Images: September 11, 2001 Aftermath
Officials working from a basket inspect areas of the Pentagon Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001, as they work to put out all of the fires caused by a hijacked airliner that crashed into the building Tuesday.
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This Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001 photo provided by the FBI shows the crash site of hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pa. Shanksville wasnt a target of the 9/11 hijackers, but fate and the fighting tenacity of the passengers left the small town irrevocably part of the fabric of the calamity.
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Police officers stand outside a restaurant near the site of the World Trade Center Wednesday Sept. 12, 2001, as rescue efforts continue following the terrorist attack on the twin towers. The restaurant has a hand-lettered sign calling for President Bush to declare war.
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Rescue workers and vehicles are deployed near the site of the World Trade Center in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001.
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Firefighters unfurl an American flag from the roof of the Pentagon Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001, as President Bush visits the area.
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Firefighters rest as rescue efforts continue at the World Trade Center in New York Wednesday Sept. 12, 2001.
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Firefighters hose down the debris of World Trade Centers Building 7, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001, as fire continued to burn in part of the complex that collapsed with the twin towers in the terrorist attack. The building was the third in the World Trade Center complex to collapse.
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Firefighters work at the site of the World Trade Center in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001.
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Police search through rubble with dogs at the World Trade Center tower collapse site in New York, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2001.
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Firefighters, rear, stand along a roof line as inspectors in a basket look over the destruction at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001.
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As rescue efforts continue in the rubble of the World Trade Center in New York, President Bush raises an American flag while standing on a burnt fire truck in front of the World Trade Center during a tour of the devastation, Friday, Sept. 14, 2001. Firefighter Bob Beckwith is at right.
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Firemen sift through the rubble of what was left of the World Trade Center towers in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001.
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President Bush walks away after viewing the devastation at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001.
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This aerial photograph of the Pentagon taken on Sept. 14, 2001, shows some of the destruction caused when the high-jacked American Airlines flight slammed into the building on Sept. 11. The terrorist attack caused extensive damage to the west face of the building.
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Firefighters and emergency personnel remove debris from the site of the World Trade Center towers collapse in New York, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2001.
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A military helicopter takes off to patrol the area around the Pentagon as firefighters continue to pour water on the roof Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001.
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Emergency personnel continue rescue efforts amid the wreckage of the World Trade Center towers in New York, on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001.
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Emergency personnel dig through rubble at the site of the World Trade Center towers collapse in New York, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2001.
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Firemen take a break near the site of the World Trade Center in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001.
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Flags fly at half-staff in Bayonne, N.J., as smoke rises from lower Manhattan following the collapse of both towers of the World Trade Center in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001.
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A police car cruises past deserted terminal buildings and parking structures at Los Angeles International Airport early Wednesday morning, Sept. 12, 2001. The airport remained idle after Tuesdays terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington forced its closure. The Federal Aviation Administration extended its nationwide ban on flying Wednesday and said it was not sure when airline flights would resume.
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With the U.S. Capitol in the background, day breaks over a still-burning Pentagon in Washington Wednesday, Sept 12, 2001.
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A makeshift altar, constructed for a worship service, overlooks the the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2001, in Shanksville, Pa.
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FBI investigators continue their excavation at the Shanksville, Pa., crash site of United Flight 93 on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2001.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation investigators comb the crater left by the crash Tuesday of United Airlines flight 93, a Boeing 757 in Shanksville, Pa., on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001. The plane crashed about 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh after first flying near Cleveland and then turning around. The plane was said to be flying erratically and losing altitude.
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