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Lloyd Cutler, et al., Preserving Our Institutions: The First Report of the Continuity of Government Commission, June 4, 2003, the American Enterprise Institute and the Brookings Institution (continuityofgovernment.org)
On September 11, 2001, two hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center towers, another one rammed into the Pentagon. A fourth airplane, however, crashed in a Pennsylvania field thanks to the heroism of passengers on board. People with ties to terrorist groups have stated on al-Jazeera and CNN that the plane's target had been the United States Capitol.
Had the plane hit the Capitol, a significant number of members of Congress would have been killed. This, in turn, could have resulted in a real Constitutional crisis: While governors can fill Senate vacancies as they arise, only special elections can fill open seats in the House of Representatives. In normal circumstances, this does not pose a problem but if a large number of House members were to die, the nation would be left with a rump body with little ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Keep Congress going. (Politics).