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

[Clean-up, World Trade Center site]

[Temporary memorial, World Trade Center site]

There was much confusion the following day, September 12. The remains of the World Trade Center were smoldering and too hot to move, but crews still hoped to make some contribution, however small, to the clean up.

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

Vestry Street after the south tower collapsed. Brian Gestring, a specialist in DNA recovery and crime-scene analysis, had abandoned his Chief Medical Examiner's vehicle and was heading west when he was struck by debris. Temporarily blinded, he made i

Firefighters attempt to extinguish a blaze on West Street.

[Rev. Dr. Hewlett Johnson and man looking at each other]