Aerial photo of the World Trade Center and surrounding area. Photo was taken on Memorial Day 2000 (May 29th) while my wife and I were on a Liberty Helicopters tour flight.
This is a view from the ferry going out to the Statue of Liberty. It was labor day weekend, September 1998. I went back thru my NY pictures after 9/11. Found this one. It brought tears to my eyes.
Chico's mural, Avenue A at 14th St. This is normally a loud, busy intersection, but on this morning (September 13), as people were beginning to gather in front of the mural, the quiet was deafening.
This was one of the several postcards my mother and I purchased when we arrived in New York City (March 31,2000). I was actually thinking of sending this postcard to a friend back home but later on I changed my mind and sent the Empire State Building…
This 9/11 commemorative logo is painted on all F/A-18C Hornets of Strike Fighter Squadron 131 at Oceana Naval Air Station, Virginia Beach, Virginia. This squadron returned to Oceana after their six month deployment aboard the USS John F. Kennedy…
This Enduring Freedom commemorative logo is painted on all F/A-18C Hornets of Strike Fighter Squadron 136 at Oceana Naval Air Station, Virginia Beach, Virginia. This squadron returned to Oceana after their six month deployment aboard the USS John F.…
This 9/11 commemorative logo is painted on all F-14 Tomcats of Fighter Squadron 143 at Oceana Naval Air Station, Virginia Beach, Virginia. This squadron returned to Oceana after their six month deployment aboard the USS John F. Kennedy supporting…
These are photos of the Pentagon immediately after Flight 77 hit the building. The photos were taken by Steve Riskus, he was on Route 27 when the plane crossed and hit the Pentagon.
This was the news that shook the entire planet, and the aftermath can still be felt until now. The Philippine Daily Inquirer is our bestselling newspaper and this issue was the most memorable since Ferdinand E. Marcos (the gruesome S.O.B. dictator)…
This is the firehouse on 14th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues, on the morning of September 13. People began leaving flowers and messages of thanks almost immediately. I walk by this firehouse every day.
This is what I woke up to on September 11th. My daughter, Lauren Clare was born on the evening of September 10th. Even though we saw the whole terrible story unfold, when I looked at my little girl, I knew there is hope for this world yet. This…
This picture was taken along a street in Berlin Germany. It was along one of the barricades blocking off the American embassy on Sept. 12, 2001. The flowers continued to grow by the hour into enormous piles by the end of the week. The sign says…
This picture was taken along a street in Berlin Germany. It was along one of the barricades blocking off the American embassy on Sept. 12, 2001. This is one of the first images I saw upon approaching the vigil. It really struck my heart as I read…
This picture was taken along one of the barricades outside the American embassy on Sept. 12, 2001. The flowers piled higher and higher and thousands upon thousands of people came to the vigil every night.
This picture was taken along one of the barricades outside the American embassy on Sept. 12, 2001. The flowers piled higher and higher and thousands upon thousands of people came to the vigil every night.
This picture was taken along one of the barricades outside the American embassy on Sept. 12, 2001. This is were there was a condolences book placed for Berliners to sign their thoughts and prayers. At first there were limited hours to come do it,…