We Remember: 22 Photos of September 11 and the Days After
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![Evacuees walk through the streets in a daze. Those that escaped the attack frightened, only covered in ash while others emerged bloodied and wounded. (Photo: Black Star/Lisa Quinones/Newscom)](https://first-heritage-foundation.s3.amazonaws.com/live_files/150910_9.11photoessay2.jpg)
Evacuees walk through the streets in a daze. Those that escaped the attack frightened, only covered in ash while others emerged bloodied and wounded. (Photo: Black Star/Lisa Quinones/Newscom)
![A sign over the New Jersey Turnpike in New Brunswick, New Jersey warns travelers that all bridge and tunnel crossings into New York City have been closed off. (Photo:REUTERS/Jim Bourg/Newscom](https://first-heritage-foundation.s3.amazonaws.com/live_files/150910_9.11photoessay3.jpg)
A sign over the New Jersey Turnpike in New Brunswick, N.J. warns travelers that all bridge and tunnel crossings into New York City have been closed off. (Photo:REUTERS/Jim Bourg/Newscom
![The streets in Times Square during the normal morning rush hour are quiet as the city slowly attempts to return to normal, September 13, 2001. (Photo: REUTERS/Gary Hershorn/Newscom)](https://first-heritage-foundation.s3.amazonaws.com/live_files/150910_9.11photoessay4.jpg)
The streets in Times Square during the normal morning rush hour are quiet as the city slowly attempts to return to normal, September 13, 2001. (Photo: Reuters/Gary Hershorn/Newscom)
![Thousands of people take part in a candlelight vigil on the National Mall in Washington D.C. September 12, 2001. (Photo: REUTERS/Win McNamee/Newscom)](https://first-heritage-foundation.s3.amazonaws.com/live_files/150910_9.11photoessay5.jpg)
Thousands of people take part in a candlelight vigil on the National Mall in Washington D.C. September 12, 2001. (Photo: Reuters/Win McNamee/Newscom)
![Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and President George W. Bush speak in front of the west side of the Pentagon September 12, 2001 -- the same spot where terrorists plunged an airliner earlier the day before. (Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Newscom)](https://first-heritage-foundation.s3.amazonaws.com/live_files/150910_9.11photoessay6.jpg)
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and President George W. Bush speak in front of the west side of the Pentagon September 12, 2001 — the same spot where terrorists plunged an airliner earlier the day before. (Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque/Newscom)
![Four-year-old Alana Milawski waves an American flag as she sits on her father’s shoulders during a candlelight vigil held in Las Vegas' Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas September 12, 2001. (Photo: REUTERS/Ethan Miller/Newscom)](https://first-heritage-foundation.s3.amazonaws.com/live_files/150910_9.11photoessay7.jpg)
Four-year-old Alana Milawski waves an American flag as she sits on her father’s shoulders during a candlelight vigil held in Las Vegas’ Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas September 12, 2001. (Photo: Reuters/Ethan Miller/Newscom)
![The U.S. Capitol hovers in the background over the damaged area of the Pentagon building, September 13, 2001. (Photo: REUTERS/Larry Downing/ Newscom)](https://first-heritage-foundation.s3.amazonaws.com/live_files/150910_9.11photoesssay8.jpg)
The U.S. Capitol hovers in the background over the damaged area of the Pentagon building, September 13, 2001. (Photo: Reuters/Larry Downing/ Newscom)
![Jeremy Hodgkins hands out American flags to drivers in Washington D.C. September 13, 2001. Immediately after the attack flag sales soared in the United States -- with many stores emptying their inventory. (Photo: REUTERS/Win McNamee/Newscom)](https://first-heritage-foundation.s3.amazonaws.com/live_files/150910_9.11photoessay9.jpg)
Jeremy Hodgkins hands out American flags to drivers in Washington D.C. September 13, 2001. Immediately after the attack flag sales soared in the United States — with many stores emptying their inventory. (Photo: Reuters/Win McNamee/Newscom)
![Rescue workers stand next to a piece of wall still standing from the fallen towers in New York September 13, 2001. (Photo: REUTERS/Beth Kaiser/Newscom)](https://first-heritage-foundation.s3.amazonaws.com/live_files/150910_9.11photoessay10.jpg)
Rescue workers stand next to a piece of wall still standing from the fallen towers in New York September 13, 2001. (Photo: Reuters/Beth Kaiser/Newscom)
![Firemen from around the nation gather at a destroyed firehouse next to the towers as they take a break from rescue efforts in New York September 13, 2001. (Photo: REUTERS/Newscom)](https://first-heritage-foundation.s3.amazonaws.com/live_files/150910_9.11photoessay11.jpg)
Firemen from around the nation gather at a destroyed firehouse next to the towers as they take a break from rescue efforts in New York September 13, 2001. (Photo: Reuters/Newscom)
![Rescue workers continue their search for survivors on the rubble of the destroyed World Trade Center in New York, September 15, 2001. (Photo: REUTERS/Jeff Christensen/Newscom).](https://first-heritage-foundation.s3.amazonaws.com/live_files/150910_9.11photoessay12.jpg)
Rescue workers continue their search for survivors on the rubble of the destroyed World Trade Center in New York, September 15, 2001. (Photo: Reuters/Jeff Christensen/Newscom).
