How refreshing to re-experience the profound usefulness of images without any dangling skepticism or cynicism attached. Yes, words, images, reasons and hunches -and witness. Gives one hope.

Undeniably one the most horrific images history has created. Disturbingly wonderful and compelling stories captured by magnum. True to its context in every way...

The last picture is a message to us all. Stare fear in the eye and offer fear courage, then fear will turn into triumph. We all need to love and stand for what is right. Even if we help one we have helped the world. Thank you for your passionate eye. Meg

Strong edition of conflict photos and comparision between the cruelty and people's courage. But still 9/11 at Chile for example has been more impressive for me, (and i am not chilean), this example just to express how media sees 9/11 as the biggest story/conflict of the world.... but much worse has happened...

The essay is great, but I would like to add that, I wish all conflicts could be covered so in-depth as 9/11. I feel (without wanting to sound unrespectful towards those hurt or lost) that it has been overreported, while other, much larger scale problems have not been given enough coverage.

Moving images and thoughtful commentary. Only shortcoming in my opinion are the political quotes. They were not necessary and in retrospect not all that honest. Imagine Peace!

and thoughtfully produced. It was an altogether appropriate way to spend a few minutes this morning.

This was very moving indeed and I think alot of people will look at this site and always keep this day in their minds and hearts forever.I know that I will never forget this day because it tore up our heartland.

What an absolutely incredible tribute! No photos could ever truly capture the scope and magnitude of that terrible day but the images in this collection are an unbelievably moving and accurate reflection of the horror, pain and great sense of loss we still live with every day. Thank you.

the political comments took away from the moving pictorial tribute. I dont want to hear other peoples political view about 9/11 . . .i have my own - thank you very much

what an incredible homage to the lives that were lost that day. beautifully done.

i'm with those writing that regardless of bush's utter failure on the ground that it's narrow, demeaning, and puerile to have such monotone political spiels. the sections presenting simply the scene, the boy's legos especially, were much more powerful; the sections comparing new york emergency personnel's cordonning disfavorably with press treatment in third world warzones or dictatorships was completely farsical. it would make your views less snicker-worthy, too, if the numerous misspellings were removed from the 'cronology.' that said, if it is your photog's view, they're more than able to express it. and - snark aside - the photographs are ... many ... and many contradictary ... things ... beautiful, awful, powerful, funny, sincere, ironic ... but all good. thank you for being there, for saving these things, for sharing them with us. j.

I live in the Bahamas and I can recall my position on September 11th, 2001. I had arrived at work an half hour earlier that morning, when my mother phoned and said to me "that a plane had just flewn into the building". I asked her what foolishness was she watching on television. She said that she was watching the news and a plane had just flew into a building in New York, then she said she would call me back. I then informed my co-workers of what my mother had just told me, by that time the calls were pouring into the office about the tradgedy. It was unbelieveable. Three years later I visited New York during the monthe of September along with my daughter who was at the time of the tradegy to young to understand what was going on. My friend that I was visiting in New York took she and I to ground zero, which by that time was all cleared down and the subway was up and running again. It was devestating and as my friend told me her version of the story the tears fell from both she and I. The experience for me was one I will never forget and I realized that even though I was not there on that day, three years later it was like 9/11 all over again because in my mind there was a replay of what I had seen on the television. The pictures, the stories, the quotes and litany that was interputed in this essay was awesome. I applaud you all on a fantastic job.

A nice tribute to the terrible events of that day. . Unfortunately for some who have commented before me, tragedies do not exist in a vacuum. What happened then effects us still...and politics have played a large role in the spin that things have taken since. War, foreign policy, and even domestic policy have all been effected greatly by 9/11. . Saddly, free press and free speech seem to mean so little to some people these days. Regardless of your political leanings, you don't exist in a vacuum, and neither do these reporters/photographers. . From years of experience in their profession to draw upon, some felt censored. Trivializing their years of professional experience because you don't want to hear what they have to say doesn't change what happened...nor does it change the fact that you weren't there to experience it. . Like any other citizen of this world, they draw their own conclusions on how matters have been spun by the politicians. Telling them that they should keep quiet, simply because you don't wish to hear their opinions is rather closed-minded. If you disagree, by all means, express your own opinions...but don't expect others to censor themselves simply because you do not wish to hear it. Likewise, don't expect them to express your own opinions for you. You have your own voice, it's your responsibiliy to use it. . 9/11 changed many things. It also evokes strong emotions, and in turn, strong opinions. I have to wonder about Americans who continually tell those with different opinions to be silent. They obviously do not understand the freedoms that our ancestors fought and died for. . The attitude of, "You're free to speak...only so long as you agree with me," is not only dangerous to the freedoms that we have, but is a self-imposed suffocation of open-minded thought. We can learn from our differences. Think outside of the vacuum, please.

The day JFK and Bobby were shot; the bullet in Birmingham that found Martin Luther King; September 11, 2001, I will always know where I was on those days and the absolute destruction of of my belief that this world is essentially good. In time I believe that again, sometimes. Seeing the young men and women of our armed forces die, be injured, lose limbs, sight, minds, all in the name of defeating terrorism saddens me even more than 9/11. My son is military and by the grace of God, yes God, he will not have to go to Iraq, because what we are doing there may be disguised as having a righteous motive, but we have destroyed more lives and families of our own than Osama Bin Laden did with our planes. It would take a catastrophic effort and pressure from the factions in our society that have the major influence on our government, to join as one and protest our presence in Iraq and get our troops home. As long as someone is making money or political gain, this "war" will not end.