{
  "id": 6760731,
  "title": "25 years after 9/11, photographers share their dramatic photos and the stories behind them",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/25-years-after-9-11-photographers-share-their-dramatic-photos-and-the",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-11T12:55:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Amateur Photographer",
    "slug": "amateur-photographer",
    "url": "https://amateurphotographer.com/latest/photo-news/photographers-share-their-9-11-story-twenty-years-on/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Twenty-five years after the 9/11 attacks, photographers share their dramatic images from the tragic event. Freelance photographer Stan Honda, who worked for AFP, describes his experience arriving in Manhattan and documenting the chaos. He explains that the second plane crash caught him off guard, as people were already standing around the Twin Towers, which were engulfed in smoke. Honda chose to focus on the people running and helping each other, taking a particularly striking photo of a woman covered in dust. Later, he learned that the woman was Marcy Borders, a Bank of America employee who had survived the attacks. The image of her became iconic, representing the resilience and fear many felt in the aftermath. Another famous photograph by Thomas E. Franklin shows firefighters raising a flag at Ground Zero, taken less than eight hours after the towers collapsed. Franklin compared his photograph to Joe Rosenthal's \"Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima\" shot during World War Two, as both captured moments of hope amidst destruction. The image has since been used on stamps, statues, and in various publications, cementing its place in history.",
  "summary": "Twenty-five years after the 9/11 tragedy, Amy Davies looks back at iconic images from the event, and some of the photographers share their stories The post 25 years after 9/11, photographers share their dramatic photos and the stories behind them appeared first on Amateur Photographer .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}