Twenty-five years after nearly 3,000 people were killed in the September 11 attacks, a photographer has returned to reflect on the single image he captured that day — one that became a visual anchor for a nation's grief. The photograph endured not merely because of craft or intention, but because it arrived at the precise moment a culture needed something true to hold onto. In revisiting it now, the photographer participates in something larger than personal memory: the ongoing, collective work of reckoning with catastrophic loss across generations.
Photographer Reflects on Capturing an Iconic 9/11 Image 25 Years Later
The image documented the horror of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.