon
A fire at the Pentagon, with police and EMS in the foreground
Aerial view of the collapsed area and subsequent fire damage
