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9/11: Revisiting World Trade Center attack site, then and now

Associated Press photographer and photo editor Mark Lennihan was there with other AP photographers. He re-shot several of the scenes to show the changes over the last decade.

Use the slider to compare the landscapes before and after.

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Before: Pedestrians flee the area of the World Trade Center as the south tower collapses following the terrorist attack on the New York landmark Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. (Suzanne Plunkett / Associated Press).
After: The skyscraper known as 1 World Trade Center is under construction in lower Manhattan, Aug. 4, 2011, in New York. (Mark Lennihan / Associated Press)

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Before: Firefighters work beneath the destroyed mullions, the vertical struts once on the faces of the outer walls of the World Trade Center towers, on Sept. 11, 2001. (Mark Lennihan / Associated Press)
After: The tower known as Four World Trade Center is under construction in lower Manhattan, Aug. 4, 2011. (Mark Lennihan / Associated Press)


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Before: Emergency workers at ground zero on Sept. 11, 2001. (Mark Lennihan / Associated Press)
After: Pedestrians walk along Church Street past Century 21 clothing store in lower Manhattan, Aug. 4, 2011. (Mark Lennihan / Associated Press)

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Before: People covered in dust walk over debris near the World Trade Center. (Gulnara Samilova / Associated Press)
After: Pedestrians walk near the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, Aug. 8, 2011. (Mark Lennihan / Associated Press)


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Before: A destroyed subway station near ground zero on the evening of Sept. 12, 2001. (Mark Lennihan / Associated Press)
After: Pedestrians walk along Church Street in lower Manhattan, Aug. 4, 2011. Behind them is the tower known as Four World Trade Center. (Mark Lennihan / Associated Press)


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Before: Medical and emergency workers standing in front of the Millenium Hilton look toward where the World Trade Center towers used to be on Sept. 11, 2001. (Mark Lennihan / Associated Press)
After: Pedestrians pass the Hilton Hotel on Church Street in lower Manhattan, Aug. 4, 2011. (Mark Lennihan / Associated Press)


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Before: The World Trade Center destruction is shown in a photo taken Sept. 30, 2001. (Mark Lennihan / Associated Press)
After: The tower known as Four World Trade Center is under construction in lower Manhattan, Aug. 9, 2011. (Mark Lennihan / Associated Press)

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