I took this photo while attending the Baxter Springs, KS Fire Department's Sept. 11 Memorial Service. When I viewed this photo, I was deeply moved by the impression I saw. The child in the photo viewing the fire department's memorial brought to mind…
This is a photo I took of a 3-d mural created by Wendie Lemay on permanent display as a tribute to those who have fallen at the Fire Station in Greenfield MA
On 9/29/01, we took this picture of a piece of equipment working at the site. Its hard to see it, as the massive pile makes it look like a Tonka truck, but its there.
I will never forget what I felt being up there, for all the kids of the world it was something incredible, just seen on tv, movies and postcards, when I was there I called my best friend and i told him "you have no idea where the f*** i am". Up there…
These are photos that I took with a new digital camera flying into NYC on September 7, 2001. In fact, they are just the 2nd and 3rd photos which I took with the new camera...the first of which was the Statue of Liberty! We were in NYC on September…
The moment I arrived home from work I raised the flag. I felt so proud to be an American and this was the only way I could think to express my emotion for the events that unfolded on September 11, 2001.
FDNY Paramedic Richard Chatterton adds his medic patch.
One of 'New York's Best' (An original NYC*EMS member), This New York City Paramedic worked "The Pile" several weeks after 9/11. Moved by the scores impromptu memorials around Ground Zero,…
This is a photo of me last night in front of the eternal flame less than 1 mile away from ground zero. Behind me is the globe (now damaged)that once stood in between the twin towers. This photo was taken on the night it was lit. September 11, 2002.
In the evening of Sep 11, I returned to the roof of my apartment building to see how and if the view had changed since I had watched the buildings collapse that morning. What I saw startled me: beauty. The setting sun illuminated the cloud of smoke…