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The British Police at Ground Zero 9/11/02. I was extremely proud, moved and priveleged to be there. Thank you New York.

Judi Baeckel's front yard, Shanksville, PA, April 25, 2002. For several months following the crash of Flight 93 Judy's yard contained a large memorial to the victims, including many artifacts left by visitors to the crash site. That memorial has…

My Story is as Follows
I was working that morning in WTC # 1 on the 23rd floor when the 1st plane hit, like everyone on our floor I was taken by what was first the Crash of the plane & then the Explosion it sent Through the Building. At that time I…

Please consider the following photo for inclusion in your archive. The photo of my wife Danielle and my 5 week old son Hudson was taken by me seconds before the debris cloud from the first building collapse engulfed us.

The three of us took cover…

"Heroes Live Forever"
Taken 1 month after 9/11.
This was written in the ashes of those who perished...

Taken from Liberty State Park, NJ in Oct 1992. I was in NJ for my uncle's wedding

This is a picture I found on the internet a few days after sept 11th. This was the exact spot I was standing with my mom and Fiance' when tower 2 came down.I think I inhaled about 2 floors of the building.I couldn't run because I had them with me.My…

South side of US Capitol Building at approximately 10:40 AM. Capitol police setting up a perimeter around the Capitol.

Took this pic in late August, 2001 from Staten Island. It was a spectacular day.Sure wish I had a better camera at the time!

Empire State Building view from World Trade Center. Summer 2001. We can see the second tower on the left side of the picture, amazing and so close isn't it ?

I took this on a trip to N.Y. in the summer of 1998. I'd been there several times before. I remember on one trip, going up to the top floor, and doing what Mathew Broderick did in Ferris Bueler's Day Off (although I've been told the building he…

This was taken July 2002.

This is a picture I took in May, 2002 of the WTC Cross located at Ground Zero near Church and Cortlandt Streets.

New york is ever beautiful city.

Our original "Hero Highway" and "Thank You" signs that were located at Point Thank You, Christopher and West Streets, NYC.

Thanks for taking our minds away from the work for a while.

After 9/11, a U.S. flag was placed next to each chair at the Oklahoma City National Memorial.

We visited Lower Manhattan by walking across the Brooklyn Bridge with my daughter in June, 2001. Little did we know this would be the last time we would see the Towers. We stopped to ask a police officer for directions behind City Hall. I will…

Victoria Alvarez de Brito was working for Marsh and McLennan in the financial department on September 11th.

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."