EVB2947888: Construction workers maneuver the last piece of debris removed from Ground Zero. May 28, 2002. It was the 30-foot 'Column Number 1001B' of Two World Trade Center (South Tower). The steel beam, one of 47 that held up the South Tower, was plastered with mass cards, rosary beads, flags, photos of missing innocents, and letters from children to parents who would never be coming home. It is in the National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum. U.S. Navy Photo by Bob Houlihan / Bridgeman Images
EVB2947897: President George W. Bush and senior staff on phones after learning of the 9-11 Terrorist Attacks. President Bush spoke with New York Governor George Pataki, FBI Director Robert Mueller and Vice President Dick Cheney. The group is still at Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, FL. At left is Andy Card, Chief of Staff / Bridgeman Images
EVB2947934: President George W. Bush announced that 'Our war on terror begins with Al Qaeda, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and defeated.' On Sept. 20, 2001, to a Joint Session of Congress, 9 days after the 9-11 Terrorist Attacks / Bridgeman Images