Images: September 11, 2001 Attacks
Firefighters raise a flag late in the afternoon on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, in the wreckage of the World Trade Center towers in New York. In the most devastating terrorist onslaught ever waged against the United States, knife-wielding hijackers crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center on Tuesday, toppling its twin 110-story towers.
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Flames and smoke pour from a building at the Pentagon Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, after a direct, devasting hit from an aircraft.
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A helicopter flies over the burning Pentagon Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, in Arlington, Va. The Washington Monument can be seen at right, through the smoke. The White House roof is visible in the trees of Washington at left.
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A jet airliner is lined up on one of the World Trade Center towers in New York Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. In the most devastating terrorist onslaughts ever waged against the United States, knife-wielding hijackers crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center towers.
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A helicopter flies over the burning Pentagon Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, in Arlington, Va. The Washington Monument can be seen at right, through the smoke. The White House roof is visible in the trees of Washington at left.
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Emergency workers mark off the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93 near Somerset, Pa., Tuesday, Sept. 11,2001.
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Emergency workers look at the crater created when United Airlines Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville, Pa., on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. Radar showed the San Francisco-bound Boeing 757 from Newark, N.J., had nearly reached Cleveland when it made a sharp left turn and headed back toward Pennsylvania, crashing in a grassy field edged by woods about 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. FBI spokesman Jeff Killeen confirmed there were no survivors.
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Smoke billows from the Pentagon Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001 after it took a direct, devasting hit from an aircraft. The nerve center of the nations military burst into flames and a portion of one side of the five-sided structure collapsed when the plane struck in midmorning.
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The twin towers of New Yorks World Trade Center rise over the World Financial Center in this June 23, 1999 file photo.
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Smoke, flames and debris erupts from one of the World Trade Center towers as a plane strikes the other tower. The first tower was already burning following a terror attack minutes earlier.
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Smoke and debris erupt from the south tower of the World Trade Center.
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Firefighters make their way through the rubble at the World Trade Center .
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Firefighters carry an injured fireman from the World Trade Center area in New York.
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Firemen gather around rubble at the base of the World Trade Center towers.
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In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, the south tower begins to collapse as smoke billows from both towers of the World Trade Center.
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In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, the twin towers of the World Trade Center burn behind the Empire State Building in New York.
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Smoke rises from the Pentagon in Washington in this image taken from television, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001.
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Pedestrians flee the area of the World Trade Center as the centers south tower crashes .
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Pedestrians flee the area of the World Trade Center as the centers south tower crashes.
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The south tower of the World Trade Center begins to collapse.
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The northern tower of the World Trade Center collapses.
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The Statue of Liberty stands as smoke billows from the World Trade Center.
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Pedestrians flee the area of the World Trade Center .
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President Bush addresses the nation Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, about the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Bush said Freedom itself has been attacked this morning by a faceless coward.
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Plumes of smoke pour from the World Trade Center buildings in this photo taken from the Brooklyn borough.
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An emergency worker helps a women after she was injured in the terrorist attack at the World Trade Center.
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People make their way amid debris near the World Trade Center.
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Firefighters sift through the wreckage after terrorists crashed two jets into the World Trade Center in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001.
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A shell of what was once part of the facade of one of the twin towers of New Yorks World Trade Center rises above the rubble that remains .
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Firemen gather around rubble at the base of the World Trade Center towers in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001.
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A body falls from the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan.
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A woman reacts to an explosion at the World Trade Center towers, while observing from the Brooklyn Promenade which provides a view of the Manhattan skyline.
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Smoke and debris erupt from the south tower of the World Trade Center as it explodes.
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The south tower of New Yorks World Trade Center collapses.
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Two women hold each other as they watch the World Trade Center burn.
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A New York City police officer helps a woman and child leave the area near World Trade Center in lower Manhattan .
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People are shown leaving the area near the World Trade Center in New York Tuesday Sept. 11, 2001.
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People run from the collapse of World Trade Center towers in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001.
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Smoke billows from the top of One World Trade Center and flames and debris explode from Two World Trade Center, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, in New York.
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Firefighters make their way through the rubble after terrorists crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center in a deadly series of blows .
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Smoke billows from one of the towers of the World Trade Center and flames and debris explode from the second tower, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001.
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An unidentified emergency worker, center, is assisted from the scene after terrorists crashed two planes into New Yorks World Trade Center towers Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001.
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People flee the scene near New Yorks World Trade Center after terrorists crashed two planes into the towers Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. In a horrific sequence of destruction, terrorists hijacked two airliners and crashed them into the World Trade Center in a coordinated series of attacks that brought down the twin 110-story towers.
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A person falls headfirst after jumping from the north tower of New Yorks World Trade Center Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001.
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People flee lower Manhattan across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, following a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
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