September 11, 2001
Photographers at the scene after a plane crashed into the north tower of New York City’s World Trade Center on September 11 found themselves recording a defining moment in the nation’s history. When a second airliner approached and then slammed into the building’s south tower at 9:03 A.M., the nation knew this was no accident. The United States was under attack. Of the 2,843 people killed on that day, 2,617 died at the World Trade Center. Robert Clark/Institute Artist Management.