It has been 17 years since two airplanes collided into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. These photographs—taken at ground zero and around the nation—are a powerful, heart-wrenching reminder of the day the entire world changed, forever.
Warning: Some images may be disturbing.
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A group of firefighters carry one of their colleagues, Al Fuentes, who was injured in the collapse of the World Trade Center.
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A fiery blasts rocks the World Trade Center after it was hit with a second commercial airliner.
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An ambulance rushes toward the World Trade Center area after reports that the twin towers had been struck by a commercial airliner in a suspected terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001.
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People walk over the Brooklyn Bridge as the World Trade Center towers burn in the distance.
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Spectators look up at the damaged World Trade Center after two airplanes slammed into the twin towers.
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The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses in New York City.
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A New York Fire-fighter amid the rubble of the World Trade Centre.
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New York Daily News staff photographer David Handschuh is carried from danger after his leg was shattered by falling debris while he was photographing the scene.
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Downtown Manhattan skyline (view from Brooklyn) as it was September 11th 2001.
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A man falls to his death from the World Trade Center after two planes hit the twin towers.
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An American flag flies in the foreground as one of the World Trade Center towers burns in the background.
