We Remember — a Sept. 11, 2001, photo slideshow
A nation struck by terror Sept. 11, 2001, pauses in 2020, 19 years after the attacks on the twin towers in New York and the Pentagon and the crashed hijacked plane in Pennsylvania, to remember those lost and those whose lives were forever changed.
Norma Molina, of San Antonio, Texas, leaves flowers by the names of firefighters from Engine 33 at the September 11 Memorial, Monday, Sept. 9, 2019, in New York. Her boyfriend Robert Edward Evans, a member of Engine 33, was killed in the north tower of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
A rose rests next to a photograph of New York City Fire Department Lt. Steven Reisman in the 9/11 Memorial Glade near the National September 11 Memorial & Museum May 30, 2019. Reisman searched through the World Trade Center debris for remains, and then died in 2014 of brain cancer at age 54. When the names of nearly 3,000 Sept. 11 victims are read aloud Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, at the World Trade Center, a half-dozen stacks of stone will quietly salute an untold number of people who aren’t on the list.
The incomplete St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church is part of the World Trade Center Monday, Sept. 9, 2019, in New York. Wednesday marks the 18th anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
A woman looks at the north pool of the September 11 Memorial, Monday, Sept. 9, 2019, in New York. Wednesday marks the 18th anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Tawd Baker, with the Anchorage Middletown Fire & EMS of Louisville, Ky., looks through a window of Ladder Co. 10 - Engine Co. 10 at the World Trade Center, Monday, Sept. 9, 2019, in New York. The two units lost five firefighters in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the firehouse was destroyed in the attacks. "You do this job to save others," Baker said. "You do your best to go home every day, (but) you don't take this job without thinking one day you are not coming home."
Norma Molina, of San Antonio, Texas, leaves flowers by the names of firefighters from Engine 33 at the September 11 Memorial, Monday, Sept. 9, 2019, in New York. Her boyfriend Robert Edward Evans, a member of Engine 33, was killed in the north tower of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
Visitors gather near the pools at the 9/11 Memorial in New York May 15, 2015. As every year for the past 17 years, a crowd of victims' relatives is expected at the site on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, to observe the anniversary the deadliest terror attack on American soil.
Firefighters work beneath the destroyed mullions, the vertical struts that once faced the outer walls of the World Trade Center towers, Sept. 11, 2001, after a terrorist attack on the twin towers in New York. New research released Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, suggests firefighters who arrived early or spent more time at the World Trade Center site after the 9/11 attacks seem to have a greater risk of developing heart problems than those who came later and stayed less.
Smoke rises from the burning twin towers of the World Trade Center after hijacked planes crashed into the towers in New York City Sept. 11, 2001.
Visitors look at the waterfalls at the World Trade Center Memorial in New York Sept. 9, 2015. As every year for the past 17 years, a crowd of victims' relatives is expected at the site on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, to observe the anniversary the deadliest terror attack on American soil.
