"Sorrentino, who was off-duty on September 11 but raced to the scene to help out, said he remains haunted by the sound of alarms worn by the hundreds of firefighters who were buried under the rubble."
. . . "“I knew that this was gonna be something really big,” McLamb, now 45, told The Independent. He immediately got his 35 mm Canon Rebel 2000 camera and climbed to the top floor of the 10-story building, snapping photos until he ran out of film.
"One of his pictures — of a lone fire truck racing across the Brooklyn Bridge toward the burning twin towers — is among the most remembered from that terrible day, symbolizing the bravery and sacrifice of the city’s first responders.
"All six crew members on the Ladder 118 fire truck were killed when the south tower collapsed at 9:59 a.m. while they evacuated people from the adjacent Marriott Hotel." . . .
"Amateur photographer Aaron McLamb took a photo of Ladder 118 fire truck crossing the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan during the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on the World Trade Center’s twin towers. The image has come to symbolize the bravery and sacrifice of that terrible day (Aaron McClamb)"
Below: The Ladder 118 fire truck, left, sits demolished following the collapse
. . . "Less than a month later, McLamb’s photo appeared on the front page of New York's Daily News under the headline, “The last run of Ladder 118.”
"After 25 years, McLamb said he’s grateful he could document the doomed crew’s heroism." . . .More.
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