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9/11: The Fireman's Story Photos

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  • A firefighter at the World Trade Center.
  • Captain John Vigiano Snr.
  • Chief Joseph Pfeifer of Battalion I.
  • Joanne Foley Gross, Tommy and Danny Foley's sister.
  • Captain Ed Metcalf of Marine I.
  • Tony Sanseviro of Engine 216.
  • Terry Golway, Historian, Kean University.
  • Bill Spade of Rescue 5.
  • Marvin Pickrum.
  • Firefighters work together to extinguish the ongoing fire in the rubble of the collapsed World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan.
  • Danny Foley of Ladder 49.
  • Firefighters at the World Trade Center.
  • The upper floors of the World Trade Center tower burns after terrorists flew an airliner into it.
  • The New York City Skyline, including the World Trade Center.
  • An aerial view of the World Trade Center in March of 2001.
  • The exterior support columns from the lower level of the south tower remained standing after the building collapsed.
  • A New York City firefighter looks up at what remains of the World Trade Center after its collapse following a Sept. 11 terrorist attack.
  • An image taken by NOAA's Cessna Citation Jet on Sept. 23, 2001 from an altitude of 3,300 feet using a Leica/LH systems RC30 camera.
  • Debbie Palmer, Wife of Chief Orio Palmer.
  • Bobby Senn of Engine 207.
  • Lieutenant Gregg Hansson of Engine 24.

  • Fighting the Fire

    Photograph by Andrea Booher/ FEMA News Photo

    A firefighter at the World Trade Center.

  • Captain John Vigiano Snr

    Photograph by Testimony Films/ Zodiak Rights

    Captain John Vigiano Snr.

  • Chief Joseph Pfeifer

    Photograph by Testimony Films/ Zodiak Rights

    Chief Joseph Pfeifer of Battalion I.

  • A Firefighter's Sister

    Photograph by Testimony Films/ Zodiak Rights

    Joanne Foley Gross, Tommy and Danny Foley's sister.

  • Captain Ed Metcalf

    Photograph by Testimony Films/ Zodiak Rights

    Captain Ed Metcalf of Marine I.

  • Tony Sanseviro

    Photograph by Testimony Films/ Zodiak Rights

    Tony Sanseviro of Engine 216.

  • Knowing the History

    Photograph by Testimony Films/ Zodiak Rights

    Terry Golway, Historian, Kean University.

  • Bill Spade

    Photograph by Testimony Films/ Zodiak Rights

    Bill Spade of Rescue 5.

  • Marvin Pickrum

    Photograph by Testimony Films/ Zodiak Rights

    Marvin Pickrum.

  • Extinguishing the Flames

    Photograph by Andrea Booher/ FEMA News Photo

    Firefighters work together to extinguish the ongoing fire in the rubble of the collapsed World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan.

  • Danny Foley

    Photograph by Testimony Films/ Zodiak Rights

    Danny Foley of Ladder 49.

  • Firefighters, Heroes

    Photograph by Andrea Booher/ FEMA News Photo

    Firefighters at the World Trade Center.

  • A City of Smoke

    Photograph by AP Photo/NYPD, via ABC News, Det. Greg Semendinger

    The upper floors of the World Trade Center tower burns after terrorists flew an airliner into it.

  • New York City Skyline

    Photograph by United States Library of Congress

    The New York City Skyline, including the World Trade Center.

  • Before Terrorism

    Photograph by Jeff Mock

    An aerial view of the World Trade Center in March of 2001.

  • A Broken Shell

    Photograph by FEMA photographer Bri Rodriguez

    The exterior support columns from the lower level of the south tower remained standing after the building collapsed.

  • All That Remains

    Photograph by U.S. Navy Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Jim Watson.

    A New York City firefighter looks up at what remains of the World Trade Center after its collapse following a Sept. 11 terrorist attack.

  • After Terrorism

    Photograph by NOAA

    An image taken by NOAA's Cessna Citation Jet on Sept. 23, 2001 from an altitude of 3,300 feet using a Leica/LH systems RC30 camera.

  • Debbie Palmer

    Photograph by Testimony Films/ Zodiak Rights

    Debbie Palmer, Wife of Chief Orio Palmer.

  • Engine 207 Firefighter

    Photograph by Testimony Films/ Zodiak Rights

    Bobby Senn of Engine 207.

  • Lieutenant Gregg Hansson

    Photograph by Testimony Films/ Zodiak Rights

    Lieutenant Gregg Hansson of Engine 24.
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