Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleAssociated Press journalists recalled their harrowing firsthand experiences documenting the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in New York City as the quarter-century mark approaches. Reporter Karen Matthews was preparing her young daughter for preschool near the World Trade Center when the first plane hit, prompting her to gather eyewitness accounts while holding her child before taking shelter in her apartment. Photographer Richard Drew captured the iconic "The Falling Man" photograph depicting a victim plunging headfirst from the towers, an image many news outlets refused to publish that he continues to reflect on weekly. Journalist Larry Neumeister reported from a medical facility near Ground Zero where doctors stood by with empty gurneys, quickly realizing that victims had either escaped immediately or perished in the debris. Photographer Amy Sancetta documented the south tower collapsing from a block and a half away, recalling the surreal silence and ash-covered streets where office papers drifted through the air like birds. In fullThe 9/11 images that still haunt journalists who witnessed the tragedy 25 years laterMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
9/11 photos that still haunt reporters reporting from Ground Zero as tragedy unfolded
Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleAssociated Press journalists recalled their harrowing firsthand experiences documenting the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in New York City as the quarter-century mark approaches. Reporter Karen Matthews was preparing her young daughter for preschool near the World Trade Center when the first plane hit, prompting her to gather eyewitness accounts while holding her child before taking shelter in her apartment. Photographer Richard Drew captured the iconic "The Falling Man" photograph depicting a victim plunging headfirst from the towers, an image many news outlets refused to publish that he continues to reflect on weekly. Journalist Larry Neumeister reported from a medical facility near Ground Zero where doctors stood by with empty gurneys, quickly realizing that victims had either escaped immediately or perished in the debris. Photographer Amy Sancetta documented the south tower collapsing from a block and a half away, recalling the surreal silence and ash-covered streets where office papers drifted through the air like birds. In fullThe 9/11 images that still haunt journalists who witnessed the tragedy 25 years laterMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
