Getty Images: An Artsy-Fartsy Black-and-White Entry of a Dozen Shots

A completely new resource for me is a six-year-old web effort at awarding honors for taking pictures on September 11, 2001, and its aftermath---The Best of Photojournalism 2002. The Internet Archive has never heard of these pages before, so I don't know when they went up online. Almost the whole batch is unfamiliar to me (and where they are familiar, they are all part of the same entry,) which leads me to think they are of recent public vintage.

An artsy-fartsy black-and-white entry of a dozen shots, called simply, Getty Images with some excellent caption information---the shot with the day-care center workers carrying children from the scene brought a tear still to my hardened old heart.

Smoke spews from a tower of the World Trade Center September 11, 2001 after two hijacked airplanes hit the twin towers during a terrorist attack on New York City. NPPA2

A firefighter is rescued after falling into an air pocket while attempting to rescue victims from the collapsed World Trade Center September 13, 2001 in New York City. NPPA2

Firefighters walk in front of a part of the collapsed World Trade Center September 13, 2001 in New York City two days after two hijacked airplanes slammed into the twin towers, leveling them. NPPA2

Firefighters and rescue workers form a bucket brigade September 13, 2001 at "ground zero" in an attempt to rescue victims of the World Trade Center attacks in New York City. NPPA2

A firefighter reacts after the collapse of both World Trade Center towers after two hijacked planes slammed into the twin towers September 11, 2001 in New York City. 343 firefighters lost their lives in the attacks. NPPA2
A survivor escapes from lower Manhattna by bicycle as the World Trade Center burns after collapsing September 11, 2001 during a terrorist attack on New York City. NPPA2

Day-care center workers carry children from the scene after the collapse of both towers of the World Trade Center September 11, 2001 during a terrorist attack on New York City. NPPA2

Two survivors seek shelter beneath an overhang after the collapse of the South Tower of the World Trade Center September 11, 2001 during a terrorist attack on New York City. NPPA2

The South Tower of the World Trade Center collapses after being struck by a hijacked jetliner September 11, 2001 in a terrorist attack in New York City. NPPA2

Pedestrians near Ground Zero view photos September 28, 2001 of police and fire personnel killed in the World Trade Center attacks September 11 in New York City. NPPA2

A child's shoes are covered in dust and ash September 13, 2001 in a Lower Manhattan apartment damaged by the World Trade Center attacks. NPPA2

New York police officer Ken Radigan rubs his eyes after briefly sleeping in a pew at St. Paul's Episcopal Chapel September 21, 2001 near the site of the World Trade Center attacks in New York City. The chapel served as a relief area for rescue workers. NPPA2