Slideshow: Images From a Day of Infamy

Grim scenes from Tuesday's terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Centers and the Pentagon in Washington will no doubt remain vivid in the minds and psyches of Americans. A Wired News photo gallery.
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Vehicles in flames as the World Trade Center collapsed around them.

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Smoke billows from both World Trade Center towers after two planes crashed into each tower. The blue sky in the background will soon be shrouded for miles.
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Smoke billows from the two World Trade Center towers after two planes crashed into each tower, in New York.
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New Yorkers stand horrified at the sight of the World Trade Center engulfed in smoke. The towers collapsed shortly thereafter.
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President Bush listens as White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card informs him of a second plane hitting the World Trade Center. Bush was conducting a reading seminar at the Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida.
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Smoke billows from the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York.
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The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses shortly after being struck by an airplane.
Slideshow Images From a Day of Infamy
The south tower of the New York's World Trade Center is hit minutes later.
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Survivors scurry through dense ash and smoke on their way to safety.
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Fire shoots from burning World Trade Center towers and sprays debris throughout New York's financial center in lower Manhattan.