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September 11, 2001, then and now in photos

See larger Shown in this combo image are two documentations of the before and after of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack in New York City. (Top) New York's Empire State Building is illuminated at sunset in the colors of the British flag in honor of Princess Diana Thursday, Sept. 4, 1997. (Below) In a horrific sequence of destruction, terrorists crashed two planes into the World Trade Center causing the twin 110-story towers to collapse on Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/ Michael Schmelling (Top), Marty Lederhandler (Bottom)) ITALY OUT

Shown in this combo image are two documentations of the before and after of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack in New York City. (Top) New York's Empire State Building is illuminated at sunset in the colors of the British flag in honor of Princess Diana Thursday, Sept. 4, 1997. (Below) In a horrific sequence of destruction, terrorists crashed two planes into the World Trade Center causing the twin 110-story towers to collapse on Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/ Michael Schmelling (Top), Marty Lederhandler (Bottom)) ITALY OUT

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  • Shown in this combo image are two documentations of the before and after of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack in New York City. (Top) The Brooklyn Bridge is seen spanning over New York's East River, with the twin towers of the World Trade Center in the background, June 12, 1990. (Below) Smoke rises behind the Brooklyn Bridge over the East River frames the skyline of Manhattan, minus the World Trade towers, as seen from Brooklyn early Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001, the day after hijacked airplanes crashed into both buildings causing their collapse on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler(Top), Kathy Willens(Bottom)) ITALY OUT
  • Shown in this combo image are two documentations of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack in New York City and the current day location. (Top) Pedestrians flee the area of the World Trade Center as the center's south tower collapses following a terrorist attack on the New York landmark Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. (Below) Activity on Park Row is shown in lower Manhattan, Aug. 4, 2011 in New York. (AP Photos/Mark Lennihan) ITALY OUT
  • Shown in this combo image are two documentations of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack in New York City and the current day location. (Top) Pedestrians flee the area of the World Trade Center as the center's south tower collapses following a terrorist attack on the New York landmark Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. (Below) The skyscraper known as 1 World Trade Center is under construction in lower Manhattan, Aug. 4, 2011 in New York. (AP Photos/ Mark Lennihan) ITALY OUT
  • Shown in this combo image are two documentations of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack in New York City and the current day location. (Top) Firefighters work beneath the destroyed mullions, the vertical struts which once faced the soaring outer walls of the World Trade Center towers, after a terrorist attack on the twin towers of lower Manhattan Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. (Below) The tower known as Four World Trade Center is under construction in lower Manhattan, Aug. 4, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/ Mark Lennihan) ITALY OUT
  • Shown in this combo image are two documentations of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack in New York City and the current day location. (Top) A street near ground zero on the evening of September 11, 2001 after the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. (Below) Pedestrians pass a McDonald's restaurant on Broadway in lower Manhattan, Aug. 4, 2011, in New York. (AP Photos/Mark Lennihan) ITALY OUT
  • Shown in this combo image are two documentations of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack in New York City and the current day location. (Top) The World Trade Center destruction is shown in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks in New York on Sept. 30, 2001. (Below) The tower known as Four World Trade Center is under construction in lower Manhattan, Aug. 9, 2011 in New York. (AP Photos/Mark Lennihan) ITALY OUT
  • Shown in this combo image are two documentations of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack in New York City and the current day location. (Top) Medical and emergency workers, who are standing in front of the Millenium Hilton, look towards where the World Trade Center towers used to be, after a terrorist attack on the twin towers of lower Manhattan Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. (Below) Pedestrians pass the Hilton Hotel on Church St. in lower Manhattan, Aug. 4, 2011, in New York. (AP Photos/Mark Lennihan) ITALY OUT
  • Shown in this combo image are two documentations of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack in New York City and the current day location. (Top) Emergency workers at ground zero on Sept. 11, 2001 after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City.(Below) Pedestrians walk along Church St. past Century 21 clothing store in lower Manhattan, Aug. 4, 2011, in New York. (AP Photos/Mark Lennihan) ITALY OUT
  • Shown in this combo image are two documentations of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack in New York City and the current day location. (Top) A destroyed subway station near ground zero on the evening of Sept. 12, 2001 after the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City.(Below) Pedestrians walk along Church St. in lower Manhattan, Aug. 4, 2011 in New York. Behind them is the tower known as Four World Trade Center. (AP Photo/ Mark Lennihan) ITALY OUT
  • Shown in this combo image are two documentations of the before and after of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack in New York City. (Top) The Statue of Liberty and the New York skyline frame warships and smaller craft for Operation Sail in this helicopter view on Saturday, July 3, 1976. (Below) Thick smoke billows into the sky from the area behind the Statue of Liberty, lower left, where the World Trade Center towers stood, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. The towers collapsed after terroists crashed two planes into them. (AP Photo/ ETA (Top), Daniel Hulshizer(Bottom)) ITALY OUT
  • Shown in this combo image are two documentations of the before and after of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack in New York City. (Top) This general view shows the World Trade Center twin towers as construction continues on the buildings at Church Street between Vesey and Liberty Streets in lower Manhattan, New York City, on Jun 13, 1970. (Below) This photo taken Sept. 11, 2001 by the New York City Police Department shows smoke and ash engulfing the area around the World Trade Center in New York. (AP Photo/ Marty Lederhandler (Top), Greg Semendinger(Bottom) ITALY OUT
  • Shown in this combo image are two documentations of the before and after of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack in New York City. (Top) (Below) Cleanup and recovery efforts continue in this overall view at the site of the World Trade Center disaster, Friday, March 8, 2002, in New York. (AP Photo/ Unknown (Top), Louis Lanzano (Bottom)) ITALY OUT
  • Shown in this combo image are two documentations of the before and after of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack in New York City. (Top) New York's Empire State Building is illuminated at sunset in the colors of the British flag in honor of Princess Diana Thursday, Sept. 4, 1997. (Below) In a horrific sequence of destruction, terrorists crashed two planes into the World Trade Center causing the twin 110-story towers to collapse on Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/ Michael Schmelling (Top), Marty Lederhandler (Bottom)) ITALY OUT
  • Shown in this combo image are two documentations of the before and after of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack in New York City. (Top) Daniel Goodwin ('Spider Man') climbs the sheer face of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York City on May 30, 1983. (Below) Smoke pours out of the World Trade Center after an air plane struck the buildings on Tueday morning, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/ Suzane Vlamis (Top), Gulnara Samoilova(Bottom)) ITALY OUT
  • Shown in this combo image are two documentations of the before and after of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack in New York City. (Top) A jet airliner is lined up on one of the World Trade Center towers in New York. (Below) A fireball explodes from one of the World Trade Center towers after a jet airliner crashed into the building Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, in New York. (AP Photo/Carmen Taylor) ITALY OUT
  • Shown in this combo image are two documentations of the before and after of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack in New York City. (Top) New Yorkers walk over the Brooklyn Bridge on their way to work, April 7, 1980, during the transit strike. (Below) People flee the scene of the attacks on the World Trade center on September 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Carlos Rene Perez (Top), Mark Lennihan(Bottom)) ITALY OUT

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