Remembering 9/11 and what it meant through images danielawashington 9 years ago Firefighter Tony James cries while attending thefuneral service for New York Fire Department Chaplain Rev. Mychal Judge, infront of the St. Francis of Assisi Church September 15, 2001 in New YorkCity. Judge died while giving the last rites to a fireman in the collapseof the World Trade Center. The World Trade Center was destroyed after boththe landmark towers were struck by two hijacked planes in an allegedterrorist attack on September 11. (Photo by Joe Raedle/GettyImages) The remains ofthe World Trade Center stands amid the debris following the terroristattack on the building in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. (APPhoto/Alexandre Fuchs) A person falls from the north tower of New York’s World Trade Centeras another clings to the outside, left center, while smoke and fire billowfrom the building, Tuesday Sept. 11, 2001. Terrorists crashed two hijackedairliners into the World Trade Center and brought down the twin 110-storytowers Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Messages scrawledin debris dust on the ladder truck door of Ladder Company 24 join a growingmemorial on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001 in New York City to the firefighersfrom the company who lost their lives in the suspected terrorist attack onthe World Trade Center. Ladder Company 24 lost 7 firemen in the attack,including Fire Chaplain Father Mychal Judge. (AP Photo/AmySancetta) Photo dated11 September 2001 shows US President George W. Bush (R) being informed byhis chief of staff Andrew Card of the attacks on the World Trade Center inNew York during an early morning school reading event in Sarasota, Florida.The fifth anniversary of September 11 finds the United States bloodied byforeign war, polarized politically and coping with terrorism’s curbs onfreedom which helped define American life. AFP PHOTO/FILES/Paul J. RICHARDS**MORE PICTURES AVAILABLE ONhttps://cp.mcafee.com/d/5fHCN0q4xESyMMyqejhOOYyqejtPqtTC1OoVBOVJeXP0VcsMOCrjKYMej7cKcCQkrLLnpohKrgcrgDa16to0FmlysqMBo_-ndGOIjzm4H7_OVIQsLI8IKLLZvCkmmrZuVtdBxPD3hPtVXBHEShhlhhhVkffGhBrwqr76Qn3t-jLuZXTLuVKVI1g50nwQr40Ad2Uo1oj6Q-41sbs91wr0a0kSgzasfbeQm_owEy9YKrphjppdCzD4kjh0cjH4Iq80K2hIaBOVEwAWq80QQgeOxaxcQgj9OEq89Rryq8aMYQg1FEDffd45fwwq8dEq837DDCT4jseO2FRZesbtz(Photo credit shouldread PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images) This 11 September 2001 file photoshows Marcy Borders covered in dust as she takes refuge in an officebuilding after one of the World Trade Center towers collapsed in New York.Borders was caught outside on the street as the cloud of smoke and dustenveloped the area. The woman was caught outside on the street as the cloudof smoke and dust enveloped the area. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA (Photo creditshould read STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images) NEW YORK– SEPTEMBER 8: The “Tribute in Light” memorial as seen from Bayonne, NewJersey, consists of two shafts of light to represent the World Trade CenterTwin Towers, is tested before the fifth anniversary of 9/11 terroristattacks September 8, 2006 in New York City. (Photo by SylwiaKapuscinski/Getty Images) NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER11, 2001: (FILE PHOTO) A fiery blasts rocks the south tower of the WorldTrade Center as the hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 from Boston crashesinto the building September 11, 2001 in New York City. Almost two yearsafter the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center, the New York PortAuthority is releasing transcripts on August 28, 2003 of emergency callsmade from inside the twin towers. (Photo by Spencer Platt/GettyImages) NEW YORK- SEPTEMBER 3: A waxreplica of Thomas Franklin’s photograph from September 11, is seen atMadame Tussaud’s wax museum September 3, 2002 in New York City. The replicais to be part of an exhibit at the museum called “Hope: Humanity andHeroism.” (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) The New York newspapers Wednesday, Sept.12, 2001, show coverage of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.(AP Photo/Diane Bondareff) Plumes of smoke pour from the World TradeCenter buildings in New York Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. Planes crashed intothe upper floors of both World Trade Center towers minutes apart Tuesday ina horrific scene of explosions and fires that lead to the collapse of the110-story buildings. The Empire State building is seen in the foreground.(AP Photo/Patrick Sison) Emergency workers at groundzero on Sept. 11, 2001 after the terrorist attacks on the World TradeCenter in New York City.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) (AP Photo/GulnaraSamoilova) FILE – In this Sept.14, 2001 file photo, President George W. Bush embraces firefighter BobBeckwith while standing in front of the collapsed World Trade Centerbuildings in New York as rescue efforts continue. (AP Photo/DougMills) About Post Author danielawashington See author's posts