Rare images from 9/11 terror attacks
Today, US marks the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks
The second tower of the World Trade Center bursts into flames after being hit by a hijacked airplane in New York in this September 11, 2001 file photograph. Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a firefight with U.S. forces in Pakistan on May 1, 2011, ending a nearly 10-year worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks. The Brooklyn bridge is seen in the foreground. PHOTO: REUTERS
A clock, frozen at the time of impact, inside the Pentagon. PHOTO: SGT. LARRY A. SIMMONSThe clock remains frozen at 9:30 am when Al-Qaeda hijackers crashed American Airlines 77 into Pentagon and killed 64 people on the board and 125 in the building.
The aftermath in Washington of the terrorist attack on the Pentagon. PHOTO: Robert Houlihan President George W. Bush turns around to watch television coverage of the attacks on the World Trade Centre. PHOTO COURTESY: George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum'Architects of 9/11': Where are they now?
President Bush was at Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida, when he learned of the attacks.
New York National Guard soldiers from the 69th Infantry Division and New York City firefighters band together to remove rubble. PHOTO: New York National Guard Burned and melted items sit atop an office desk inside the fifth floor of the Pentagon. PHOTO: AirForce President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. PHOTO: National Archives View of a damaged office on the fifth floor of the Pentagon. PHOTO: US AirForce Secretary of State Colin Powell gets briefed inside the President’s Emergency Operations Center. PHOTO: National Archives
The president greets firefighters, police and rescue personnel, Sept. 14, 2001. PHOTO: George W. Bush Presidential Library President George W. Bush talks with Vice President Dick Cheney, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice and other advisors. PHOTO: National ArchivesSixteen years after 9/11, ever-vigilant New Yorkers on edge
One of the first remarks President Bush made was. "We're at war", according to Press Secretary Ari Fleischer.
President George W. Bush talks on the telephone Sept. 11, 2001, as senior staff huddle aboard Air Force One. PHOTO: George W. Bush Presidential Library An aerial view of the damage at the Pentagon two days after Sept. 11, 2001. PHOTO: US AirForce
Smoke rises from the site of the World Trade Center, Sept. 11, 2001. PHOTO: George W. Bush Presidential Library
President George W. Bush grasps the hand of his father, former President George H. W. Bush, after speaking at the service for America’s National Day of Prayer and Remembrance. PHOTO: George W. Bush Presidential Library Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) render honors as firefighters and rescue workers unfurl a huge American flag over the side of the Pentagon. PHOTO: US Navy President George W. Bush greets rescue workers, firefighters and military personnel. PHOTO: George W. Bush Presidential Library
The coordinated terror attacks in New York and Virginia were the deadliest in history. PHOTO COURTESY: FBI Never seen before images reveal the carnage of the Pentagon after the attack. PHOTO COURTESY: FBI American Airlines flight 77 plunged into the building killing 125 people. PHOTO COURTESY: FBI PHOTO COURTESY: FBI
PHOTO COURTESY: FBI PHOTO COURTESY: FBI PHOTO COURTESY: FBI PHOTO COURTESY: FBI A further 6,000 people were injured in the 9/11 attacks. PHOTO COURTESY: FBI
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