MICHAEL APPLETON

9/11

A man reacts to the collapse of the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
  
Collapse of the North Tower of the World Trade Center at 10:29 a.m.
  
Firefighters ride on the back of a flatbed truck towards Ground Zero.
     
  
Members of FDNY's Rescue Three Unit look into a space in the pit of Ground Zero where the remains of a fellow firefighter are known to rest.
  
A woman weeps at a cadlelight vigil at Union Square.
  
Firefighters work to extinguish fires at Ground Zero.
     
  
A man hangs an American flag outside a church in Manhattan the day after 9/11.
  
Firefighters John Leimeister, left, and Sean MacPherson of Engine 292 pause to look up at the Towers of Light Tribute before continuing their search for human remains at Ground Zero.