11 Years Later: Brandon Photographer Captures 9/11 Aftermath

This story first ran on Patch in 2011, marking the 10-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks. It is reposted today, on the eve of Patriot Day 2012.

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"Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, was a beautiful day. The sky was bright blue with no clouds in sight. The autumn breeze was crisp, cool and clean. However, that beautiful morning would later unfold hell.

"It was an unimaginable horror that forever was engraved into our hearts, minds and our history. From that day forward, America launched a global war on terrorism. This country and the world have never been the same since then."

So writes Kitt Amaritnant in a post at the Bloomingale Patch, which ran as well as series of photographs he took in 2001, as "a civilian working at a publishing company during that time.”

"Our building had a clear view of the World Trade Center, and we couldn't look away from the big column of vertical smoke that used to be a skyscraper. We didn't stay around to witness the collapse of the second tower; we evacuated because all the communications systems were out of service.”

To read more about his remembrances, and to view his photographs, visit, “My 9/11 Photos: 10 Years Later.”

(Note: According to Amaritnant, "Most of the photographs are long exposures, taken at night with a Leica M6 with Tri-X 400 film on Super Axis 2203 tripod. They were taken from mid-September to November 2001.”)