Flowers are placed at the South Tower Memorial Pool before memorial observances held at the site of the World Trade Center in New York, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/The New York Times, Chang W. Lee, Pool)
Jose Colon, of New York, looks up at 1 World Trade Center before a ceremony marking the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
Sam Pulia, mayor of Westchester, Ill., and a former police officer of the same town, mourns over the name of his cousin, New York firefighter Thomas Anthony Casoria, who was killed in the South Tower in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, prior to the the memorial observances held at the site of the World Trade Center in New York, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. This year marks the 13th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people at the World Trade Center, Pentagon and on Flight 93 over Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Andrew Burton, Pool)
Storm clouds obscure the top of 1 World Trade Center seen from The Heights neighborhood of Jersey City, N.J., at sunrise, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. Thirteen years after 9/11 forever changed the New York skyline, officials say developments at the World Trade Center are on track and on budget. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
This July 29, 2014 file photo provided by the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, shows a pair of high-heel shoes worn by JoAnne “JoJo” Capestro while descending 87 floors of stairs to escape a World Trade center tower on Sept. 11, 2001. The shoes are among the clothes, wallets, helmets, and other personal effects donated to the museum by survivors and those who worked at the site in the attacks’ aftermath. (AP Photo/National September Memorial and Museum, John D Childs)
A person falls from the north tower of New York's World Trade Center Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Richard Drew/FILE)
In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, the twin towers of the World Trade Center burn after hijacked planes crashed into them in New York. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff, File)
The twin towers of the World Trade Center burn behind the Empire State Building in New York Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler/FILE)
Smoke billows from one of the towers of the World Trade Center and flames as debris explodes from the second tower, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/
FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 17, 2001 file picture, members of the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks meet in the center of the infield to hold the American flag during the singing of "God Bless America" and the national anthem to mark the first baseball game in Denver's Coors Field, since the terrorist attacks on the United States. Six days after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Major League Baseball returned to the field with a new ritual. During the seventh-inning stretch, a moment typically reserved for "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," another song played at parks around the country: "God Bless America." Everybody sang along, that night and for weeks afterward. Even today, two teams play the patriotic tune at every game and "God Bless America" has become woven into the baseball experience. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
People in front of New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral react with horror as they look down Fifth Ave towards the World Trade Center towers Sept. 11, 2001.
Work continues at the Pentagon Sept. 17, 2001, after a hijacked American Airlines flight crashed into the building Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, FILE)
In this Sept. 11, 2001 photo made by the New York City Police Department and provided by ABC News, Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010 smoke and ash rise above downtown high-rise buildings and engulf lower Manhattan after terrorists flew two airliners into the World Trade Center towers.
Marine and firefighting medals are displayed in Sally Regenhard's home. The medals were awarded to her son, Christian, a firefighter killed Sept 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Brooklyn firefighters raise a flag at the World Trade Center in New York Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/ Copyright 2001 The Record (Bergen County, NJ), Thomas E. Franklin, Staff Photographer/FILE)
In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, a jet airliner is lined up on one of the World Trade Center towers in New York. (AP Photo/Carmen Taylor, File)
The north tower of New York's World Trade Center collapses Sept. 11, 2001, and a void exists five years later where the towers of the World Trade Center stood. (AP Photos/ Richard Drew)
This photo taken Sept. 11, 2001 by the New York City Police Department and obtained by ABC News, which claims to have obtained it under the Freedom of Information Act, shows smoke billowing from the grounds of World Trade Center in New York.
The tower known as 1 World Trade Center (left), the National September 11 Memorial (bottom left) and 4 World Trade Center (right) are bathed in light, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 in New York. Tuesday is the eleventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Emergency workers help a women after she was injured in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Gulnara Samoilova/FILE)
People flee lower Manhattan across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Daniel Shanken/FILE)
The construction of One World Trade Center, now up to 104 floors, is seen Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, across the Hudson River as a runner glides his hand at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J., along the wall of 'Empty Sky,' New Jersey's memorial to the 749 people from the state lost during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Americans paused again Tuesday to mark the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks with familiar ceremonies, but also a sense that it's time to move forward after a decade of remembrance. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
The north tower of New York's World Trade Center shows the impact left by a hijacked Boeing 767, American Airlines Flight 11 Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta/FILE)
**FOR USE AS DESIRED. COMPANION IMAGE NY219 **THEN AND NOW. ONE IN A SERIES OF PHOTOS SHOWING IMAGES OF THE SEPT. 11, 2001, ATTACKS AND ITS AFTERMATH AND THE SAME SCENE SHOT BY THE SAME AP PHOTOGRAPHER IN JUNE 2006. The skyline of lower Manhattan has a void Thursday, June 29, 2006, where nearly five years earlier the towers of the World Trade Center collapsed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo Richard Drew)
Smoke billows from one of the towers of the World Trade Center and flames as debris explodes from the second tower Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Chao Soi Cheong/FILE)
Women wearing dust masks flee across New York's Brooklyn Bridge following the collapse of World Trade Center Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan,FILE)
This photo taken Sept. 11, 2001 by the New York City Police Department and obtained by ABC News, which claims to have obtained it under the Freedom of Information Act, shows one of the towers of the World Trade Center in New York as it begins to collapse.
