Dust To DNA, Mikey Flowers

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

The massive amounts of debris and dust (pictured in the last few shots) were not conducive to either frequent meals or healthy ones. "The guys on The Pile never really took a formal break and ate anything," Mikey says. "They would eat a ham sandwich

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

[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.

Newspaper: Unthinkable: Terror Attacks in new York, Washington Topple World Trade Center Towers, Slam Pentagon

[Men watching scoreboard of World Series at Yankee Stadium in upper window of Sachs Furniture Company store, New York]

[Mrs. George Washington Kavanaugh and Lady Decies entering the opening night of the Metropolitan Opera's Diamond Jubilee, New York]

[John F. Kennedy talking with Hubert Humphrey and G. Mennen Williams during Kennedy's presidential campaign, New York]

"Wartime New York: Our Little Businessmen Bounced Around by War... Chinese curio store doubles up with rival."

"Wartime New York: Our Little Businessmen Bounced Around by War... Chinese curio store doubles up with rival."

"Wartime New York: Our Little Businessmen Bounced Around by War... Vacant store becomes baby carriage depot."

"Wartime New York: Our Little Businessmen Bounced Around by War... Vacant store becomes baby carriage depot."

"Wartime New York: Our Little Businessmen Bounced Around by War... Vacant store becomes baby carriage depot."

"Wartime New York: Our Little Businessmen Bounced Around by War... James Butler grocery store, that's all."

"Wartime New York: Our Little Businessmen Bounced Around by War... James Butler grocery store, that's all."