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Loading ...One of the most famous pictures from 9/11, photo of three firemen raising the American flag at the site of the World Trade Center attacks. Shot by Thomas E. Franklin, of The Bergen Record, the photo first appeared on Sept 12, 2001 under the title, Ground Zero Spirit. The paper also put it on the Associated Press wire and it appeared on the covers of several newspapers around the world. The photo was a finalist in 2002 for the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news photography.
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Photographer: Thomas E. Franklin
Source: arlingtoncemetery.net
This photo has powerful echoes in an American cultural context of the Iwo Jima flag raising photo. That resonates for Americans. At a time of national tragedy, it will give them hope, as that previous photo related to a war they won after tremendous sacrifice.
What resonates for me is the dust in this picture. I think of the risk to health – which these workers either knowingly or unknowingly had to bear.
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