Workers Sort Through Pentagon Debris

WASHINGTON (AP) - Workers used miniature bulldozers to remove debris Wednesday from damaged sections of the Pentagon. Officials said they have identified 33 bodies from among the 189 people believed missing or dead. Soldiers spent hours lifting the rubble from last week attack in which a hijacked airliner hit the Defense Department headquarters. "There's a lot of pathways the Bobcats came in and cleared out," said Army Sgt. David G. Andino of Tulsa, Okla. He was among 200 soldiers who spent 12 hours sorting debris and helping to remove bodies and evidence. As of Wednesday, 118 of the 189 victims had been recovered. The 33 were identified at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, said Tom Davies of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Workers have removed more than 5,000 tons of debris from the site in Arlington Va., just outside the capital. Arlington County firefighter Homer McElroy says it is tough going, and workers are using their hands and shovels. "There's rooms with nothing left in them, just blackened down," he said. Attorney General John Ashcroft visited the site Wednesday and described it as "a charred, tangled situation." The most extensive damage was to the three outer rings of the building. Workers have shored up the building with wood beams, making it possible to use heavier equipment.