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Sept 11, 2001: First moments after planes crashed into WTC towers
Smoke filled the air all over Manhattan after fiery blasts rocked New York’s twin towers on fateful day
Smoke pours from the former site of the World Trade Center in Manhattan September 12, 2001 from a vantage point in Hoboken, N.J. Smoke filled the air all over lower Manhattan in the aftermath of Tuesday’s terrorist attack and destruction of the World Trade Center. (Getty Images)
This 11 September 2001 file photo from an early morning school reading event Sarasota, Florida, shows White house Chief of Staff Andrew Card (L) informing US President George W. Bush (R) of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York (AFP/Getty Images)
A fiery blasts rocks the south tower of the World Trade Center as the hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 from Boston crashes into the building September 11, 2001 in New York City. (Getty Images)
Smoke spews from a tower of the World Trade Center September 11, 2001 after two hijacked airplanes hit the twin towers in an alleged terrorist attack on New York City. (Getty Images)
Firefighters watch as smoke rises from the site of the World Trade Center collapse September 11, 2001 in New York City after two hijacked airplanes crashed into the twin towers in a terrorist attack. (Getty Images)
People walk in the street in the area where the World Trade Center buildings collapsed September 11, 2001 after two airplanes slammed into the twin towers in a suspected terrorist attack. (Getty Images)
A firefighter rests in the area where the World Trade Center buildings collapsed September 11, 2001 after two airplanes slammed into the twin towers in a suspected terrorist attack. (Getty Images)
People evacuate the area around the World Trade Center after it was hit by two planes September 11, 2001 in New York City. (Getty Images)
A person falls to his death from the World Trade Center after two planes hit the Twin Towers September 11, 2001 in New York City. (Getty Images)
Policemen and firemen run away from the huge dust cloud caused as the World Trade Center’s Tower One collapses after terrorists crashed two hijacked planes into the twin towers, September 11, 2001 in New York City. (Getty Images)
A man watches smoke emit from the former site of the World Trade Center September 12, 2001 in Hoboken, N.J. Smoke filled the air all over lower Manhattan in the aftermath of Tuesday’s terrorist attack and destruction of the World Trade Center. (Getty Images)
A satellite image of lower Manhattan shows smoke and ash rising from the site of the World Trade Center at 11:43 a.m. September 12, 2001 in New York City. (Getty Images)
Smoke rises from the site of the World Trade Center terrorist attack September 15, 2001 in New York City. (Getty Images)
A firefighter breaks down after the World Trade Center buildings collapsed September 11, 2001 after two hijacked airplanes slammed into the twin towers in a terrorist attack. (Getty Images)
NYPD police officer Ken Radigan rubs his eyes after briefly sleeping in a pew at St. Paul’s Episcopal Chapel, near the site of the World Trade Center attack, September 21, 2001 in New York City. The chapel is serving as a relief area for rescue workers. (Getty Images)
People run away as the North Tower of World Trade Center collapses after a hijacked airliner hit the building September 11, 2001 in New York City. (Getty Images)
People hang from the windows of the North Tower of the World Trade Center after a hijacked airliner hit the building September 11, 2001 in New York City. (Getty Images)
The ‘Tribute in Light’ memorial to the World Trade Center is seen from the Empire State Building April 3, 2002 in New York City. (Getty Images)
An unidentified New York City firefighter walks away from Ground Zero after the collapse of the Twin Towers September 11, 2001 in New York City. The World Trade Center’s Twin Towers and the Pentagon were attacked by terrorists using commercial airliners as missiles. (Getty Images)
A policeman pauses at Ground Zero during the World Trade Center memorial September 11, 2002 in New York City. Mourners will attend memorial services throughout the day at Ground Zero for the one year anniversary of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks. (Getty Images)
Smoke pours from the World Trade Center after being hit by two planes September 11, 2001 in New York City. (Getty Images)
