An unidentified air hostess dials a cell phone at the Albuquerque airport after learning about the attack on the World Trade Center.
Pat Vasquez-Cunningham - AP

People at the Palestinian refugee camp of Shatila in Beirut rejoice in news of the attacks. On the West Bank, some people fired rifles into the air; others offered candy to passers-by, a traditional gesture of celebration. Palestinians repeatedly have accused the United States of failing to stop Israel's attacks against them.
Mohamed Zatari -AP

Sept. 12, 2001: Firefighters start a grim day of recovery by raising a flag in the rubble at the World Trade Center in New York.
Thomas E. Franklin - The Record via AP

Sept. 12, 2001: Palestinian President Yasser Arafat donates blood in a Gaza hospital for the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
Ahmed Jadallah - Reuters

Sept. 12, 2001: Daphne Bowers recounts the conversation with her daughter, who called her from the 106th floor of one of the towers. Apparently Veronique Bowers was overcome by smoke, and the phone went dead in her mother's hands.
Michael Williamson - The Washington Post

Sept. 12, 2001: People around the world mourned those who died in the attacks, including participants in a candlelight vigil in Munich, Germany.
Diether Endlicher - AP

Left: The World Trade Center two minutes before the collapse of the south tower--the first tower to topple. Right: The view from the same location the following day.

Photos of 11 missing firefighters line the window of Rescue Company 1 on West 43rd Street. None of the men from the station who were on duty at the time of the disaster have returned.