Firefighters started battling blazes that would burn for weeks to come, while professionals and volunteers like Mikey started to clean up the massive piles of rubble. Mikey photographed the fire truck and the car to show how the heat, the debris and

[Firefighters amidst the rubble left by the Word Trade Center attacks]

A scene in which they used a cherry picker to rescue a fellow firefighter. "There was a fireman doing CPR while they were dragging somebody out,” Mikey remembers. "The only thing I could think of doing to help them out was to clear whatever debris

A scene in which they used a cherry picker to rescue a fellow firefighter. "There was a fireman doing CPR while they were dragging somebody out,” Mikey remembers. "The only thing I could think of doing to help them out was to clear whatever debris

After the south tower collapsed, it looked like "the end of the world" to Mikey. It was hauntingly silent; few people remained in the area, except for firefighters; and "you could still hear the paper flying around." The firefighters tried to save ot

[Aerial view, World Trade Center site]

[Aerial view, World Trade Center site]

[Clean-up, World Trade Center site]