62 Unique Photos From September 11 that You Haven’t Seen Before

A series of photos captured inside the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

A group of 6th graders and their teachers on a field trip to California (along with two National Geographic employees who were organizing the trip) just before boarding American Airlines Flight 77 on September 11. Just over an hour later, their plane was hijacked and crashed into the Pentagon.

Photo taken on September 11, 2001, shows people hanging from the windows of the North Tower of the World Trade Center.

A fire truck rushing to the 9/11 scene. All six members of Ladder 118, Vernon Cherry, Leon Smith, Joey Agnello, Robert Regan, Pete Vega, and Scott Davidson lost their lives while saving people at the World Trade Center.

The NYC skyline at 8:45am vs 8:46am on September 11th 2001.

Photograph from an office building shows the moments before United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

A still image extracted from airport surveillance footage depicts Flight 77 Hijacker Khalid al-Mihdhar and Flight 77 passenger/victim Mari-Rae Sopper standing next to each other in the airport just before they boarded the doomed aircraft.

Photo taken by Todd Maisel shows PA NYPD officer Christopher Amoroso helping a woman on September 11th 2001. He helped many victims that day. He was last seen entering the North Tower to help escort more people out but he sadly never exited the building.

The last photo of American Airlines Flight 77 taken on September 11th, it would end up crashing into the Pentagon shortly afterwards.

A WABC TV Brooklyn Camera takes a photo of the twin towers at 8:40am on September 11th, 2001. Just six minutes later the first plane would hit and all chaos would break loose.