**FOR USE AS DESIRED. COMPANION IMAGE NY214 FILE** THEN AND NOW. ONE IN A SERIES OF PHOTOS SHOWING IMAGES OF THE SEPT. 11, 2001, ATTACKS AND ITS AFTERMATH AND THE SAME SCENE SHOT BY THE SAME AP PHOTOGRAPHER IN JUNE 2006. Work continues at the Pentagon in this Monday, Sept. 17, 2001 file photo, six days after a hijackedAmerican Airlines Flt. 77 crashed into the building during the Sept. 11 attacks. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, FILE)
Emergency personnel mark off the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pa., Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Tribune Review, Scott Spangler/FILE)
This photo taken Sept. 11, 2001 by the New York City Police Department and obtained by ABC News, which claims to have obtained it under the Freedom of Information Act, shows smoke and ash engulfing the area around the World Trade Center in New York.
A small American flag rests on the name of Frances Ann Cilente who worked and died at the World Trade Center during the commemoration ceremony of the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks by the North Pool at World Trade Center in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/The New York Times, Chang W. Lee, Pool)
Judy Parisio and Linda Malbrba make a copy of the engraved name of their niece, Frances Ann Cilente, who worked and died at the World Trade Center as the giant flag came down at 1 World Trade Center during the commemoration ceremony of the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks by the North Pool at World Trade Center in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/The New York Times, Chang W. Lee, Pool)
Survivors of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York make their way through smoke, dust and debris Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Gulnara Samoilova,FILE)
A crowd gathered in New York's Times Square reacts to the news of Osama Bin Laden's death early Monday morning May 2, 2011. Bin Laden, the glowering mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that murdered thousands of Americans, was killed in an operation led by the United States, President Barack Obama said Sunday. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
The Tribute in Light shines above the World Trade Center and the Statue of Liberty Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, as seen from Bayonne, N.J. Tuesday will mark the eleventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The tallest tower is 1 World Trade Center, now up to 105 floors. In the center is 4 World Trade Center. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Mary Power cries in reaction to the news of the death of Osama bin Laden. Power said her daughter survived Sept. 11, 2001, but that they both lost friends. At left is the rising tower, 1 World Trade Center, also known as the Freedom Tower. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
People pass newspapers front pages with the report of Osama bin Laden's death, at a newsstand in Berlin Tuesday, May 3, 2011. Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed thousands of Americans, was killed in an operation led by the United States, President Barack Obama said Sunday. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
A piece of landing gear that authorities believe belongs to one of the airliners that crashed into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, was found wedged between a mosque and another building, in New York. Police say the medical examiner's office will complete a health and safety evaluation to determine whether to sift the soil around the buildings for possible human remains. (AP Photo/New York City Police Department)
A fireman screams in pain during his rescue shortly after the World Trade Center collapsed Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Robert Mecea, Newsday/FILE)
The twin towers burn Sept. 11, 2001, and are missing in 2006 in this contrast photo package. (AP Photos/Marty Lederhandler)
This photo taken Sept. 11, 2001 by the New York City Police Department and obtained by ABC News, which claims to have obtained it under the Freedom of Information Act, shows smoke billowing from one of the towers of the World Trade Center in New York.
A crowd gathered in New York's Times Square reacts to the news of Osama Bin Laden's death early Monday morning May 2, 2011. Bin Laden, the glowering mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that murdered thousands of Americans, was killed in an operation led by the United States, President Barack Obama said Sunday. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
** FOR USE AS DESIRED WITH SEPT. 11 ANNIVERSARY STORIES--FILE **A jet airliner is lined up on one of the World Trade Center towers in New York, in this Sept. 11, 2001,file photo. In the most devastating terrorist onslaughts ever waged against the United States, knife-wielding hijackers crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center, toppling its twin 110-story towers. This year will mark the fifth anniversary of the attacks. (AP Photo/Carmen Taylor/FILE)
A tugboat passes the World Trade Center in New York and the Statue of Liberty, foreground left, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 as seen from Bayonne, N.J. Tuesday will mark the eleventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The tallest tower is 1 World Trade Center, now up to 105 floors. and to the right is 4 World Trade Center, also under construction. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
This photo taken Sept. 11, 2001 by the New York City Police Department and obtained by ABC News, which claims to have obtained it under the Freedom of Information Act, shows one of the towers of the World Trade Center in New York as it begins to crumble.
