9/11: A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

On September 11th 2001, a group of militants working for the group called Al-Qaeda hijacked 4 airliners and carried out a series of attacks on the United States. Two of these planes crashed into the towers of the world trade in New York, One plane crashed into the Pentagon and the final plane crashed into a field in the Pennsylvania area. 15 minutes after the pentagon attack a catastrophe turn for the worst was made in New York when one of the towers collapsed in a cloud of dust. 30 minutes later another tower collapsed in a mountain of smoke. 3000 people where killed during these attacks out of these causalities firefighters and medical staff where among the few killed. These attacks made would become the catalyst in our modern history that shaped the world into this oncoming threat. After this horrific event a series of photos and artwork that would later become utterly iconic that any one would know its origin and name.

“A picture is worth a thousands words”. In many situations this statement seems undervalued. Some artists and photographers have the ability to produce work that can do amazing things. They can make you rethink your ideologies or different views in your life, it can give you a different interpretation on a picture before your eyes. …show more content…
It was printed on page seven of the New York Times and was taken by photographer Richard Drew. Richard Dew stirred up a different amount of emotions of millions of viewers after this image was released after taken one of the most circulated images of the 9/11 attacks. The Image was named The Falling Man, and Drew had said it was “the most famous photograph ever taken”. In the image a man is shown either jumping or falling to his death after the aircraft hit the tower. To this day no one knows the identity of the