Ground Zero and Ten House Photos before and after 9/11
Image taken by NOAA's Cessna Citation Jet on Sept. 23, 2001 from an altitude of 3,300 feet using a Leica/LH systems RC30 camera. Photo credit NOAA
Photo of ground zero taken by NOAA from nearby American Express building rooftop on Sept. 14, 2001. Photo Credit NOAA
Photo by Pete Burke. Engine 10 reflecting on World Trade Center walkway - both were destroyed on 9/11/01. © Pete Burke
10 and 10 - Outside our front door. Notice the 10 and 10 signs have been dusted off to see the numbers.
Outside our front door.
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Inside the Ten House! © Dennis VanTine/London Features
Ground Zero!
Front of Ten House. It was red brick!
Photo by Pete Burke. FDNY on Liberty Street with shirts and patches from fire departments all over the world, truly a brotherhood. © Pete Burke
A beloved brother is remembered on a window somewhere in New York.
The Ten House Flag on 9/11/2001
Liberty Street Sign at our corner.
Engine 10 door, September 11, 2001
Ladder 10 banner, September 11, 2001
In Memory of Our Fallen Brothers. Original temporary Memorial
In Memory of Our Fallen Brothers. Original temporary Memorial at temporary quarters.
Ten House Bravest Memorial on the 5th Anniversary of 9/11
Engine 10 and Ladder 10 - September 2, 2001
Thanks to Antoine from France for this photo of Engine 10 and Ladder 10 taken 6/27/2001 on Liberty Street. The Ten House is to the right partially hidden by the cab of Ladder 10.
Engine 10 and Ladder 10 taken prior to 9/11/01.
FDNY Engine 10, 1994 Seagrave - Lost 9/11/2001, Photos by Angela Gilley, July 1999
Ladder 10 firefighters pose next to their aerial truck built by Seagrave Fire Apparatus in Clintonville, WI and painted with a special mural to honor New York firefighters following the Sept. 11 attacks. Photo by Mike De Sisti 8/10/02 © 2002 Appleton Post-Crescent
A Ladder 10 firefighter reacts as he talks about how he thought his brother, also a New York firefighter, was dead during the chaotic scene at the World Trade Center last Sept. 11. His brother, a member of Engine 228 in Brooklyn, was on the scene but survived. Photo by Mike De Sisti 8/7/02 © 2002 Appleton Post-Crescent
A tearful Firefighter is photographed moments after he escaped from the north tower of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11. The collapse of the tower behind was imminent. He survived, but five other firefighters from Ten House would perish. Photo supplied by Mary Altaffer. © 2002 Appleton Post-Crescent
The firehouse, located across the street from the World Trade Center site, was badly damaged in the attacks. Photo by Mike De Sisti 8/10/02 © 2002 Appleton Post-Crescent
Ladder 10 firefighters assess the current condition of Ten House. Photo by Mike De Sisti © 2002 Appleton Post-Crescent
A Ladder 10 Company firefighter views ground zero from the roof of the damaged 10 Firehouse. The firehouse, located across the street from the World Trade Center, was badly damaged due to the attacks on September 11th, 2001 Photo by Mike De Sisti 8/10/02 © 2002 Appleton Post-Crescent
DIFFICULT SIGHT: New York City firefighters look over the site where the World Trade Center once stood from the top of the Engine 10, Ladder 10 firehouse, known as the Ten House. The firehouse has been unusable since the Sept. 11 attack on the WTC. Photo by Mike De Sisti 8/10/02 © 2002 Appleton Post-Crescent
Tourists have made pilgrimages to New York City firehouses since 9/11. Here, FDNY firefighters Scott Gaboff and Eric Taddeo stand patiently as they are photographed by tourists outside the South Street firehouse. Along the wall is a memorial bearing police and fire patches from around the world. This was temporary home to Ladder 10 members while the TenHouse was being rebuilt. Photo by Mike De Sisti 8/10/02 © 2002 Appleton Post-Crescent
Pete D'Ancona, a firefighter with Ladder 10, displays a tattoo he got shortly after Sept. 11. Photo by Mike De Sisti 8/10/02 © 2002 Appleton Post-Crescent
FIREHOUSE LIFE: Ladder 10 Company firefighter Chris Martucci hangs up a dish as (from right) Rob Barron of Ladder 15, Kevin Kelly of Ladder 10, John Thompson of Engine 4 and Dan Cavanaugh of Ladder 10 clean up after a nightly meal. Due the destruction endured by their 10 house across from the World Trade Center site, Ladder 10 has joined the South Street station, which already houses Engine 4 and Ladder 15. Photo by Mike De Sisti 8/7/02 © 2002 Appleton Post-Crescent
Firefighter Vincent De Forte of Ladder 15 looks pensively out a window at the South Street firehouse, home to Engine 4 and Ladder 15. The station was rearranged to make temporary quarters for Ladder 10 until the Ten House fire station on Liberty Street is rebuilt. Photo by Mike De Sisti 8/7/02 © 2002 Appleton Post-Crescent
Kevin Ekberg, a Ladder 10 Company firefighter chauffeur, cruises in 10 Truck in Manhattan, returning to the financial district after covering for another company on the lower east side. Photo by Mike De Sisti 8/9/02 © 2002 Appleton Post-Crescent
