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 September 14, 2001 Bush and Bob Beck |
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of New York City Firefighters After the September 11, 2001 Attacks on the World Trade Center. Click on the images for a larger image. Photos © AP or Reuters |
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| FDNY Firefighter Images - September 11, 2001 - World Trade Center |
 September 11,2001 New York firefighter carried from WTC. |
 September 11,2001 Injured NYC firefighter rescued by comrades. |
 September 11,2001 Fireman Kehoe up Tower One stairs. |
 September 11,2001 FDNY firefighter has a drink from hydrant. |
 September 11,2001 FDNY firefighters search for survivors. |
 September 11,2001 FDNY rescuers pause for a rest. |
 September 11,2001 FDNY searches through WTC fires. |
 September 11,2001 FDNY firefighters climb WTC rubble. |
 September 11,2001 FDNY has hundreds of casualties. |
 September 11,2001 FDNY firefighters search for survivors. |
 September 11,2001 FDNY firefighters hose WTC fires. |
 September 11,2001 FDNY firefighters after a grueling shift. |
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FDNY Firefighters Raise the American Flag in the World Trade Center Rubble. Photographed by Thomas E. Franklin on September 11, 2001. Photograph ©2001 The Record (Bergen County, N.J.). Photo Credit: Thomas E. Franklin, Staff Photographer |
 FDNY - Ground Zero Spirit Original Front Page Photograph The Record (New Jersey)/Sept. 11/01 |
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Thomas E. Franklin Photograph of FDNY Firefighters Raising the American Flag as Reported by The Record (North Jersey) at NorthJersey.com ©2001 The Record (Bergen County, N.J.). Sept. 11, 2001 -- the end of the world as we knew it. But in the chaos and rubble where the World Trade Center no longer stood, Record photographer Thomas E. Franklin captured an unforgettable image of hope -- three firefighters raising the American flag. Standing defiantly against the gray and white landscape of devastation, these dust-covered men and the vivid red, white, and blue of Old Glory instantly became a symbol of American patriotism. Franklin's photo of these three heroic rescuers also became a global message that life, and America, would go on. The photo, which appeared Sept. 12 in The Record, has since graced the pages of many other newspapers as well as national newsmagazines. Network television has repeatedly displayed the photo during its round-the-clock disaster coverage, comparing it to the famous image of Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima during World War II. Franklin, an eight-year veteran of The Record, took the photo late in the afternoon of Sept. 11, after spending hours at the scene. He was walking toward the debris of the World Trade Center when he spotted the firefighters. "The shot immediately felt important to me," Franklin said. "It said something to me about the strength of the American people and about the courage of all the firefighters who, in the face of this horrible disaster, had a job to do in battling the unimaginable." ©2001 The Record (Bergen County, N.J.) |
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Thomas E. Franklin 9/11 Firefighter Photograph is Honored and Remembered Across America Click on the images for a larger image. Photos © AP or Reuters |
 August 15, 2002 Thomas E. Franklin |
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Zero Firefighters on the Front Cover of Newsweek's Special Commemorative Edition America A Year After The New York firefighters George Johnson, left, Dan McWilliams, center, and Bill Eisengrein, right, are seen on the cover of the September 11, 2002, commemorative issue of Newsweek. |
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three Ground Zero FDNY firefighters were reunited in lower Manhattan, August 30 2002, to have their photograph taken by Thomas E. Franklin. The new photo appeared September 2, 2002, on The Record (North Jersey) front page and on the front cover of the September 11, 2002 issue of Newsweek magazine. |
