Ground zero spirit [2001]


Thomas E. Franklin (born 1966) is an American photographer for The Bergen Record, best known for his photograph Raising the Flag at Ground Zero, which depicts firefighters raising the American flag at the World Trade Center after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

The flag-rasing photo was made shortly after 5 p.m on September 11, 2001. He was standing under a pedestrian walkway across the West Side Highway, which connected the World Trade Center to the World Financial Center at the northwest corner. Franklin said the firefighters were about 150 feet away from him and about 20 feet (6 meters) off the ground, while the debris was about 90 feet beyond that.

Ground zero spirit [2001]

Photographer: Thomas E. Franklin
Source: wikipedia.org

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6 Responses
goomo says:

amazing pic

Monday, January 28th, 2008 at 6:53 pm"  
Gary says:

Rise again, and find strenght in it…………..
powerful picture!

Thursday, February 21st, 2008 at 11:29 pm"  
Victoria says:

I know it’s been said a million times, but this iconic snap is like the flag-raising at Iwo Jima. It represents everything the USA stands for:

Just gritty, hard-working Americans, doing what needs done.

Beautiful. The best photo of the early 2000s.

Friday, February 22nd, 2008 at 12:21 am"  
rawr says:

beautiful photo. lovely capture of the moment.

Friday, February 29th, 2008 at 5:43 pm"  
Hakim Talbi says:

What you all notice is that no one of the firefighters is using a mask. This is also what this picture is going to be famous for.

Hakim Talbi, photographer
photo.net/ph...

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 at 5:24 pm"  
Michael says:

American theatralic in its best.

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 at 5:39 pm"  

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