SEPTEMBER 11: Bearing Witness to History
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"...he used his deep baritone voice to call out 'Follow my voice.'"
William Yeingst

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"...not the sort of thing we would collect unless it had some extraordinary, iridescent story."
David Shayt
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These two T-shirts are examples of commemorative clothing sold on the streets of New York directly after...
This framed presentation plaque and two pole-mounted flags were recovered from the Pentagon office of...
FDNY Battalion Chief Joseph Pfeifer wore this clothing and bunker gear on September 11. ...
These photographs, taken by firefighter Jon Culberson, are some of the first images of the Pentagon shortly...