The Story of the Three Firefighters Who Raised the American Flag - As Reported on September 14, 2001 by The Record (North Jersey). © 2001 North Jersey Media Group Inc. Flag raising was 'shot in the arm' By JEANNINE CLEGG The Record Staff Writer World Trade Center Building Seven was about to collapse on Tuesday. Firefighters from Engine 255 and Ladder 157 in Brooklyn had been digging in the rubble for survivors for six grueling hours, when they got the call to immediately evacuate. Firefighter Dan McWilliams from Ladder 157 headed out with the rest of his crew. It was then that the 35-year-old firefighter spotted a flag flying from a yacht docked behind the World Financial Center. He made his way to the boat, rolled the flag up around its pole to be sure it didn't touch the ground, and carried the pole back to the evacuation area. As McWilliams passed his buddy and fellow 157 firefighter George Johnson, he slapped him on the shoulder. "Gimme a hand, will ya, George?" "I knew exactly what he was doing," Johnson, 36, said. Then Billy Eisengrein of Rescue 2, another Brooklyn fire company, and McWilliams' childhood friend from Staten Island, jumped in, "You need a hand?" The three firefighters quickly found a perfect spot -- a single flagpole anchored in the rubble about 20 feet off the ground on West Street. They climbed a makeshift ramp so they could easily raise the flag in its new home. It was at that moment that Record photographer Thomas E. Franklin spotted the three from a distance. Only two days had passed since that moment. The World Trade Center death and chaos were still fresh in the minds of McWilliams and Johnson as they sat in the noisy kitchen in the Flatbush firehouse recalling how the three firefighter friends -- Johnson from Rockaway Beach, McWilliams from Long Island, and Eisengrein from Staten Island -- acted as one. "A big part of this is maintaining the unity of the whole team," McWilliams said. His eyes filled with tears as he remembered the hellish day New York's firefighters experienced right after the Twin Towers' collapse, and their lack of progress in finding survivors. "Everybody just needed a shot in the arm," he said, pausing to regain his composure. The photo was the shot seen round the world. It has run on many American newspaper front pages, including the New York Post, the Baltimore Sun, and Providence Journal, and has been shown on network television. McWilliams and Johnson said they didn't raise the flag to solicit personal attention. They didn't expect to get any phone calls or comments from friends and family. They were unaware they were being photographed. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision that started with McWilliams. Though few firefighters remained in the evacuation area at that moment, Johnson said he recalls hearing comments after the flag went up. "A few guys yelled out 'good job' and 'way to go.' " And although he hadn't given the hoisting much thought, McWilliams remembered, "Every pair of eyes that saw that flag got a little brighter." © 2001 North Jersey Media Group Inc. |
| FDNY Firefighter Images - September 2001 |
 September 13, 2001 New Yorkers applaud New York firefighters. |
 September 22, 2001 Funerals for FDNY victims go on almost daily in the weeks following the attacks. The widow of Dennis Cross is consoled by FDNY firefighters. |
 September 22, 2001 FDNY Funeral |
 September 23, 2001 The New York Times Honoring the Rescuers of the World Trade Center disaster. |
 September 27, 2001 WTC Prayers |
 September 22, 2001 FDNY Funeral Dennis Cross |
| FDNY Firefighter Images - October 2001 |
| FDNY Firefighter Images - November 2001 |
 November 12, 2001 AA Flight 587 jet in residential NYC. |
 November 12, 2001 Flight 587 crashes in NYC suburb. |
 November 12, 2001 Firefighters quickly put airliner fire out. |
 November 30, 2001 Israeli PM Sharon signs WTC memorial. |
| FDNY Firefighter Images - December 2001 |
 December 7, 2001 Christmas tree at WTC Ground Zero. |
 December 11, 2001 Memorial service at Ground Zero - three months after 9/11. |
 December 19, 2001 Firefighter goes to re-opened Liberty Island by ferry. |
 December 21, 2001 FDNY firefighter and U.S. Marine at Bagram Airport in Afghanistan. |
 December 18, 2001 Fire at St. John the Divine Cathedral. |
 December 18, 2001 FDNY climb to ledge on NYC cathedral. |
 December 18, 2001 The largest cathedral in the U.S. is saved. |
 December 18, 2001 FDNY fireman in the damaged cathedral. |
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