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https://storycorpsorg-staging.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/AllexIllo2-1.jpg18001200On September 11, 2001, Vaughn Allex was working at Dulles International Airport checking in passengers on American Airlines Flight 77—the plane that was later hijacked and flown into the Pentagon. He came to StoryCorps with his wife, Denise, to discuss the personal aftereffects of knowing he checked in two of the hijackers.