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AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar - Staff Sgt. Andy Brunn was a New York City firefighter who died while trying to help others at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Master Sgt. Joseph Rizzo, who served with Brunn in the New York Air National Guard, is currently deployed here. Rizzo said losing Brunn was like losing a brother. (Courtesy photo) Download Full Image
WASHINGTON -- Contractors work on the ceiling in a conference room in Wedge 2 of the Pentagon. The $2.1 billion renovation is slated for completion in 2010. (Photo by K.L. Vantran) Download Full Image
WASHINGTON -- Brett Eaton explains how "smart walls" will save time in the ongoing renovation project. The walls house phone and data lines. The entire renovation project is scheduled for completion in 2010. Eaton is the communications team leader of the Pentagon's renovation program. (Photo by K.L. Vantran) Download Full Image
WASHINGTON -- After the Sept. 11 attack on the Pentagon, modifications were made to the existing renovation project. The addition of half corridors between rings of the Pentagon will provide more escape routes in case of an emergency. The glass causeways can withstand hurricane-force winds. (Photo by K.L. Vantran) Download Full Image
WASHINGTON -- Senior Master Sgt. Karla Taylor (right) watches artist Rick Herter sign a print of his original oil painting "Ground Zero, Eagles on Station" during an autograph session in the Pentagon on Sept. 9. The artist also signed copies of "First Pass, Defenders over Washington." Profits from the sale of the prints will go to the Pentagon Memorial Fund. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi) Download Full Image
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- Capt. Eric Szillus, a clinical nurse with the 514th Aeromedical Staging Squadron from McGuire AFB, hangs an American flag flown at Ground Zero in the Ramstein Southside Fitness Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melissa Maraj) Download Full Image
WASHINGTON -- Police helicopters and emergency ambulance crews stand by to aid injured workers following the crash of a hijacked commercial airliner into a section of the Pentagon. Military and civilians helped transport injured people on litters to ambulances for treatment and transportation to hospitals. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gary Coppage) Download Full Image
WASHINGTON -- A section of the Pentagon was destroyed when the building was struck by a hijacked commercial airliner on Sept. 11, 2001. Injured workers were treated or taken to area hospitals, while firefighters tried to extenguish flames. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gary Coppage) Download Full Image
WASHINGTON -- Emergency response vehicles line the area around the Pentagon, as smoke clouds block the horizon shortly after a terrorist bombing here Sept. 11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gary Coppage) Download Full Image
NEW YORK -- The United States flag is cast against a backdrop of destruction caused by the attack on the Twin Towers of the National World Trade Center here Sept. 11. Air Force airmen joined other workers in helping to clear the rubble and search for survivors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jim Fabio) Download Full Image
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- Members of the 37th Airlift Squadron and 86th Maintenance Squadron here, observe three minutes of silence Sept. 14 to remember victims and families of the U.S. terrorist attacks Sept. 11. (U.S. Air Force pohoto by Airman 1st Class Robyn Dorocak) Download Full Image
NEW YORK -- Tech. Sgt. Nick Marchisello, an Air Force Reservist and New Jersey firefighter, awaits the order to enter the rubble of the North Tower of the World Trade Center during survivor recovery efforts after the Sept. 11 terroist attacks. Marchisello is a member of the 514th Civil Engineering Squadron at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jim Fabio) Download Full Image
NEW YORK -- Staff Sgt. Anthony Latona, a New York Air National Guardsman and New Jersey firefighter, awaits the order to enter the rubble of the North Tower of the World Trade Center during survivor recovery efforts after Sept. 11. Latona is a member of the 105th Civil Engineering Squadron at Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, N.Y. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jim Fabio) Download Full Image
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron "Thunderbirds" resumed flying practice here Sept. 13, 2001. "Its an important mission to get the colors airborne today," said Brig. Gen. Dan Darnell, commander of Nellis' 57th Wing. "It's important for all (Americans) to realize our military is a sign of strength." Due to recent events in New York and Washington, D.C., the squadron cancelled its Sept. 15-16 appearance at the California International Air Show in Salinas, Calif. (U.S.Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Charles Ramey) Download Full Image
WASHINGTON -- Memorial services were held on the grounds overlooking the Pentagon as part of the Sept. 14, National Day of Prayer and Remembrance. President George W. Bush declared the day in the wake of suspected terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, which resulted in extensive loss of life and damage to the Pentagon and the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jim Varhegyi) Download Full Image
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