Chicago Remembers September 11th

Steel Symbols, Ground Zero, July 2010

New York Crane, Ground Zero, July 2010

Progress, Ground Zero, July 2010

Reconstruction, One World Trade Center - Freedom Tower, August 2011

Through a Second Story Window, Ground Zero, August 2011

On September 11, 2001 I was a 21 year old college student living in my hometown of Fort Wayne, Indiana.

I woke up to a phone call from a friend of mine a little after 9:30a.  He told me two planes hit the Twin Towers in New York.  A few weeks earlier myself and two buddies of mine moved in to house that we were renting for a year.  The cable had not been hooked up yet and the regular network stations on the TV had horrible reception.  Luckily I had a radio on my CD player, so I immediately turned it on.

I learned of the events of 9/11, as most Americans learned of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 – listening to the radio.  I remember being extremely moved by the voice and words of Peter Jennings as he was reporting the events live.  I also remember experiencing feelings and emotions that I had never felt prior to that day.  I think it was the feeling of uncertainty that I felt on that day that still resonates with me. 

To view some extraordinary images from September 11^th and the days that followed, please visit the websites of Photojournalist Peter Turnley and FEMA Photographer Andrea Booher.   

Photographer Mark Faram photographed the attack on the Pentagon on 9/11.  The New York Times has put together a slideshow from the memorial of the victims of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.