PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP The rubble of the World Trade Center smoulders following a terrorist attack 11 September 2001 in New York. A hijacked plane crashed into and destroyed the landmark structure. 00433152

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO The American flag is framed through the rubble of the World Trade Center as birds take flight 24 September 2001, in New York. Rescue and recovery efforts continue at the site as the number of victims of the 11 September 2001 attack grows to over 6,000.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP New York Governor George Pataki (L), New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (C) and US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (R), D-NY, tour the site of the World Trade Center disaster 12 September 2001in New York.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Late afternoon light shines on one of the last remaining facade sections of the World Trade Center's twin towers 17 September 2001. Search and rescue and clearing crews continue their efforts on the site of the nation's worst terrorist attack. AFP PHOTO/Eric FEFERBERG

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO US President George W. Bush (L), standing next to retired firefighter Bob Beckwith, 69, speaks to volunteers and firemen as he surveys the damage at the site of the World Trade Center 14 September 2001 in New York.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP New York Ciy Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (L) greets municipal workers 17 September, 2001. Giuliani reutrned to work at City Hall after it was reopened Monday for the first time since the 11 September terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. AFP PHOTO/Angel FRANCO/THE NEW YORK TIMES/POOL

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP A police officer kneels to pray in the center of the 'Circle of Honor' at Ground Zero 11 September 2002 during the reading of the names for the commemoration ceremony to mark the one year anniversary of the 11 September terrorists attacks. Americans and others came together with an outpouring of grief and resolve 11 September as they marked the one-year anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP A dust covered bronze statue of a man with his briefcase rests in the rubble of the World Trade Center 13 September 2001, in New York. The statue once rested on a bench near the towers and now holds flowers and a note reading "In memory of all who gave their lives and tried to save so many". AFP PHOTO/POOL/Beth A. KEISER

In this photo released by the US Navy 18 September, 2001, a New York City fireman yells for 10 more rescue workers, 15 September, 2001, to make their way into the rubble that was once the World Trade Center in New York City. The attacks on the US left more than 5,000 people dead or missing and over 300 police and fire fighters were believed lost in the attacks. AFP PHOTO/US NAVY/PRESTON KERES

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani wears a dust mask after a tour of the damage in Lower Manhattan 12 September 2001 in New York one day after a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Part of the facade of one of the twin towers of the World Trade Center still stands as rescue and cleaning efforts continue 13 September, 2001, at the site of the terrorist-attacked buildings. The twin towers of the World Trade center were destroyed by hijackers crashing commercial planes into the towers.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP A bronze sculpture of a businessman and his briefcase is decorated with flowers and national flags as it sits amid heavy machinery and the rubble of the destroyed World Trade Center in New York 17 September 2001. What once was a representation of the workers of the financial district is now a small memorial for those who lost their lives in the 11 September 2001 terrorist attack. AFP PHOTO US NAVY/U.S. Navy/Eric J. TILFORD