9/11: Heartbreaking Images From the Day That Changed America
Photos from Sept. 11, 2001, captured the attacks that took place that day in New York and Washington and reshaped the nation. Twenty-five years later, about half of U.S. adults rank 9/11 among the most pivotal events of their lifetimes
Smoke billows from one of the towers of the World Trade Center and flames and debris explode from the second tower in New York, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Chao Soi Cheong, File)
Two women embrace each other as they watch the World Trade Center burn following a terrorist attack on the twin skyscrapers in New York, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Ernesto Mora, File)
A helicopter flies over the Pentagon as smoke billows over the building in Washington, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Heesoon Yim, File)
Pedestrians in Lower Manhattan watch smoke billow from New York’s World Trade Center, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)
Chief of Staff Andy Card whispers into the ear of President George W. Bush to give him word of the plane crashes at the World Trade Center, during a visit to the Emma E. Booker Elementary School, Sept. 11, 2001, in Sarasota, Fla. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)
Rubble and ash fill streets in Lower Manhattan after two hijacked airliners crashed into the World Trade Center’s twin towers, causing both towers to collapse, Sept. 11, 2001, in New York. (AP Photo/Boudicon One, File)
Pedestrians flee the area of New York’s World Trade Center in lower Manhattan on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)
The remains of the World Trade Center stand amid the debris in New York, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Alexandre Fuchs, File)