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I drew this on Sunday, September 16, 2001. I am 10 years old now. My mom works for the Port Authority and is helping to rebuild part of the World Trade Center site. A boy in my class lost his father in the World Trade Center on September 11.

Sept. 17, 2001. Schoolgirls on the SW corner of 14th St. and Avenue A, NYC.
"Did you know anyone there?"
"No, but my mom knew a lady cop."

"Chino" and friend at Windows On the World

A police car near Ground Zero on 9-11-02

One of the WTC towers burning as "Chino" escaped from the disaster

The streets were covered in dust, like a choking snowstorm

In the first moments after impact, "Chino" bought a camera

Before the tragedy, "Chino" was a waiter at Windows on the World

PHOTO OF MY BEST FRIEND, SARA ELIZABETH LOW- AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT ATTENDANT 9/11/2001, AND HER SISTER ALYSON.

This is a photgraph of the One World Trade Center Fire Command Station (310A). Seated is Lloyd Thompson, Fire Safety Director and Standing John Drucker Jr., Siemens Fire Safety Project Manager. The equipment shown is the WTC Fire Alarm and Evacuation…

Campaign Poster. September 11, 2001 was also the scheduled day for New York City's Mayorial primary. This poster from the mayorial campaign of former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer featured the New York skyline with the Twin Towers.

Carrera Antorcha Guadalupana 2002 [jpg file, Asociación Tepeyac, September, 2002] Poster announcing the annual race from Mexico City to New York City. The race is both a religious pilgrimage culminating on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on…

We visited the site the day after Thanksgiving, 2001. We arrived via ferry from New Jersey. The closer we got to the site, the stronger the smell became. It's a smell that is undescribeable and one that I will never forget. This was the first…

We visited the WTC site the day after Thanksgiving, 2001. We were walking our way around the perimeter of the site, passing the police memorial and the fragile but still standing Winter Garden. The street washers were still fighting a losing battle…

We visited the WTC site the day after Thanksgiving, 2001. This was the remnants of one of the smaller buildings at the site. Many of the stores that we passed in this area were still closed when we were there. Many of them were left just as they…

We visited the WTC site the day after Thanksgiving, 2001. This picture was taken when we had walked around the outer limits of the site and gotten to Broadway, courtesy the height of my husband. Even still, he had to hold up the camera over the…

Sept. 15, 2001. Union Square, NYC

This was taken in November of 1996 on the ferry to Liberty Island. I was on a trip to NY with my high school band to perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade. We would visit the WTC later that night, and this was one of the only photos I was…