It was a letter thanking me for risking my life and that with that photo the world would learn how incredible a man he was," Stapleton recalled. Within a short period of time, however, the lobby started to fill with people who were trying to evacuate that building. The album contains photos of the North Tower of the World Trade Center seconds after impact and then smoke billowing from both towers. But they were gone. Eventually we exited the stairwell and made our way into the mall connecting the WTC complex. It wasnt until later that night when I checked into my hotel, about 36 hours after it had all begun, that I had a chance to turn on the TV and watch a full account of the events. Lederhandler said the terrorist strikes helped him decide to retire a few months later. Access the best of Getty Images with our simple subscription plan. Pedestrians run for cover after the collapse of the south tower. Claim: Photograph captures an unlucky tourist posing on the observation deck of a World Trade Center tower on 9/11, seconds before a hijacked airliner smashed into the building. Women were learning to drive. I recall driving down the Brooklyn Queens Expressway and passing the downtown area, seeing a massive plume of smoke still rising from the WTC site. In the clip, he recalls: "I raced around and found a video camera and a window facing in the right direction. I chose to upload it because I feel it has historical importance. Editors note: This gallery contains graphic images. A few years ago, a man named Liam Enea got his hands on a photo album from his late relative. Collect, curate and comment on your files. Even though I was in shock, I kept going, knowing that what had just happened needed to be documented.. Viewer discretion is advised. They had a full set of gear on, and they looked weary and frightened, yet they continued up past us. It was clear a tremendous number of people had died, and it was clear that the level of tragedy was enormous. Hundreds of firefighters and other rescue workers were peppered across the debris with fire hoses and buckets in hand, clearing out caverns looking for survivors.. She had gone to the Park Avenue Armory to file a missing persons report in the hopes of finding any information about her husband. 25. There was a certain amount of warmth to the light. Judge had just administered last rites to a firefighter at the site. I assured her that I was O.K., and my building was not impacted. Words with my co-workers, which I cannot recall were exchanged, and I decided to set off on my own to try to get home and reach my family to let them know I was O.K. It's not just the Western Hemisphere's tallest building it has also become a symbol of American pride. A lock At sunrise, I made my way to the Hudson River coastal areas of Jersey City and Bayonne, New Jersey, said Dan Loh, who was working for the Associated Press. I was photographing the building, and an EMT said 'Oh my gosh, look at that,' and then we started seeing people coming down, he said. At 8:46 a.m., American Airlines Flight 11 carrying 92 people, speared into the 110-story north tower. Source: New York State Education Department, History.com, Source: New York State Education Department,History.com, Source: New York State Education Department, Source: World Trade Center, 911memorial.org. The World Trade Centre officially opened in 1973 and became a top tourist attraction, welcoming 200,000 visitors a day alongside the 50,000 people who worked in the buildings. There was another woman there, crying and trying to reach out to her son. I went down the stairs and there was an E train going to Jamaica. WebFDNY Ladder 3 firetruck recovered from the World Trade Center site after September 11, 2001. It was then that he finally saw the dramatic video footage that much of the world had already seen by this point. (Photo: US Navy), Copyright 2023 The Indian Express [P] Ltd. 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Keres was a Navy photojournalist at the time, and he said he was able to get closer and take pictures because he was in uniform. It was shocking to me.. 9/11 attack: 16 years on, the wound of the September 11 attack is still fresh in the minds and hearts of many. (Photo: Reuters), At 9.59 AM, after burning for 56 minutes, the South Tower of New York's World Trade Centre began to collapse after a terrorist attack. It represents the extraordinary courage our first responders showed that day, and that we can never forget that thousands of innocent people were murdered that day in the most horrific way imaginable, said Thomas E. Franklin, who was a staff photographer at the Bergen Record newspaper. The next morning I attended the New York DFOs recovery meeting at JFK Airport. We will never know whether this man jumped or fell. People cross the Brooklyn Bridge to leave lower Manhattan after the collapse of the towers. I asked them why, out of all the thousands of people who worked there, would they be calling me? If the first building hadn't essentially fallen straight down, its crash could have killed hundreds standing, like me, a few blocks away.". Looking for U.S. government information and services? Inside, he was surprised to discover a trove of never The moment was fleeting. 2023 Getty Images. I lost four friends and co-workers that day who will forever be in my heart. It, too, was shut down. A woman on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade reacts to the collapse of the towers. We had a large conference room there with a projector and cable TV, so I wanted to get the news on to see what was happening. At 9:03 a.m., United Airlines Flight 175, shown here, carrying 65 people, crashed into the 84th floor of the south tower. A woman who worked for me at the time was about six months pregnant, so we went slowly in order to stay with her and help her down. This photo was taken by Chang W. Lee for The New York Times. The President excused himself a few minutes later and left the classroom. Word eventually filtered through the crowd that WTC2, where my office resided, had just fallen. I was with a colleague and my boss at the time. (Photo: Reuters)], On Sptember 11, American Airlines Flight 175 closes in on World Trade Center Tower 2 in New York, just before impact. WebAmerican Airlines Flight 11 was a domestic passenger flight that was hijacked by five al-Qaeda terrorists on September 11, 2001, as part of the September 11 attacks.The hijackers deliberately crashed the plane into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on-board and ensuring the deaths of well over a thousand people who "What we were seeing was the second tower coming down.". At that point I wasnt really sure what to do. We exited the mall in the northeastcorner near the Millennium hotel. Sitting there in front of the TV, it was like a floodgate had opened, and my mind finally had a chance to deal with the tragedy and all the emotions that went with it. That is when I saw the men carrying Father Judge in a chair, Reuters photographer Shannon Stapleton said. Niles said she felt so much grief for DeFazio that she didnt take her photo at first. "Some footage I shot on 9-11-01. These photos capture one of the most influential events in human history, Enea writes. There was some brief discussion about going up (I cannot recall why), but the injured woman or someone she was with mentioned that everyone was dead on the 78th floor. By the time I decided to leave for home, the subways were already shut down so I started walking back to Penn Station. It has an ominous feeling to it.. The north tower was hit first, shortly followed by the south tower and in under two hours both 110-storey buildings had collapsed to the ground. A makeshift altar, constructed for a worship service, overlooks the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93, on Sept. 16, 2001 in Shanksville, Pa. As my group and I were approaching the exit one of my employees said, I have to go back; I forgot to turn off the coffee pot. He went back to the office while the rest of us continued to the exit that took us out by Seven World Trade Center. Information looked pretty sketchy, but I decided to return to 77 to inform my remaining co-workers that I had TV coverage on upstairs if they wanted to come up. Sancetta took the photo from an open parking garage. I remember feeling completely bewildered by what was happening and desperately trying to make sense of it so that I could continue working. Another hijacked plane crashed into the Pentagon in Virginia and the fourth one crashed into an open field in Pennsylvania. Apparently the conference room that I had been standing in just a few minutes before was now obliterated. I was near an office building, and a police officer was pulling people in to get them out of danger. or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. [United Airlines Flight 175 flied low towards the south Tower of the Below are steps you can take in order to whitelist Observer.com on your browser: Click the AdBlock button on your browser and select Don't run on pages on this domain. I just assumed it was a terrible accident. This photo of Jenna Piccirillo and her young son, Vaughan, was among the first photos taken on September 11 by Alex Webb. I could tell that he had been killed, but it profoundly struck me that all these men from various agencies were doing their best to preserve his body. r/pics. 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