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  • Bystanders in the West Village watch a cloud of ash and dust pass over lower Manhattan immediately following the collapse of the second World Trade Center tower on September 11, 2001.

  • Firefighters stand helplessly at the base of the World Trade Center in the moments following the attack and collapse of the twin towers on September 11, 2001........

  • A wounded firefighter is rushed to a waiting ambulance moments after he was pulled from the rubble of the World Trade Center. Hundreds of firefighters were killed in the attack and collapse of the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. Very few people were found alive in the hours and days following the collapse of both towers........

  • A firefighter of Ladder 21 is embraced by fellow firefighters after being told a family member, who is also a firefighter that responded to the World Trade Center attacks, could not be located after both towers collapsed..

  • A portrait lies amongst the rubble of the World Trade Center towers. Office paper and personal items of employees who worked within the buildings, filtered down from the sky and littered all of lower Manhattan..

  • As the sun peaks through heavy smoke, two flags wave as debris continues to fall following the attack and collapse of the World Trade Towers in lower Manhattan on September 11, 2001. ......

  • Michele Defazio, left, is comforted by a stranger as she breaks down while carrying a poster of her missing husband, Jason Defazio, outside the Armory two days after the attack and collapse of the World Trade Towers........

  • A New York Firefighter and his wife carry his fireboots as they leave Bellvue Hospital three days after the attack and collapse of the World Trade Towers.

  • Daisy Domingo cries as she stands alone, holding a photograph of her missing sister Benilda Domingo, 36, who is a maintenance worker with AMB on floor 103 in One World Trade Center. The two sisters spoke monday night about life insurance and their 401K plans.

  • Firefighters in dress blues salute as the flag-draped casket of firefighter William Henry, who died in the World Trade Center attack, is lowered down the steps of St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral in Manhattan following a private memorial service on September 20, 2001.

  • A solemn firefighter in dress blues is part of the detail that lined the steps to St. Francis of Assisi catholic church where the funeral of firefighter William Henry, of Engine 1, was held Thursday, September 20, 2001.

  • A man writes a memorial message on a flag hanging at Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. Memorials grew across Manhattan, especially those at Washington Square Park and Union Square. ....

  • Alicia Gonzalez writes the lyrics of a Bob Dylan song on the paved sidewalk at Washington Square Park. Alicia works nearby and passes the memorial for several days until she decided what she wanted to contribute.

  • Miniature emergency vehicles are embellished with gratitude and will wishes at the Washington Square Park memorial

  • Approximately 200 people turned out candle-light vigil for fallen firefighters at Firemen's Memorial Friday night, September 14, 2001.

  • Tributes to the Twin Towers were added to the Washington Square Park memorial.

  • Karrah Flores became a fixture at the World Trade Center memorial at Union Square. Flores, who would rush to from work to Union Square, spent countless hours at the memorial keeping the candles burning. ....

  • In a fitting tribute, a postcard featuring the World Trade Towers encircled by orchids was tucked into a chain-link fence at Washington Square Park where one of several large memorials to the September 11th attacks. Manhattan's skyline is forever changed.....

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