21 Rare Photos Of The 9/11 Attacks Many People Probably Haven’t Seen

It has been 20 years since the heartbreaking attacks of 9/11. The tragic incident killed almost 3000 people, and it is one of the most unfortunate events of this era. This was the day that changed the world completely. Did you know, the scenes of the WTC collapsing were witnessed by almost 2 billion people! For this reason, we have thousands of photographs capturing those tragic moments. In this post, we have listed 21 rare photos of 9/11 that you probably haven’t seen before. Scroll on and see them for yourself, peeps. Share this post with your friends as well.

#1 A Knot Of Bystanders At Park Row And Beekman Street Look Up As The South Tower Begins To Collapse

#2 At Rector Street And Broadway, A Photographer Leaned Out His Window With A Medium-format Camera And Caught The Moment Before The Second Plane’s Impact

#3 People Falling From The Towers

#4 People Run Down Broadway As A Smoke And Dust Cloud Comes Up The Street From The Collapsing World Trade Center Buildings In New York

#5 A Man Has A Job To Do

#6 As Seen Through A Fish-Eye Lens From An Apartment Four Blocks Away, Smoke Streams From The North Tower Within Minutes Of The First Plane’s Attack

#7 American Airlines Flight 11 (Visible In The Upper Right-Hand Corner Of The Photo) Approaches The North Tower Of The World Trade Center On September 11, 2001

#8 South Tower Of The World Trade Center Collapsing

#9 The South Tower Disintegrates, Raining Debris Behind A Cross Atop Trinity Church

#10 Not Yet Realizing A Terrorist Attack Was In Progress, Architect And Amateur Pilot Isabel Daser, Eight Months Pregnant, Asked A Co-Worker To Take Her Portrait As A Record Of The Day

#11 The Second Plane Flew Directly Over My Head And Slammed Into The South Tower. It Took Me A Few Seconds To Get My Head Together, And This Was The Shot I Took

#12 I Was 4 Years Old And The Picture Was Taken Along The Westside Highway That Morning On 9/11

#13 A Lone Man Runs Down Broadway As A Smoke And Dust Cloud Comes Up The Street From The Collapsing World Trade Center Buildings In New York September 11, 2001

#14 9/11

#15 Smoke Plumes Are Clearly Visible In This Landsat 7 Satellite Image Of New York City Made Early On September 12

#16 Plane Explodes After Hitting The Second Tower Of The World Trade Center As The Other Tower Burns

#17 Penman Got As Close To The Buildings As He Could, Before Police Put Up A Cordon. But That Meant He Was Right Next To The Buildings When The First Tower Collapsed

#18 On A Brooklyn Rooftop Shortly After The Collapse Of The Twin Towers

#19 The Photographer Considered This 9/11 Brooklyn Scene Too Tranquil At The Time. He Decided Not To Publish The Image Widely Until Four Years After The Attacks

#20 Twin Towers Of The World Trade Center Burn Behind The Empire State Building

#21 Several Buildings In The Trade Center Complex Collapsed Following A Terrorist Attack

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