September 11 Digital Archive

Item 89417

Item 89417

Hiny photo category

Ground Zero
Firemen

Hiny photo comment

My brother is not a firefighter. But, when I look at this image I think "this is everyone's brother". A few days after 9/11 I went to pick up my 2 year old son from daycare, and he was wearing one of those red plastic fireman hats kids dress up in. There was no stopping the tears then.

2003-10-04 19:53:41

Hiny photo description

Firefighter

Source

digital image

Media Type

still image

Citation

“Item 89417,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed October 1, 2026, https://911.dev.chnm.gmu.edu/items/89417/.