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.
IT'S A SAD SAD STORY ...FOR ALL THE PEOPLE HURTING AS WE SPEAK NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME NOT A PICTURE OR A SMILE NOT A TEAR IN THE EYE OF THE ONE WE LOVE ...BUT ONE DAY THE PEOPLE OF THIS SAD STORY WILL PAY....THATS THE TRUTH ,,,LOVE YOU ALL…
This photo was taken by me on 9/22 when I came back to my native city for a business conference the following week. I walked around the streets trying to capture the many emotions which were still painfully fresh. I stayed in midtown, that night a…
This is the place where the wtc was, seen from the other side of the street on june 3rd 2002. The works were finished a couple of days before the photo was taken
from Union Square Park, NYC on 9/15/01. The park became an impromptu memorial less than 20 blocks from ground zero. Every day, all day hundreds of prople would gather.
This photo was taken at a traveling Memorial that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department brought to the Taste of Minnesota, held on the grounds of the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota, over the Fourth of July weekend…
I grew up in NJ and remember watching the frame of the WTC go up in the early 70's. I never visited it while living there, though, and moved to CA in '80. I went back to NJ when I got married in '82 and took my fiancee, her mother, and brother from…
This photograph was taken by my friend Peter yesterday, June 29, 2002 at the Arts and Industry building at the Smithsonian Castle. The Ground Zero flag is on display along with video, photographs and four walls of names of those who perished in New…
Students at a German high school observe a minute of silence on September 14, 2001. They are mourning the loss of three relatives who were killed in the plane crashing into Trade Center 1 resp. when the tower collapsed.
The images that I have been allowed to display here are but a flash of the endless picture. The events of September 11, 2001, have touched the world and all generations to come.