Shannon Stapleton Entry for Reuters

Called "September 11th: Under Attack," this ten-image submission adds to our understanding of that days events. Part of a resource that was completely new for me---a six-year-old 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 of photographs 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.

Mostly, these images add context to the famous shot of Father Mychal Judge's lifeless body being carried in a chair.

Fire Department chaplain Mychal Judge is carried from the rubble of the World Trade Center disaster September 11, 2001.

The South Tower of the World Trade Center collapses as a result of the World Trade Center Attack in New York September 11, 2001.

People evacuate from the North Tower after the South Tower had collapsed as result of the World Trade Center attack in New York September 11, 2001.

A bewildered man stops after surviving the World Trade Center Attack in New York September 11, 2001. (Edward Fine)

An unidentified woman looks in grief after seeing that the World Trade Center had been struck bya plane around 8:52 a.m in New York September 11, 2002.

People gather in Times Square to see that the World Trade Center had been struck by the first plane around 8:52 a.m in New York September 11, 2002.

Firefighters peer into what became known as the "Hells of Ground Zero" as the night fell in New York September 11, 2002.

The Stars and Stripes stand atop the wreckage of the World Trade Center disaster in New York September 11, 2001.

A shaft of light hits the remains of the World Trade Center after the attack in New York September 11, 2002.

But this last image is of some interest. Where did Stapleton take it from? There were no buildings on the north-west corner of Vesey Street and West Street. Was he on top of a fireman's aerial ladder?

Firefighter struggle to put out the fire at the base of the North Tower on the morning of the World Trade Center Attack September 11, 2002.