![]() Interactive guided tours are carried out by FDNY firefighters who provide firsthand accounts of the day and its aftermath. Welcomed around the nation, from the Black Hills of South Dakota to the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, the memorial provides interactive education including artifacts such as steel beams from the towers, documentary videos, and recordings of first responder radio transmissions. This high-tech, 83-foot tractor-trailer, which transforms into an 1,100 square foot exhibit, is a tool to further educate people across the country about the events of that tragic day. The 9/11 NEVER FORGET Mobile Exhibit is a tribute to all who lost their lives on September 11, 2001, including the 343 members of the Fire Department of New York City (FDNY) who made the ultimate sacrifice, and all who continue to lose their lives to 9/11-related illnesses. Gary Hershorn / Getty Images An American flag is unfurled at sunrise at the Pentagon on Sept, 11, 2020 to honor the 184 people killed in the 2001 terrorist attack. Spencer Platt / Getty Images The annual Tribute in Light is illuminated on the skyline of lower Manhattan behind the Statue of Liberty on the eve of the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Sept. Joe Raedle / Getty Images Patricia Smith, the daughter of police officer Moira Smith, who was killed on 9/11, holds the hand of her father James Smith on stage during the reading of names of victims of 9/11 during ceremonies at Ground Zero on Sept. Stan Honda / AFP via Getty Images Firefighter Tony James cries while attending the funeral service for New York Fire Department Chaplain Rev. Fine was on the 78th floor of 1 World Trade Center when it was hit by a hijacked plane. Mario Tama / Getty Images Businessman Edward Fine covers his mouth as he walks through the debris after the collapse of one of the World Trade Center Towers in New York. Mark Wilson / Getty Images Pedestrians near Ground Zero view photos of police and fire personnel missing since the attacks. Bush holds an American flag during a Memorial Service at the Pentagon on Oct. Joe Raedle / Getty Images Former President George W. 21, 2001, during a funeral service at St. Mario Tama / Getty Images Firefighters stand atop a fire engine with the flag draped casket of fellow fireman Lt. Anthony Correia / Getty Images September 11th missing person posters are shown still attached to a wall outside Saint Vincent's Hospital on Aug. Stan Honda / AFP An unidentified New York City firefighter walks away from Ground Zero after the collapse of the Twin Towers. Suzanne Plunkett / AP Bank of America employee Marcy Borders, who died at 42 in 2015 from cancer, is shown covered in dust as she takes refuge in an office building after one of the towers collapsed. Pedestrians run for cover after the collapse of the south tower. ![]() Warning: Some of the images below could be disturbing. ![]() The apocalyptic sight in New York City was followed by the scene in Washington, D.C., where a plane flew into the Pentagon, and an open field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where a heroic group of passengers diverted United Airlines Flight 93 before the crash took their lives.Īs the nation marks the 20th anniversary of the attacks on Saturday and mourns the 2,977 lives lost, here are the photos that captured that moment in time and the ensuing years of marking the tragedy - moments we can never forget. Seventeen minutes later, the second plane hit the south tower before both 110-story towers ultimately collapsed. EST, a day seared into the country's collective memory delivered scenes unlike any ever seen on American soil. From the moment the first hijacked plane hit the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City at 8:46 a.m.
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