A look back at some of the most unforgettable photos from the September 11 attacks — and the stories behind them.
“I tried to be succinct in what I told him so that he understood the enormity of the problem,” Card wrote. “He looked up — it was only a matter of seconds, but it seemed like minutes — and I thought that he was outstanding in his ability not to scare either the American people that were paying attention to the cameras or, more importantly, the students that were in the classroom.”A man falls from one of the towers of the World Trade Center.
During his career, Franco said, he always looked to photograph history through the eyes of people of color. After about three or four days of nonstop work, Stapleton received a letter from Judge’s sister and niece." Stapleton recalled. “That letter was something as a photojournalist that comes as a gut punch, but makes you really value the job we do.”The World Trade Center’s South Tower bursts into flames after being hit by United Airlines Flight 175.“My staff and I were watching in bewilderment at the first tower that was engulfed in smoke,” she said.
“It’s hard to tell what color her dress or boots are. There is obviously lots of dust in the air,” he said. “The yellow color is from the digital camera being set for daylight or outside light; the indoor light comes across as yellow. In the rush to get out the photos later that day, I didn’t ‘correct’ the color. The color adds to the photo. It has an ominous feeling to it.”But she died of stomach cancer in 2015.
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. Shanken was drawn to the scene because of its irony: a welcome sign during an evacuation. But it has become much more to him. “I started choking and couldn’t breathe. I had dust in my eyes, nose and mouth. I pulled up my T-shirt to cover my face. For a moment, I thought we were buried alive. Then I saw car lights blinking and realized where I was.”This photo of Jenna Piccirillo and her young son, Vaughan, was among the first photos taken on September 11 byHe and his wife, photographer Rebecca Norris Webb, were about to leave Brooklyn to head into Manhattan and document the scene of the attack.
“I remember how incredibly loud it was: a crushing roar of steel and cement, of people screaming and the sound of their pounding footfalls frantically racing past me,” photographer Amy Sancetta said. “I remember the smell of the pulverized debris. That smell was in my nose and the taste of it in my mouth for weeks afterwards.”“The garage started to fill up, so I ran to the back of the building and then down a metal staircase to the lower level to find some breathable air,” she said.
The iconic picture made the cover of New York Magazine and the cover of “Sept. 11, 2001,” a best-selling book published by the magazine.“Twice is more than enough,” he said, referring to 9/11 and the 1993 bombing of the Twin Towers.Win McNamee/Reuters
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