![Three days later, September 15, 2001, the rescue efforts continue in high force -- with no end in sight. (Photo: REUTERS/Suzi Altman/Newscom)](https://first-heritage-foundation.s3.amazonaws.com/live_files/150910_9.11photoessay13.jpg)
Three days later, September 15, 2001, the rescue efforts continue in high force — with no end in sight. (Photo: Reuters/Suzi Altman/Newscom)
![Women wear signs with pictures of missing relatives outside New York's Bellevue Hospital as they wait for word of their fate. (Photo: REUTERS/Shaun Best/Newscom)](https://first-heritage-foundation.s3.amazonaws.com/live_files/150910_9.11photoessay14.jpg)
Women wear signs with pictures of missing relatives outside New York’s Bellevue Hospital as they wait for word of their fate. (Photo: Reuters/Shaun Best/Newscom)
![Six days after the attack on the Pentagon at sunrise, September 17, 2001. (Photo: REUTERS/Larry Downing/Newscom)](https://first-heritage-foundation.s3.amazonaws.com/live_files/150910_9.11photoessay15.jpg)
Six days after the attack on the Pentagon at sunrise, September 17, 2001. (Photo: Reuters/Larry Downing/Newscom)
![A police officer stands near a 'Wanted' poster for the Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden in the financial district of New York, September 18, 2001. (Photo: REUTERS/Russell Boyce/Newscom)](https://first-heritage-foundation.s3.amazonaws.com/live_files/150910_9.11photoessay16.jpg)
A police officer stands near a ‘Wanted’ poster for the Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden in the financial district of New York, September 18, 2001. (Photo: Reuters/Russell Boyce/Newscom)
![Paramedics rush wounded to care at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. (Photo: UPI Photo Service/Paul Disney/Newscom)](https://first-heritage-foundation.s3.amazonaws.com/live_files/150910_9.11photoessay17.jpg)
Paramedics rush wounded to care at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. (Photo: UPI Photo Service/Paul Disney/Newscom)
![FBI agents search the grounds surrounding the Pentagon on September 12, 2001 in Arlington, Virginia for any evidence related to the attack.(Photo: UPI Photo Service/Michael Kleinfeld/Newscom)](https://first-heritage-foundation.s3.amazonaws.com/live_files/150910_9.11photoessay18.jpg)
FBI agents search the grounds surrounding the Pentagon on September 12, 2001 in Arlington, Va. for any evidence related to the attack.(Photo: UPI Photo Service/Michael Kleinfeld/Newscom)
![A missing person flyer is posted on the rear window of an ambulance as families all over New York City and the nation try to locate missing loved ones. (Photo: UPI Photo Service/Newscom)](https://first-heritage-foundation.s3.amazonaws.com/live_files/150910_9.11photoessay19.jpg)
A missing person flyer is posted on the rear window of an ambulance as families all over New York City and the nation try to locate missing loved ones. (Photo: UPI Photo Service/Newscom)
![A National Guardsman directs pedestrian traffic near the World Trade Center terrorist attack site in New York, September 19, 2001. (Photo: UPI Photo Service/Roger L. Wollenberg/Newscom)](https://first-heritage-foundation.s3.amazonaws.com/live_files/150910_9.11photoessay20.jpg)
A National Guardsman directs pedestrian traffic near the World Trade Center terrorist attack site in New York, September 19, 2001. (Photo: UPI Photo Service/Roger L. Wollenberg/Newscom)