Kevin Ekberg of Ladder 10 repairs a loose grille on the front of the Ladder 10 truck at the company's temporary South Street firehouse. The truck, built at Seagrave Fire Apparatus in Clintonville, has sustained a few dings during the past six months but is otherwise in near perfect condition. Photo by Mike De Sisti 8/9/02 © 2002 Appleton Post-Crescent
ON THE LINE: Seagrave employees Roger Kohn (left) of Tigerton and Bill Berwig of Clintonville work Oct. 30 on the wiring of a fire truck being built for New York City in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. By today the company will have delivered 43 of the 54 trucks on emergency order from New York City. Photo by Dan Powers © 2002 Appleton Post-Crescent
Ladder 10 Company's Eddie Thompson stands by the Ladder 10 truck as it rolls on to the street in front of the crews' temporary South Street station. Ten House, directly across the street from World Trade Center site, was badly damaged due to the September 11th terrorist attacks. Photo by Mike De Sisti © 2002 Appleton Post-Crescent
Ladder 10 aerial truck: Ladder 10 is a rear-mount aerial fire truck designed by Seagrave Fire Apparatus to FDNY specifications. It costs about $550,000. Photo by Mike De Sisti © 2002 Appleton Post-Crescent
The patch: The Ten House patch was designed in 1984 - eerily shows a firefighter straddling the twin towers of the World Trade Center, each tower aflame. After the towers collapsed last year, Ten House firefighters considered changing the design but decided against it.
Dan Cavanaugh passes Ladder 10 truck during a recent call to a fire. Photo by Mike De Sisti 8/10/02 © 2002 Appleton Post-Crescent
Eddie Thompson of Ladder 10 Company prepares for departure after the company extinguished a garbage fire that burned into the eaves of a large building on Church Street in Manhatten. Photo by Mike De Sisti 8/7/02 © 2002 Appleton Post-Crescent
Ladder 10 and other area firefighters respond to a minor garage fire in Manhattan's financial district. Photo by Mike De Sisti 8/7/02 © 2002 Appleton Post-Crescent
Ladder 10 firefighters, joined by Engine 4 and Ladder 15 companies, work to extinguish a fire on Church Street. Ladder 10 Company is making its runs from a temporary berth at the Engine 4, Ladder 15 firehouse on South Street. Photo by Mike De Sisti © 2002 Appleton Post-Crescent
Ladder 10 Company firefighter Kevin Ekberg sits at the company's temporary South Street firehouse in New York. Photo by Mike De Sisti 8/9/02 © 2002 Appleton Post-Crescent
ON A RUN: Ladder 10 Company firefighters return from responding to a garage fire on Liberty St. in Manhattan's financial district. Photo by Mike De Sisti 8/7/02 © 2002 Appleton Post-Crescent
“Thank you Seagrave workers from the members of Ladder 10 — FDNY.” Ladder Ten Firefighters send a message to the Seagrave workers in Clintonville who built and decorated the ladder company's new fire truck in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Photo by Mike De Sisti 8/10/02 © 2002 Appleton Post-Crescent
A plaque on the front of The Seagrave produced Ladder 10 truck. Photo by Mike De Sisti 8/9/02 © 2002 Appleton Post-Crescent
The chauffer of Ladder 10 Company waves to onlookers as Ladder 10 truck passes by. Photo by Mike De Sisti 8/7/02 © 2002 Appleton Post-Crescent
Ladder 10 cruises through Manhattan's financial district. After seeing the specially decorated Seagrave truck at a trade show, Ladder 10 firefighters started a rumor that it was the new Ladder 10 truck, which it indeed became in April. Photo by Mike De Sisti 8/7/02 © 2002 Appleton Post-Crescent
A 20-foot steel cross, mounted to a concrete foundation, inside the World Trade Center site is seen through a hole in the mesh covered fence surrounding the area. The cross was found in the rubble three days after the attack as it appears by Laborer Frank Silecchia, a construction worker clearing the debris. It was found standing almost upright and has been marked by the city as an artifact that will be part of a permanent memorial. On the right arm of the cross is attached a piece of insulation that resembles the shroud of Christ. Photo by Mike De Sisti 8/11/02 © 2002 Appleton Post-Crescent
Actual Flag flown on Ladder 10 on September 11, 2001. On display with other 9-11 items at PELCO's California Memorial Museum.
Actual Flag flown on Ladder 10 on September 11, 2001. On display at PELCO's California Memorial Museum.
FDNY Ladder Truck 10 Flag - September 11, 2001. On display at PELCO's California Memorial Museum.
Engine 10 decending into the World Trade Center site on 9/11/2005
Engine 10 filling the reflecting pool for the 2005 anniversary of 9/11
Observing 9/11/2005 inside the World Trade Center site.
Observing 9/11/2004 Photo by Stacy L. Howell
Paul J Pansini Avenue
F-14 In memory of Sean Tallon, FDNY Ladder 10 and USMC
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