A series of dramatic aerial photographs have been published showing the devastation of the Sept 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.
The images were taken by a police helicopter pilot, Detective Greg Semendinger, who was first into the air after the attacks and on the scene within minutes.
Mr Semendinger took the pictures as his co-pilot James Ciccone handled the controls.
Mr Semendinger, who still lives in New York state, told the Daily Telegraph: "We were first responders and we were already getting our helicopter ready when the call came that a plane had flown into the World Trade Center. We were 11 miles away and we could see it and already tell it was really bad.
"We jumped in the helicopter and we were the there within six or seven minutes and started scouring the roof to see if anyone had made it up there and could be rescued. I had landed on the roof before when a bomb went off in the basement in 1993.
"When the second plane came in we were flying at 1,300ft, to the north of the north tower. We were less than a quarter of a mile away. When it struck my partner said 'holy crow!'
"I looked up and I could see the tower going up in a huge fireball. The amount of papers that blew out was unbelievable. That's when we knew it was a terrorist attack. Before, we thought it was an accident."
Mr Semendinger, 60, was in the air for three hours, during which time he saw objects falling from the windows.
He said: "I saw things falling but I didn't realise they were people. I thought it was debris and then it came over the radio that there were people jumping.
"I saw the south tower go down and then, when the north tower went down, I was virtually on top of it. I just felt disbelief.
"Then it was like a volcano with pyroclastic plumes of smoke going down the alleyways below.
"I felt bad for all the people that were involved and we were trying to get somebody to them. It was such a tragedy.
"I always carried a camera and I'm glad I did. There is a lot you forget over time and now when I look at the pictures you can pick out the details that never registered when you were there. People shouldn't forget."
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