This file pictures shows Edward Fine covering his mouth as he walks through the debris after the collapse of one of the World Trade Center Towers 11 September, 2001 in New York. Fine was on the 78th floor of 1 World Trade Center when it was hit by a hijacked plane 11 September. A photo of him emerging from the debris of the attack appeared on the cover of Fortune magazine and he contacted the magazine to identify himself. (AFP/Getty Images)
Brian Rolchford stands outside the World Trade Center after walking down from the 105th floor. Smoke swept through the 110-story building after an explosion caused the ceiling of a train station to collapse 26 February 1993. The explosion set off a fire below the twin towers. (AFP/Getty Images)
Lunchtime workers watch a giant screen in Martin Place Sydney, 12 September 2001, showing graphic images of the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York City after they were hit by two hijacked passenger jets. Major US cities including New York and Washington, as well as the Pentagon, were targets of the act of terrorism. (AFP/Getty Images)
Rescue workers survey damage to the World Trade Center 11 September, 2001 in New York. Two planes controlled by hijackers crashed into the twin towers of the center destroying the buildings. At almost the same time, another hijacked plane flew into the Pentagon in Washington, DC. (AFP/Getty Images)
A woman covered in dust takes refuge in an office building after the top of one of the World Trade Center towers collapsed after two planes crashed into each building 11 September, 2001, in New York. The woman was caught outside on the street as the cloud of smoke and dust enveloped the area. (AFP/Getty Images)
A man with a fire extinguisher walks through rubble after the collapse of the first World Trade Center Tower 11 September, 2001, in New York. The man was shouting as he walked looking for victims who needed assistance. Both towers collapsed after being hit by hijacked passengers planes. (AFP/Getty Images)
This file photo dated 11 September 2001shows the one of the towers of the World Trade Center begining to collapse after suspected terrorist controlled hijacked airliners crashed into both buildings. The all-out war on terrorism unleashed by Washington after the attacks marked a turning point in US-Arab relations and nowhere more so than in once top ally Saudi Arabia. With 15 of the 19 suicide hijackers carrying Saudi nationality and mastermind Osama bin Laden being the scion of a leading Saudi family, the desert kingdom and world oil kingpin, suddenly found itself on the frontline of the war on terror prosecuted by US President George W. Bush. (AFP/Getty Images)
Firefighters make their way through the rubble of the World Trade Center 11 September 2001 in New York after two hijacked planes flew into the landmark skyscrapers. Americans mark the fourth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks Sunday nagged by new burning questions about their readiness to confront a major disaster after the debacle of Hurricane Katrina. (AFP/Getty Images)
Pedestrians run from the scene as one of the World Trade Center Towers collapses 11 September, 2001 in New York following a terrorist plane crash on the twin towers. Americans mark the fourth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks Sunday nagged by new burning questions about their readiness to confront a major disaster after the debacle of Hurricane Katrina. (AFP/Getty Images)
Photo dated 14 September 2001 shows US President George W. Bush (L), standing next to retired firefighter Bob Beckwith, 69, as he speaks to volunteers and firemen after surveying the damage at the site of the World Trade Center in New York. The fifth anniversary of September 11 finds the United States bloodied by foreign war, polarized politically and coping with terrorism’s curbs on freedom which helped define American life. (AFP/Getty Images)
Pedestrians on the waterfront in Brooklyn, New York, look across the East River to the burning World Trade Center towers 11 September, 2001 after a terrorist attack. (AFP/Getty Images)
Police and pedestrians run for cover during the first collapse of the World Trade Center Tower after the landmark skyscrapers were struck by two hijacked airplanes 11 September 2001 in New York . (AFP/Getty Images)
The rubble of the World Trade Center smoulders following a terrorist attack 11 September 2001 in New York. A hijacked plane crashed into and destroyed the landmark structure. (AFP/Getty Images)
A hijacked commercial plane approaches the World Trade Center shortly before crashing into the landmark skyscraper 11 September 2001 in New York. (AFP/Getty Images)
