Photos that captured 9/11 terror attacks and its aftermath
Americans are commemorating 9/11 with mournful ceremonies, volunteering, appeals to "never forget" and rising attention to the terror attacks' extended toll on responders. IndiaTvNews.com brings to you photos that captured the attack and its aftermath.
Americans are commemorating 9/11 with mournful ceremonies, volunteering, appeals to "never forget" and rising attention to the terror attacks' extended toll on responders. IndiaTvNews.com brings to you photos that captured the attack and its aftermath.
- In this Sept. 11, 2001, file photo, firefighters work beneath the destroyed mullions, the vertical struts that once faced the outer walls of the World Trade Center towers, after a terrorist attack on the twin towers in New York. Sept. 11 victims’ relatives are greeting the news of President Donald Trump’s now-cancelled plan for secret talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgents with mixed feelings.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
- In this Sept. 11, 2001, file photo, smoke rises from the burning twin towers of the World Trade Center after hijacked planes crashed into the towers in New York City. Sept. 11 victims’ relatives are greeting the news of President Donald Trump’s now-canceled plan for secret talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgents with mixed feelings.(AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
- The terror attacks on September 11, 2001, were the deadliest attacks on US soil since the Pearl Harbor bombing that launched the US into World War II. The plane hijackings that struck the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a Pennsylvania field killed 2,977 people.The attacks started at 8:46 a.m., with American Flight 11 hitting the World Trade Center's North Tower.The attacks dramatically changed the US, and started the "War on Terror," which targeted the Al-Qaeda extremist group and its leader, Osama bin Laden.
- Smoke and debris erupt from the south tower of the World Trade Centre as it collapses following the terrorist attacks on the buildings on September 11, 2001. Picture: Jerry Torrens, File/APSource:AP
- When the trade center collapsed, firefighters making their way over the ruins of the World Trade Center through clouds of smoke at ground zero in New York.The tons of gray dust that fell on the city when the trade center collapsed, lead to many diseases like asthma and respiratory illness to vitamin deficiencies, strange rashes and cancer etc. (AP Photo/Stan Honda, Pool)
- New York Fire Department members salute as they attend second funeral service for FDNY firefighter Michael Haub, in Franklin Square, N.Y., Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. The firefighter from New York's Long Island who died in the World Trade Center attacks is being remembered for a second time on the eve of the 18th anniversary of 9/11. Friends and family gathered at the memorial service for Haub on Tuesday in Franklin Square. Last week, the New York City medical examiner identified more of his remains recovered at ground zero. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
- Vehicles of the New York Fire Department carry family members of FDNY firefighter Michael Haub as they attend a second funeral service for him in Franklin Square, N.Y., Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. The firefighter from New York's Long Island who died in the World Trade Center attacks is being remembered for a second time on the eve of the 18th anniversary of 9/11. Friends and family gathered at the memorial service for Haub on Tuesday in Franklin Square. Last week, the New York City medical examiner identified more of his remains recovered at ground zero. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
- Thousands of flags representing each of the 9/11 terrorist attack victims wave on lawn overlooking the Pacific at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019. The display is now an annual tradition. (AP Photo/John Antczak)
- In this May 15, 2015 file photo, visitors gather near the pools at the 9/11 Memorial in New York. As they have done 17 times before, a crowd of victims' relatives is expected at the site on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019 to observe the anniversary the deadliest terror attack on American soil. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)