A jet airliner is lined up on one of the World Trade Center towers in New York Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Carmen Taylor/FILE)
Judy Parisio (right) looks up as she and Linda Malbrba make a copy of the engraved name of their niece, Frances Ann Cilente, who worked and died at the World Trade Center, as the giant flag came down at 1 World Trade Center during the commemoration ceremony of the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks by the North Pool at World Trade Center in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/The New York Times, Chang W. Lee, Pool)
Pilsoon Kang, who lost her son, Joon Koo Kang, who worked at World Trade Center, leans on the memorial during the commemoration ceremony of the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks by the North Pool at World Trade Center in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/The New York Times, Chang W. Lee, Pool)
Miku Stone, 16, plays “Taps” Sunday morning in front of Enid’s Central Fire Station to mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. (Staff Photo by BILLY HEFTON)
FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, Julie McDermott, center, is helped by others as they make their way through the debris near the World Trade Center in New York. (AP Photo/Gulnara Samoilova)
** FOR USE AS DESIRED WITH SEPT. 11 ANNIVERSARY STORIES--FILE **The south tower of the World Trade Center, left, begins to collapse after a terrorist attack on the landmark buildings in New York, in this Sept. 11, 2001, file photo. This year will mark the fifth anniversary of the attacks. (AP Photo/Gulnara Samoilova/FILE)
This photo taken Sept. 11, 2001 by the New York City Police Department and obtained by ABC News, which claims to have obtained it under the Freedom of Information Act, shows smoke and ash engulfing the area around the World Trade Center in New York.
A jet airliner is lined up on one of the World Trade Center towers in New York, in this Sept. 11, 2001, file photo. (AP Photo/Carmen Taylor/FILE)
1 World Trade Center towers above the Statue of Liberty in New York, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 in this photo taken from Bayonne, N.J. Tuesday will mark the eleventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
** FOR USE AS DESIRED WITH SEPT. 11 ANNIVERSARY STORIES--FILE **President Bush's Chief of Staff Andy Card whispers into the ear of the President to give him word of the plane crashes into the World Trade Center, during a visit to the Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Fla., in this Sept. 11, 2001, file photo. This year will mark the fifth anniversary of the attacks. (AP Photo/Doug Mills/FILE)
In this Sept. 11, 2001 photo made by the New York City Police Department and provided by ABC News Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010, smoke and ash rise as a World Trade Center tower burns at left center, after terrorists flew two airliners into the World Trade Center towers.
This photo taken Sept. 11, 2001 by the New York City Police Department and obtained by ABC News, which claims to have obtained it under the Freedom of Information Act, shows smoke and ash rising above downtown high-rise buildings and engulfing lower Manhattan in New York.
Thick smoke billows into the sky from the area behind the Statue of Liberty where the World Trade Center towers stood Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Daniel Hulshizer/FILE)
This photo taken Sept. 11, 2001 by the New York City Police Department and obtained by ABC News, which claims to have obtained them under the Freedom of Information Act, shows smoke billowing from the grounds of World Trade Center in New York.
This photo taken Sept. 11, 2001 by the New York City Police Department and obtained by ABC News, which claims to have obtained it under the Freedom of Information Act, shows smoke and ash engulfing the area around the World Trade Center in New York.
Violet Hassler | Enid News & Eagle
Coming to Enid in 1993, weeks before the Land Run of 1893 centennial, I fell in love with the heritage. I started as Enid News & Eagle education, legislative and business reporter, was promoted to news editor in 1999 and currently am digital coordinator.
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