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World Trade Center attack on 9/11; newly obtained photos (10 images)
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February
New photos of the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center attack have been released, obtained by ABC News through a Freedom of Information Act request filed with the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The NIST collected the images as part of its investigation into the terrorist attack. The photos offer a rare aerial view of Ground Zero in the moments after the attack.
This photo taken Sept. 11, 2001 by the New York City Police Department and obtained by ABC News under the Freedom of Information Act shows a World Trade Center tower burning after it was hit by a passenger jet in New York. (AP Photo/NYPD via ABC News, Det. Greg Semendinger )
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. (AP Photo/NYPD via ABC News, Det. Greg Semendinger)
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. (AP Photo/NYPD via ABC News, Det. Greg Semendinger)
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. (AP Photo/NYPD via ABC News, Det. Greg Semendinger)
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. (AP Photo/NYPD via ABC News, Det. Greg Semendinger)
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. (AP Photo/NYPD via ABC News, Det. Greg Semendinger)
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. (AP Photo/NYPD via ABC News, Det. Greg Semendinger)
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. (AP Photo/NYPD via ABC News, Det. Greg Semendinger)
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. (AP Photo/NYPD via ABC News, Det. Greg Semendinger)
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 in the area around the World Trade Center in New York. (AP Photo/NYPD via ABC News, Det. Greg Semendinger)
