新华社华盛顿分社所处弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿县与华盛顿哥伦比亚特区以波托马克河相隔,国防部的五角大楼与分社同在阿灵顿县,地理上非常接近。9月11日上午9点半,我离开分社驱车前往华盛顿市区参加一个新闻发布会。虽然开车到市里只要几分钟,旧因当时是上班高峰时间,进入市区的一座跨河公路桥严重堵塞。见此情况,我改道上了五 Xinhua News Agency Washington Branch Office Arlington County, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., are separated by the Potomac River. The Pentagon of the Department of Defense and its branch office are located in Arlington County, and are very close in geography. At half past nine on September 11, I left the agency and drove to downtown Washington to attend a press conference. Although only a few minutes drive to the city, the old office was due to rush hour, a serious blockage of a bridge across the river into the city. Seeing this situation, I diverted to five